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Forensic and Genetic Research

Forensic and Genetic Research is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 23.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the genomic analysis of ancient DNA to study population history, human evolution, and forensic genetics. It covers topics such as mitochondrial DNA variation, Y chromosome diversity, population structure, and ancestry informative markers. The research includes insights into ancient human migrations, genetic admixture, and the development of methods for accurate analysis of degraded DNA.

  • Ancient DNA
  • Genomic Analysis
  • Population History
  • Human Evolution
  • Forensic Genetics
  • Mitochondrial DNA
  • Y Chromosome
  • Admixture History
  • Population Structure
  • Ancestry Informative Markers
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Forensic and Genetic Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (482 and 349 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 482 works
  2. 2 China 349 works
  3. 3 India 290 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 157 works
  5. 5 Australia 126 works
  6. 6 Italy 98 works
  7. 7 Russia 90 works
  8. 8 Germany 84 works
  9. 9 France 73 works
  10. 10 Brazil 70 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 26.5%China: 19.2%India: 16.0%United Kingdom: 8.6%6 others listed: 29.7%27%largest
United States482 · 26.5%China349 · 19.2%India290 · 16.0%United Kingdom157 · 8.6%6 others listed539 · 29.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Forensic and Genetic Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central Forensic Science Laboratory publishes the most Forensic and Genetic Research research, followed by Institute of Forensic Science and University of Copenhagen.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central Forensic Science LaboratoryIndia 26 works
  2. 2 Institute of Forensic ScienceChina 19 works
  3. 3 University of CopenhagenDenmark 15 works
  4. 4 West China Medical Center of Sichuan UniversityChina 14 works
  5. 5 Federal Police of BrazilBrazil 13 works
  6. 6 National Forensic Sciences UniversityIndia 12 works
  7. 7 University of LausanneSwitzerland 12 works
  8. 8 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyGermany 12 works
  9. 9 West Virginia UniversityUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 Fudan UniversityChina 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Forensic and Genetic Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Forensic and Genetic Research include Richard Durbin, Anil K. Jain and Igor Rudan.

  1. 1 Richard Durbin United Kingdom 7.1k citations
  2. 2 Anil K. Jain United States 6.3k citations
  3. 3 Igor Rudan United Kingdom 3.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Forensic and Genetic Research research done?

The largest centres of Forensic and Genetic Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), New Delhi (India) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 65 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 50 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 47 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 37 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 33 works
  6. 6 Paris France 31 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 29 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 28 works
  9. 9 Adelaide Australia 25 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 24 works
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Where is the best place to study Forensic and Genetic Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Ljubljana, Flinders University and University of Lausanne score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 28.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Ljubljana: 10, 39.3%Flinders University: 11, 19.3%University of Lausanne: 12, 29.8%University of Copenhagen: 15, 34.7%Southern Medical University: 11, 20.8%Virginia Commonwealth University: 9, 34.7%West Virginia University: 12, 24.5%University of Technology Sydney: 10, 23.3%University of Milan: 8, 50.6%National Forensic Sciences University: 12, 10.4%University of Ljublj…University of Copenh…University of LausanneFlinders University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 62.339.3%8.4×10 +270.5%
2 Flinders UniversityAustralia 58.619.3%17.8×11 +237.4%
3 University of LausanneSwitzerland 57.729.8%12.6×12 +34.3%
4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 55.434.7%8.0×15 -27.5%
5 Southern Medical UniversityChina 55.420.8%10.7×11 +404.8%
6 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 52.434.7%10.2×9 +48.8%
7 West Virginia UniversityUnited States 50.524.5%14.2×12 +59.5%
8 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 47.523.3%7.9×10 +71.0%
9 University of MilanItaly 44.850.6%4.5×8 +55.7%
10 National Forensic Sciences UniversityIndia 42.710.4%151.8×12 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Forensic and Genetic Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Forensic and Genetic Research.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.