Genetic diversity and population structure

Genetic diversity and population structure is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in population genetics, including inference of population structure and dynamics, genetic diversity, species delimitation, adaptive evolution, and phylogeography. It discusses methods such as microsatellite analysis, Bayesian inference, and the use of molecular markers to understand the genetic makeup and evolutionary history of populations.

Population Genetics
Genetic Structure
Population Dynamics
Microsatellite Analysis
Bayesian Inference
Genetic Diversity
Species Delimitation
Adaptive Evolution
Phylogeography
Molecular Markers

Research works: 46k
In the world top 10%: 4.5k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -8%
Largest producer: China

Genetic diversity and population structure

Which countries lead Genetic diversity and population structure research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 1.3k works
2 United States 1.3k works
3 India 338 works
4 United Kingdom 270 works
5 France 261 works
6 Russia 251 works
7 Germany 222 works
8 Brazil 216 works
9 Australia 215 works
10 Japan 214 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.

China1,300 · 28.5%United States1,271 · 27.9%India338 · 7.4%United Kingdom270 · 5.9%6 others listed1,379 · 30.2%

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

Which institutions lead Genetic diversity and population structure research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Genetic diversity and population structure research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 157 works
2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 149 works
3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 105 works
4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 71 works
5 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 58 works
6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 58 works
7 Leibniz AssociationGermany 39 works
8 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 31 works
9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 30 works
10 University of California, DavisUnited States 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Genetic diversity and population structure?

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

1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
3 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
4 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
5 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
6 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
7 Jun Wang China 340k citations
8 Gonçalo R. Abecasis United States 300k citations
9 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
10 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k 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 Genetic diversity and population structure?

The most cited paper in Genetic diversity and population structure is "The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees." (Naruya Saitou, M Nei, 1987), with 60,643 citations. Next come "MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0" (48,154) and "MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods" (40,453).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees. Naruya Saitou, M Nei · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access	Jul 1987	60,643
2	MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0 Koichiro Tamura, Glen Stecher, Daniel S. Peterson et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access	16 Oct 2013	48,154
3	MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods Koichiro Tamura, Daniel Gunnar Peterson, Nora Peterson et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access	4 May 2011	40,453
4	RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies Alexandros Stamatakis · Bioinformatics Open access	21 Jan 2014	34,939
5	Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data Jonathan K. Pritchard, Matthew Stephens, Peter Donnelly · Genetics	Jun 2000	34,685

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Genetic diversity and population structure research done?

The largest centres of Genetic diversity and population structure research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vladivostok.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 298 works
2 ParisFrance 107 works
3 MoscowRussia 96 works
4 GuangzhouChina 68 works
5 Washington D.C.United States 59 works
6 LondonUnited Kingdom 57 works
7 KunmingChina 54 works
8 MadridSpain 46 works
9 New YorkUnited States 43 works
10 ChengduChina 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

VladivostokRU · 22.1 works10×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Genetic diversity and population structure than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Genetic diversity and population structure?

