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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. 10.0% 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%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Forensic and Genetic Research

Which countries lead Forensic and Genetic Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (600 and 424 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 600 works
  2. 2 China 424 works
  3. 3 India 346 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 178 works
  5. 5 Australia 144 works
  6. 6 Italy 116 works
  7. 7 Russia 107 works
  8. 8 Germany 105 works
  9. 9 France 88 works
  10. 10 Brazil 80 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: 27.4%China: 19.4%India: 15.8%United Kingdom: 8.1%6 others listed: 29.3%27%largest
United States600 · 27.4%China424 · 19.4%India346 · 15.8%United Kingdom178 · 8.1%6 others listed641 · 29.3%

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

Which institutions lead Forensic and Genetic Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Forensic and Genetic Research research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Central Forensic Science Laboratory.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 44 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 31 works
  3. 3 Central Forensic Science LaboratoryIndia 29 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 28 works
  5. 5 Institute of Forensic ScienceChina 24 works
  6. 6 University of CopenhagenDenmark 19 works
  7. 7 Max Planck SocietyGermany 19 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
  9. 9 Fudan UniversityChina 18 works
  10. 10 Southern Medical UniversityChina 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Forensic and Genetic Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Forensic and Genetic Research include Eric S. Lander, Rob Knight and Richard M. Durbin.

  1. 1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
  4. 4 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  5. 5 Elaine R. Mardis United States 346k citations
  6. 6 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  7. 7 Gonçalo R. Abecasis United States 300k citations
  8. 8 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
  9. 9 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  10. 10 Heng Li United States 270k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Forensic and Genetic Research?

The most cited paper in Forensic and Genetic Research is "Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software structure : a simulation study" (Guillaume Evanno, Sébastien Regnaut, Jérôme Goudet, 2005), with 22,449 citations. Next come "Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes" (20,347) and "DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data" (16,519).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software structure : a simulation study Guillaume Evanno, Sébastien Regnaut, Jérôme Goudet · Molecular Ecology Open access 11 May 2005 22,449
2 Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes Jo Vandesompele, Katleen De Preter, Filip Pattyn et al. · Genome biology Open access 18 Jun 2002 20,347
3 DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data Pablo Librado, Julio Rozas · Bioinformatics Open access 3 Apr 2009 16,519
4 Analysis of molecular variance inferred from metric distances among DNA haplotypes: application to human mitochondrial DNA restriction data. Laurent Excoffier, Peter E. Smouse, Joseph M. Quattro · Genetics Open access Jun 1992 14,110
5 A statistical framework for SNP calling, mutation discovery, association mapping and population genetical parameter estimation from sequencing data Heng Li · Bioinformatics Open access 8 Sep 2011 7,508
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Where is Forensic and Genetic Research research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 80 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 59 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 53 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 44 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 39 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 38 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 36 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 32 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 29 works
  10. 10 AdelaideAustralia 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Forensic and Genetic Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Copenhagen, Stockholm University and Sichuan University 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%mean 16.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Stockholm UniversitySichuan UniversityUniversity of Ljublj…University of Copenh…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of CopenhagenDenmark 68.315.1%6.9×19 +42.1%
2Stockholm UniversitySweden 60.421.6%8.6×9 +44.0%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 59.019.0%4.2×28 -10.1%
4University of LjubljanaSlovenia 56.816.5%10.5×13 +26.9%
5Fudan UniversityChina 56.114.2%3.8×18 +62.4%
6West Virginia UniversityUnited States 54.415.9%13.5×13 +46.9%
7Harvard UniversityUnited States 50.929.0%0.9×9 -12.6%
8University of Technology SydneyAustralia 50.513.8%8.6×11 +3.7%
9Southern Medical UniversityChina 50.07.3%9.6×18 +22.8%
10University of LausanneSwitzerland 48.110.0%11.2×15 -36.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Forensic and Genetic Research, country by country

Is Forensic and Genetic Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Forensic and Genetic Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Forensic and Genetic Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Forensic and Genetic Research10.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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