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D-Index
86
Citations
34257
World Ranking
570
National Ranking
201

Beth Shapiro publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Beth Shapiro sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 233 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Beth Shapiro D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Beth Shapiro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Beth Shapiro is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research spans various topics within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following fields of study:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, their subfields of work include:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Paleontology
  • Plant Science

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Shapiro has published multiple papers in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Journal of Heredity
  • Nature
  • Molecular Ecology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, 2020, Nature
  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes, 2021, Nature
  • Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths, 2021, Nature
  • Highly accurate long-read HiFi sequencing data for five complex genomes, 2020, Scientific Data
  • 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken, 2020, Cell Research

Throughout their career, Beth Shapiro has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Elinor K. Karlsson
  • Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
  • Oliver A. Ryder
  • Richard E. Green
  • Love Dalén

In 2009, they were recognized as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Bayesian Coalescent Inference of Past Population Dynamics from Molecular Sequences

    A J Drummond;A Rambaut;B Shapiro;O G Pybus

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

  • Diverse Plant and Animal Genetic Records from Holocene and Pleistocene Sediments

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

  • Choosing appropriate substitution models for the phylogenetic analysis of protein-coding sequences

    Beth Shapiro;Andrew Rambaut;Alexei J. Drummond

  • Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison

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

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

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

  • Metagenomics to paleogenomics: large-scale sequencing of mammoth DNA.

    Hendrik N. Poinar;Carsten Schwarz;Ji Qi;Beth Shapiro

  • Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ancient Canids Suggest a European Origin of Domestic Dogs

    O. Thalmann;B. Shapiro;Pin Cui;V. J. Schuenemann

  • Improving Bayesian population dynamics inference: a coalescent-based model for multiple loci

    Mandev S. Gill;Philippe Lemey;Nuno R. Faria;Andrew Rambaut

  • Skyline-plot methods for estimating demographic history from nucleotide sequences

    Simon Y. W. Ho;Simon Y. W. Ho;Beth Shapiro

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Dynamics of Pleistocene population extinctions in Beringian brown bears.

    I. Barnes;P. Matheus;B. Shapiro;D. Jensen

  • A comparative genomics multitool for scientific discovery and conservation

    Diane P. Genereux;Aitor Serres;Joel Armstrong;Jeremy Johnson

  • The earliest evidence for anatomically modern humans in northwestern Europe

    Tom Higham;Tim Compton;Chris Stringer;Roger Jacobi;Roger Jacobi

  • Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication

    Mikkel Schubert;Hakon Jonsson;Dan Chang;Clio Der Sarkissian

  • Highly accurate long-read HiFi sequencing data for five complex genomes

    Ting Hon;Kristin Mars;Greg Young;Yu-Chih Tsai

  • Using Time-Structured Data to Estimate Evolutionary Rates of Double-Stranded DNA Viruses

    Cadhla Firth;Andrew Kitchen;Beth Shapiro;Marc A. Suchard;Marc A. Suchard

  • Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series

    Antoine Fages;Antoine Fages;Kristian Hanghøj;Kristian Hanghøj;Naveed Khan;Naveed Khan;Charleen Gaunitz

  • Mitochondrial DNA analysis shows a Near Eastern Neolithic origin for domestic cattle and no indication of domestication of European aurochs

    Ceiridwen J. Edwards;Ruth Bollongino;Amelie Scheu;Andrew Chamberlain

  • Evidence for time dependency of molecular rate estimates.

    Simon Y. W. Ho;Beth Shapiro;Matthew J. Phillips;Alan Cooper

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Simon Y. W. Ho
Simon Y. W. Ho University of Sydney
Richard E. Green
Richard E. Green University of California, Santa Cruz
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Grant D. Zazula
Grant D. Zazula Simon Fraser University
Love Dalén
Love Dalén Stockholm University

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