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Ian Barnes publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 112 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Ian Barnes D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Barnes sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ian Barnes is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Paleontology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work spans multiple topics including Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Forensic and Genetic Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Plant and animal studies.

Recent publications by Ian Barnes include:

  • MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads, 2023, BMC Bioinformatics
  • A DNA barcoding framework for taxonomic verification in the Darwin Tree of Life Project, 2024, Wellcome Open Research
  • A sampling strategy for genome sequencing the British terrestrial arthropod fauna, 2023, Wellcome Open Research
  • Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths, 2021, Nature

Ian Barnes has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Nature
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include Selina Brace, Gavin R. Broad, Liam M Crowley, Inez Januszczak, and Benjamin Price.

Best Publications

  • Refugia revisited: individualistic responses of species in space and time

    John R. Stewart;Adrian M. Lister;Ian Barnes;Love Dalén

  • The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

    Iñigo Olalde;Selina Brace;Morten E. Allentoft;Ian Armit

  • Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison

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

  • Assessing ancient DNA studies.

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Hans-Jürgen Bandelt;Michael Hofreiter;Ian Barnes

  • The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

    Morten Arendt Rendt Rasmussen;Sarah L. Anzick;Michael R. Waters;Pontus Skoglund

  • Dynamics of Pleistocene population extinctions in Beringian brown bears.

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

  • Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates

    Frido Welker;Matthew J. Collins;Jessica A. Thomas;Marc Wadsley

  • Bacillus subtilis isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract.

    Huynh A. Hong;Reena Khaneja;Nguyen M.K. Tam;Alessia Cazzato

  • Distribution Patterns of Postmortem Damage in Human Mitochondrial DNA

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Eske Willerslev;Anders J. Hansen;Ian Barnes

  • Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska

    James Haile;Duane G. Froese;Ross D. E. MacPhee;Richard G. Roberts

  • Characterization of genetic miscoding lesions caused by postmortem damage

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Anders J. Hansen;Eske Willerslev;Lars Rudbeck

  • Ancient Hybridization and an Irish Origin for the Modern Polar Bear Matriline

    Ceiridwen J. Edwards;Marc A. Suchard;Philippe Lemey;John J. Welch

  • Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths

    Tom van der Valk;Tom van der Valk;Patrícia Pečnerová;Patrícia Pečnerová;Patrícia Pečnerová;David Díez-del-Molino;David Díez-del-Molino;Anders Bergström

  • Multiplex amplification of the mammoth mitochondrial genome and the evolution of Elephantidae

    Johannes Krause;Paul H. Dear;Joshua L. Pollack;Montgomery Slatkin

  • Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach

    Helen J Chatterjee;Simon Y W Ho;Simon Y W Ho;Ian Barnes;Colin Groves

  • Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne

    Frido Welker;Frido Welker;Mateja Hajdinjak;Sahra Talamo;Klervia Jaouen

  • Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA.

    Eske Willerslev;Eske Willerslev;Anders J. Hansen;Regin Rønn;Tina B. Brand

  • Phylogeography of lions ( Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity

    Ross Barnett;Beth Shapiro;Ian Barnes;Simon Y. W. Ho

  • Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain

    Selina Brace;Yoan Diekmann;Thomas J. Booth;Lucy van Dorp

  • A molecular analysis of dietary diversity for three archaic Native Americans

    Hendrik N. Poinar;Melanie Kuch;Kristin D. Sobolik;Ian Barnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark G. Thomas
Mark G. Thomas University College London
Adrian M. Lister
Adrian M. Lister Natural History Museum
Love Dalén
Love Dalén Stockholm University
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Samuel T. Turvey
Samuel T. Turvey Zoological Society of London
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen

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