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46203
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142

Janet Kelso 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 Janet Kelso sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 148 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Janet Kelso 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 Janet Kelso sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Janet Kelso is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Genetics, Archeology, Anthropology, Molecular Biology, and Paleontology as subfields of study.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Janet Kelso has published papers in several prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Current Biology

Some of their recent papers are:

  • A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau (2020) in Science
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry (2021) in Nature
  • The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes (2020) in Science
  • Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals (2022) in Nature

Frequent co-authors in Janet Kelso's research include:

  • Matthias Meyer
  • Svante Pääbo
  • Stéphane Peyrégne
  • Benjamin M. Peter
  • Viviane Slon

Best Publications

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains

    Kay Prüfer;Fernando Racimo;Nick Patterson;Flora Jay

  • Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

    David Reich;Richard E. Green;Martin Kircher;Johannes Krause

  • A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual

    Matthias Meyer;Martin Kircher;Marie Theres Gansauge;Heng Li

  • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

    Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

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

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

  • Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia

    Qiaomei Fu;Heng Li;Priya Moorjani;Flora Jay

  • The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans

    Sriram Sankararaman;Swapan Mallick;Michael Dannemann;Kay Prüfer

  • Deep proteome and transcriptome mapping of a human cancer cell line

    Nagarjuna Nagaraj;Jacek R Wisniewski;Tamar Geiger;Juergen Cox

  • The genetic history of Ice Age Europe

    Qiaomei Fu;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Mateja Hajdinjak;Martin Petr

  • Patterns of damage in genomic DNA sequences from a Neandertal

    Adrian W. Briggs;Udo Stenzel;Philip L. F. Johnson;Richard E. Green

  • High-throughput DNA sequencing – concepts and limitations

    Martin Kircher;Janet Kelso

  • An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

    Qiaomei Fu;Mateja Hajdinjak;Oana Teodora Moldovan;Silviu Constantin

  • A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing

    Richard E. Green;Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs

  • Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion

    Marta Florio;Mareike Albert;Elena Taverna;Takashi Namba

  • The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes

    Kay Prüfer;Kasper Munch;Ines Hellmann;Keiko Akagi

  • A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia

    Kay Prüfer;Cesare de Filippo;Steffi Grote;Fabrizio Mafessoni

  • DNA analysis of an early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, China

    Qiaomei Fu;Matthias Meyer;Xing Gao;Udo Stenzel

  • Methods, Models & Techniques High-throughput DNA sequencing - concepts and limitations

    Martin Kircher;Janet Kelso

Frequent Co-Authors

Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Kay Prüfer
Kay Prüfer Max Planck Society
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Robert Hoehndorf
Robert Hoehndorf King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University
Richard E. Green
Richard E. Green University of California, Santa Cruz
Martin Kircher
Martin Kircher Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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