2026 Ludovic Orlando: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	100	274	257	11	11	237	40974

Overview

Ludovic Orlando is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France and has a research focus primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant body of work in Genetics. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Archeology.

Their main research topics encompass Forensic and Genetic Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

Orlando has contributed to several notable papers, which include:

Population genomics of the Viking world (2020) in Nature
Ancient DNA analysis (2021) in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Animal domestication in the era of ancient genomics (2020) in Nature Reviews Genetics
Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change (2020) in Science
Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France (2022) in Science Advances

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Orlando include:

Andaine Seguin-Orlando
Stéphanie Schiavinato
Loreleï Chauvey
Laure Tonasso-Calvière
Clio Der Sarkissian

Orlando has published regularly in leading venues, with multiple publications in:

Nature
Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
iScience
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris

In addition to journal articles, Orlando has published books, including a work released by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique titled L'ADN fossile, une machine à remonter le temps: Les tests ADN en archéologie in 2021.

Best Publications

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

2118
Citations
Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia

Morten E. Allentoft;Martin Sikora;Karl-Göran Sjögren;Simon Rasmussen

1893
Citations
mapDamage2.0: fast approximate Bayesian estimates of ancient DNA damage parameters

Hákon Jónsson;Aurélien Ginolhac;Mikkel Schubert;Philip L. F. Johnson

1720
Citations
Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA

Philip Francis Thomsen;Jos Kielgast;Lars L. Iversen;Carsten Wiuf

1407
Citations
Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

Guojie Zhang;Guojie Zhang;Cai Li;Qiye Li;Bo Li

1160
Citations
Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

Maanasa Raghavan;Pontus Skoglund;Kelly E. Graf;Mait Metspalu

1063
Citations
Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

Morten Rasmussen;Yingrui Li;Stinus Lindgreen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

995
Citations
Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

987
Citations
An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

Morten Rasmussen;Xiaosen Guo;Yong Wang;Kirk E. Lohmueller

930
Citations
The Derived FOXP2 Variant of Modern Humans Was Shared with Neandertals

Johannes Krause;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Ludovic Orlando;Wolfgang Enard

841
Citations
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

Eline D. Lorenzen;David Nogués-Bravo;Ludovic Orlando;Jaco Weinstock

800
Citations
Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

651
Citations
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

639
Citations
Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago.

Simon Rasmussen;Morten Erik Allentoft;Kasper Nielsen;Ludovic Orlando

633
Citations
Characterization of ancient and modern genomes by SNP detection and phylogenomic and metagenomic analysis using PALEOMIX

Mikkel Schubert;Luca Ermini;Clio Der Sarkissian;Hákon Jónsson

571
Citations
Neanderthals in central Asia and Siberia.

Johannes Krause;Ludovic Orlando;David Serre;Bence Viola

503
Citations
137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes

Peter de Barros Damgaard;Nina Marchi;Simon Rasmussen;Michaël Peyrot

483
Citations
Investigating the Potential Use of Environmental DNA (eDNA) for Genetic Monitoring of Marine Mammals

Andrew D. Foote;Philip Francis Thomsen;Signe Sveegaard;Magnus Wahlberg

440
Citations
The Effects of Captivity on the Mammalian Gut Microbiome.

Valerie J. McKenzie;Se Jin Song;Se Jin Song;Frédéric Delsuc;Tiffany L. Prest

436
Citations
Population genomics reveal recent speciation and rapid evolutionary adaptation in polar bears.

Shiping Liu;Eline D. Lorenzen;Matteo Fumagalli;Bo Li

427
Citations
Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

Andaine Seguin-Orlando;Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen;Martin Sikora;Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas

427
Citations
Glacial Survival of Boreal Trees in Northern Scandinavia

Laura Parducci;Laura Parducci;Tina Jørgensen;Mari Mette Tollefsrud;Ellen Elverland

424
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen

M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen

Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley

Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz

Anders Albrechtsen University of Copenhagen

Simon Rasmussen University of Copenhagen

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid King Saud University

Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam

Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén University of Copenhagen

Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen

External Links

Personal website of Ludovic Orlando

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