Question 1

Which countries lead Race, Genetics, and Society research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (904 and 192 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Race, Genetics, and Society research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Race, Genetics, and Society research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Harvard University.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Race, Genetics, and Society?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Race, Genetics, and Society include George Davey Smith, Richard M. Durbin and Mark J. Daly.

Question 4

Where is Race, Genetics, and Society research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Race, Genetics, and Society research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chapel Hill.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Race, Genetics, and Society?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Oxford score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Race, Genetics, and Society research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Race, Genetics, and Society.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Race, Genetics, and Society?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Race, Genetics, and Society is "Genetic Structure of Human Populations" (Noah A. Rosenberg, Jonathan K. Pritchard, James L. Weber et al., 2002), with 3,080 citations. Next come "Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution" (3,076) and "“Weathering” and Age Patterns of Allostatic Load Scores Among Blacks and Whites in the United States" (2,534).