2026 Damian Labuda: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	72	2100	1997	69	67	194	24014

Overview

Damian Labuda is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research focuses on multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Social Sciences, and Medicine. Specific subfields of their work include Genetics, Gender Studies, Archeology, Molecular Biology, and Reproductive Medicine.

The scientist's research covers various topics such as:

Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
Forensic and Genetic Research
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
Race, Genetics, and Society
Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Reproductive Health and Technologies

Damian Labuda has published papers in several scientific venues, including:

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
PLoS ONE
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Damian Labuda include:

"Historical human remains identification through maternal and paternal genetic signatures in a founder population with extensive genealogical record," 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
"The effective family size of immigrant founders predicts their long-term demographic outcome: From Québec settlers to their 20th-century descendants," 2022, PLoS ONE
"The effective family size of immigrant founders predicts their long-term demographic outcome: from Québec settlers to their 20th-century descendants," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Damian Labuda include:

Tommy Harding
Emmanuel Milot
Hélène Vézina
Claudia Moreau
Jean-François Lefebvre

Best Publications

Genome Fingerprinting by Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR)-Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification

Ewa Zietkiewicz;Antoni Rafalski;Damian Labuda

6456
Citations
The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

1500
Citations
Reconstructing Native American population history

David Emil Reich;David Emil Reich;Nick Patterson;Desmond Campbell;Desmond Campbell;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon

1039
Citations
The genomic history of southeastern Europe

Iain Mathieson;Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Anna Szécsényi-Nagy

820
Citations
Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans

Sijia Wang;Cecil M. Lewis;Mattias Jakobsson;Sohini Ramachandran

773
Citations
Mutability of Y-chromosomal microsatellites: rates, characteristics, molecular bases and forensic implications

Kaye N. Ballantyne;Miriam Goedbloed;Rixun Fang;Onno Schaap

456
Citations
Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

Peter H. Sudmant;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Bradley J. Nelson;Fereydoun Hormozdiari

373
Citations
Susceptibility to Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Influence of CYP1A1, CYP2D6, GSTM1, and GSTT1 Genetic Polymorphisms

Maja Krajinovic;Damian Labuda;Chantal Richer;Sepideh Karimi

351
Citations
Standardized nomenclature for Alu repeats

Mark A. Batzer;Prescott L. Deininger;Utha Hellmann-Blumberg;Jerzy Jurka

347
Citations
Alu sequences in the coding regions of mRNA: a source of protein variability

Wojciech Makałowski;Grant A. Mitchell;Damian Labuda

343
Citations
Corrigendum: Reconstructing Native American population history

David Reich;Nick Patterson;Desmond Campbell;Arti Tandon

338
Citations
Admixture dynamics in Hispanics: A shift in the nuclear genetic ancestry of a South American population isolate

Gabriel Bedoya;Patricia Montoya;Jenny García;Ivan Soto

328
Citations
A survey of genetic and epigenetic variation affecting human gene expression.

Tomi Pastinen;Robert Sladek;Scott Gurd;Alya’a Sammak

325
Citations
Risk of childhood leukemia associated with exposure to pesticides and with gene polymorphisms.

Claire Infante-Rivard;Damian Labuda;Maja Krajinovic;Daniel Sinnett

324
Citations
Y-Chromosome Evidence for Differing Ancient Demographic Histories in the Americas

Maria-Catira Bortolini;Francisco M. Salzano;Mark G. Thomas;Steven Stuart

312
Citations
Role of MTHFR genetic polymorphisms in the susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Maja Krajinovic;Stéphanie Lamothe;Damian Labuda;Émilie Lemieux-Blanchard

295
Citations
Polymorphisms in genes encoding drugs and xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes, DNA repair enzymes, and response to treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Maja Krajinovic;Damian Labuda;Geraldine Mathonnet;Marcin Labuda

211
Citations
Sequence conservation in Alu evolution

Damian Labuda;George Striker

205
Citations
Role of NQO1, MPO and CYP2E1 genetic polymorphisms in the susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Maja Krajinovic;Hugues Sinnett;Chantal Richer;Damian Labuda

202
Citations
Linkage disequilibrium analysis in young populations: pseudo-vitamin D-deficiency rickets and the founder effect in French Canadians.

M. Labuda;D. Labuda;M. Korab-Laskowska;D. E. C. Cole

191
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Sinnett University of Montreal

David Reich Harvard Medical School

Andrés Ruiz-Linares Fudan University

Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School

Thomas J. Hudson Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Laurent Excoffier University of Bern

Nick Patterson Harvard University

William Klitz University of California, Berkeley

Mark A. Batzer Louisiana State University

Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

External Links

Personal website of Damian Labuda

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