2026 Guido Barbujani: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	62	2981	2827	59	55	198	13521

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

763
Citations
An apportionment of human DNA diversity

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

637
Citations
High carrier frequency of the 35delG deafness mutation in European populations

Paolo Gasparini;Raquel Rabionet;Guido Barbujani;Salvatore Melchionda

567
Citations
The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA.

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

477
Citations
CYP2D6 worldwide genetic variation shows high frequency of altered activity variants and no continental structure.

Johanna Sistonen;Antti Sajantila;Oscar Lao;Jukka Corander

471
Citations
Y genetic data support the Neolithic demic diffusion model

LounÃ¨s Chikhi;Richard A. Nichols;Guido Barbujani;Mark A. Beaumont

405
Citations
Zones of sharp genetic change in Europe are also linguistic boundaries

Guido Barbujani;Robert R. Sokal

404
Citations
Evidence for a genetic discontinuity between Neandertals and 24,000-year-old anatomically modern Europeans

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

379
Citations
Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

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

360
Citations
Geographic Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Europe

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

306
Citations
A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for European Paternal Lineages

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

297
Citations
Patterns of Human Diversity, within and among Continents, Inferred from Biallelic DNA Polymorphisms

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

293
Citations
Clines of nuclear DNA markers suggest a largely neolithic ancestry of the European gene pool.

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

238
Citations
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

214
Citations
Autocorrelation of gene frequencies under isolation by distance.

Guido Barbujani

209
Citations
A Latitudinal Cline in a Drosophila Clock Gene

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

202
Citations
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

198
Citations
Genetics and the population history of Europe.

Guido Barbujani;Giorgio Bertorelle

195
Citations
Detecting Regions of Abrupt Change in Maps of Biological Variables

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

190
Citations
Y chromosomal haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic colonization of Europe

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

189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaume Bertranpetit Pompeu Fabra University

Lounès Chikhi Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

Carles Lalueza-Fox Pompeu Fabra University

Francesc Calafell Pompeu Fabra University

Robert R. Sokal Stony Brook University

Mark A. Jobling University of Leicester

Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute

Laurent Excoffier University of Bern

Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University

Andrea Novelletto University of Rome Tor Vergata

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