Among universities, judged by research, University of British Columbia, University of Edinburgh and University of California, Davis 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of British ColumbiaCanada	72.7	22.7%	3.2×	24	-19.9%
2	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	72.2	15.3%	4.2×	22	+10.4%
3	University of California, DavisUnited States	70.6	13.6%	6.1×	30	+1.8%
4	Stockholm UniversitySweden	69.9	20.1%	7.7×	16	+48.4%
5	Arizona State UniversityUnited States	66.9	30.6%	3.0×	12	+37.5%
6	Cornell UniversityUnited States	65.2	14.3%	3.3×	26	-5.3%
7	University of CopenhagenDenmark	65.2	16.3%	3.5×	20	+10.0%
8	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	64.7	27.5%	2.8×	16	-27.8%
9	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	64.6	18.3%	2.8×	28	+7.0%
10	Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden	63.2	14.8%	17.9×	17	+6.2%
11	University of MichiganUnited States	57.7	13.4%	1.8×	17	+10.2%
12	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	56.6	14.1%	1.8×	15	-6.0%
13	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States	56.4	13.7%	2.8×	16	+8.7%
14	University of OsloNorway	56.4	16.7%	3.2×	13	+15.6%
15	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	56.1	13.7%	7.1×	16	-11.5%
16	Uppsala UniversitySweden	55.9	16.2%	5.2×	17	-19.9%
17	Harvard UniversityUnited States	55.7	19.4%	0.8×	16	-22.5%
18	University of ChicagoUnited States	55.6	17.1%	2.4×	12	+10.1%
19	University of BernSwitzerland	54.1	16.1%	3.3×	11	-8.3%
20	University of HelsinkiFinland	53.4	12.2%	4.4×	19	-20.5%
21	Stanford UniversityUnited States	52.7	18.3%	1.2×	11	+7.5%
22	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	52.3	26.9%	0.9×	9	-15.7%
23	University of TorontoCanada	52.1	12.7%	1.2×	15	+11.3%
24	University of OtagoNew Zealand	50.9	13.3%	7.6×	14	+2.3%
25	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany	50.7	14.5%	2.0×	11	+28.3%
26	Université de MontpellierFrance	50.3	15.5%	6.0×	12	-10.0%
27	Monash UniversityAustralia	47.0	23.5%	1.6×	10	-16.5%
28	Université Paris Sciences et LettresFrance	46.4	14.3%	5.4×	12	-20.2%
29	Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina	46.0	11.4%	11.2×	16	+18.3%
30	University of WashingtonUnited States	46.0	23.9%	1.4×	10	-35.4%
31	South China Agricultural UniversityChina	45.6	9.9%	7.3×	15	+15.6%
32	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	45.0	13.7%	1.8×	13	-15.9%
33	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom	44.9	12.6%	4.0×	10	+18.8%
34	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	44.6	24.4%	2.5×	13	-23.2%
35	University of California, Santa CruzUnited States	44.1	12.4%	9.1×	10	+1.7%
36	Sichuan UniversityChina	43.7	24.2%	1.2×	16	-53.3%
37	University of FloridaUnited States	43.6	11.3%	2.8×	18	-33.8%
38	University of GöttingenGermany	43.1	12.0%	4.9×	11	+14.3%
39	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico	42.9	6.0%	4.2×	25	-15.9%
40	University of KansasUnited States	42.9	15.2%	3.5×	11	+5.5%
41	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	42.1	21.3%	1.2×	9	-30.5%
42	China Agricultural UniversityChina	41.8	18.7%	2.7×	9	+27.6%
43	Masaryk UniversityCzechia	39.8	4.9%	6.0×	11	+29.7%
44	Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina	38.8	8.3%	6.8×	19	-17.8%
45	Guizhou UniversityChina	38.0	9.3%	4.0×	12	+85.3%
46	Beijing Forestry UniversityChina	37.0	10.4%	8.6×	15	-16.7%
47	University of ZurichSwitzerland	36.9	15.3%	2.2×	10	-27.1%
48	Ocean University of ChinaChina	34.6	6.6%	4.3×	13	+39.5%
49	Fudan UniversityChina	34.6	14.8%	1.0×	10	+25.0%
50	Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina	34.5	10.7%	8.9×	15	-24.5%
51	Hunan Normal UniversityChina	31.5	8.9%	7.8×	11	-10.8%
52	The University of Western AustraliaAustralia	31.4	11.9%	3.8×	10	-24.3%
53	Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina	30.7	2.7%	15.8×	16	-6.3%
54	Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia	29.4	3.1%	90.3×	12	+1.9%
55	Hebei UniversityChina	27.8	8.9%	6.1×	8	+347.2%
56	Southwest Forestry UniversityChina	25.3	7.5%	15.6×	11	-12.5%
57	Kasetsart UniversityThailand	23.2	2.5%	6.5×	8	+24.4%
58	Qinghai UniversityChina	23.1	4.9%	8.2×	8	+27.5%

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 Genetic diversity and population structure, country by country

Is Genetic diversity and population structure research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Genetic diversity and population structure as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

Fractional works of Genetic diversity and population structure 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.

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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Which countries lead Genetic diversity and population structure research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Genetic diversity and population structure research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Genetic diversity and population structure?

What are the most cited papers in Genetic diversity and population structure?

Where is Genetic diversity and population structure research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Genetic diversity and population structure?

Is Genetic diversity and population structure research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion