2026 Alan Cooper: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	127	465	414	10	10	708	64942

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Biology and Biochemistry

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414

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64942

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Alan Cooper is affiliated with Charles Sturt University in Australia and primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, with notable emphasis on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, and Geological formations and processes.

Recent publications by Alan Cooper and collaborators include:

Chapter 5.2b Erebus Volcanic Province: petrology (2021), Geological Society London Memoirs
A review of mantle xenoliths in volcanic rocks from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica (2021), Geological Society London Memoirs
Osmium isotopes in peridotite xenoliths reveal major mid-Proterozoic lithosphere formation under the Transantarctic Mountains (2021), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Origin and evolution of nephrites, diopsidites and giant diopside crystals from the contact zones of the Pounamu Ultramafics, Westland, New Zealand (2022), New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
An evolutionary model and classification scheme for nephrite jade based on veining, fabric development, and the role of dissolution-precipitation (2022), Scientific Reports

Among their frequent collaborators are:

James M. Scott
Marshall C. Palmer
Adam P. Martin
Richard C. Price
J. A. Gamble

Alan Cooper's publications have appeared in venues such as Geological Society London Memoirs, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Scientific Reports, and Lithos.

Best Publications

Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

Wolfgang Haak;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

2054
Citations
Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians

Iain Mathieson;Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick

1716
Citations
Ancient DNA: Do It Right or Not at All

Alan Cooper;Hendrik N. Poinar

1560
Citations
Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

1526
Citations
Time Dependency of Molecular Rate Estimates and Systematic Overestimation of Recent Divergence Times

Simon Y. W. Ho;Matthew J. Phillips;Alan Cooper;Alexei J. Drummond

1197
Citations
Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication

Greger Larson;Keith Dobney;Umberto Albarella;Meiying Fang

1146
Citations
Allostery without conformational change. A plausible model.

A. Cooper;D. T. F. Dryden

935
Citations
Diverse Plant and Animal Genetic Records from Holocene and Pleistocene Sediments

Eske Willerslev;Anders J. Hansen;Jonas Binladen;Tina B. Brand

828
Citations
Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison

Beth Shapiro;Alexei J. Drummond;Andrew Rambaut;Michael C. Wilson

810
Citations
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

Eline D. Lorenzen;David Nogués-Bravo;Ludovic Orlando;Jaco Weinstock

800
Citations
Contamination in Low Microbial Biomass Microbiome Studies: Issues and Recommendations.

Raphael Eisenhofer;Raphael Eisenhofer;Jeremiah J. Minich;Clarisse Marotz;Alan Cooper;Alan Cooper

760
Citations
Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions

Christina J Adler;Keith Dobney;Laura S Weyrich;John Kaidonis

714
Citations
Review Paper. Ancient DNA

Eske Willerslev;Alan Cooper

686
Citations
Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

651
Citations
Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe

Greger Larson;Umberto Albarella;Keith Dobney;Peter Rowley-Conwy

644
Citations
Ancient DNA from European early Neolithic farmers reveals their Near Eastern affinities

Wolfgang Haak;Oleg Balanovsky;Juan J. Sanchez;Sergey Koshel

602
Citations
Time-dependent rates of molecular evolution

Simon Y. W. Ho;Robert Lanfear;Lindell Bromham;Matthew J. Phillips

582
Citations
Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: molecular evidence.

Alan Cooper;David Penny

568
Citations
Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution.

Alan Cooper;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Simon Anderson;Andrew Rambaut

549
Citations
Late Quaternary slip rates and slip partitioning on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

Richard J. Norris;Alan F. Cooper

536
Citations