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Guido Barbujani

Guido Barbujani

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
62
Citations
13521
World Ranking
2981
National Ranking
59

Guido Barbujani publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guido Barbujani sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 198 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Guido Barbujani D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guido Barbujani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Guido Barbujani is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Archeology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Cultural Studies. The scientist's expertise intersects multiple topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Language and cultural evolution, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, and Race, Genetics, and Society.

Barbujani's published work appears in various journals and research venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genes
  • Human Population Genetics and Genomics
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Archaeological Science

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbujani include:

  • The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect (2021) published in Science Advances
  • More rule than exception: Parallel evidence of ancient migrations in grammars and genomes of Finno-Ugric speakers (2020) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Distinguishing among complex evolutionary models using unphased whole-genome data through random forest approximate Bayesian computation (2020) in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence (2021) in Journal of Archaeological Science
  • More Rule than Exception: Parallel Evidence of Ancient Migrations in Grammars and Genomes of Finno-Ugric Speakers (2020) in Genes

Barbujani regularly collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Patrícia Santos
  • Silvia Ghirotto
  • Maria Teresa Vizzari
  • Andrea Benazzo
  • Gloria G. Fortes

The scientist's research integrates genetic data with archaeological and linguistic evidence to explore population histories, migrations, and evolutionary processes. Their interdisciplinary approach addresses complex questions concerning human origins, population structure, and cultural evolution, contributing to multiple domains within genetic and molecular biology research.

Best Publications

  • Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Europe Is Clinal and Influenced Primarily by Geography, Rather than by Language

    Zoë H. Rosser;Tatiana Zerjal;Matthew E. Hurles;Maarja Adojaan

  • An apportionment of human DNA diversity

    Guido Barbujani;Arianna Magagni;Eric Minch;L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

  • High carrier frequency of the 35delG deafness mutation in European populations

    Paolo Gasparini;Raquel Rabionet;Guido Barbujani;Salvatore Melchionda

  • The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA.

    Albano Beja-Pereira;David Caramelli;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Cristiano Vernesi

  • CYP2D6 worldwide genetic variation shows high frequency of altered activity variants and no continental structure.

    Johanna Sistonen;Antti Sajantila;Oscar Lao;Jukka Corander

  • Y genetic data support the Neolithic demic diffusion model

    Lounès Chikhi;Richard A. Nichols;Guido Barbujani;Mark A. Beaumont

  • Zones of sharp genetic change in Europe are also linguistic boundaries

    Guido Barbujani;Robert R. Sokal

  • Evidence for a genetic discontinuity between Neandertals and 24,000-year-old anatomically modern Europeans

    David Caramelli;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Cristiano Vernesi;Martina Lari

  • Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

    Marc de Manuel;Martin Kuhlwilm;Peter Frandsen;Peter Frandsen;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa

  • Geographic Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Europe

    Lucia Simoni;Lucia Simoni;Francesc Calafell;Davide Pettener;Jaume Bertranpetit

  • A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for European Paternal Lineages

    Patricia Balaresque;Georgina R. Bowden;Susan M. Adams;Ho Yee Leung

  • Patterns of Human Diversity, within and among Continents, Inferred from Biallelic DNA Polymorphisms

    Chiara Romualdi;David Balding;Ivane S. Nasidze;Gregory Risch

  • Clines of nuclear DNA markers suggest a largely neolithic ancestry of the European gene pool.

    Lounès Chikhi;Giovanni Destro-Bisol;Giorgio Bertorelle;Vincenzo Pascali

  • Tracing past human male movements in northern/eastern Africa and western Eurasia: new clues from Y-chromosomal haplogroups E-M78 and J-M12.

    Fulvio Cruciani;Roberta La Fratta;Beniamino Trombetta;Piero Santolamazza

  • Autocorrelation of gene frequencies under isolation by distance.

    Guido Barbujani

  • A Latitudinal Cline in a Drosophila Clock Gene

    Rodolfo Costa;Alexandre A. Peixoto;Guido Barbujani;Charalambos P. Kyriacou

  • Genomic and cranial phenotype data support multiple modern human dispersals from Africa and a southern route into Asia

    Hugo Reyes-Centeno;Silvia Ghirotto;Florent Détroit;Dominique Grimaud-Hervé

  • Genetics and the population history of Europe.

    Guido Barbujani;Giorgio Bertorelle

  • Detecting Regions of Abrupt Change in Maps of Biological Variables

    Guido Barbujani;Neal L. Oden;Robert R. Sokal

  • Y chromosomal haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic colonization of Europe

    F. Di Giacomo;F. Luca;L. O. Popa;N. Akar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaume Bertranpetit
Jaume Bertranpetit Pompeu Fabra University
Lounès Chikhi
Lounès Chikhi Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Carles Lalueza-Fox Pompeu Fabra University
Francesc Calafell
Francesc Calafell Pompeu Fabra University
Robert R. Sokal
Robert R. Sokal Stony Brook University
Mark A. Jobling
Mark A. Jobling University of Leicester
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Andrea Novelletto
Andrea Novelletto University of Rome Tor Vergata

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