2026 M. Thomas P. Gilbert: 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	125	81	79	4	4	383	60654

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

M. Thomas P. Gilbert is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans 311 publications in this broad field, with notable contributions in subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work addresses a range of topics including genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, identification and quantification in food, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, gut microbiota and health, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by M. Thomas P. Gilbert are:

"The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics" (2022), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
"The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Population genomics of the Viking world" (2020), published in Nature
"How genomics can help biodiversity conservation" (2023), published in Trends in Genetics
"Evolution of the germline mutation rate across vertebrates" (2023), published in Nature

Frequent co-authors active in collaboration with Gilbert include Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Guojie Zhang, Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal, and Jacob Agerbo Rasmussen.

The main venues where Gilbert's work has appeared include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Ecology
Current Biology
Nature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

M. Thomas P. Gilbert has also contributed to book publications, including a volume titled On the Horizon, Vol. 4 (2022), published by the Center for Strategic & International Studies eBooks.

Best Publications

Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

2870
Citations
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
Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann;Alice Evans;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Gary R. Carvalho

1449
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
Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

1029
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
Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960

Michael Worobey;Marlea Gemmel;Dirk E. Teuwen;Tamara Haselkorn

981
Citations
An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

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

930
Citations
Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

Greger Larson;Dolores R. Piperno;Robin G. Allaby;Michael D. Purugganan

896
Citations
Diverse Plant and Animal Genetic Records from Holocene and Pleistocene Sediments

Eske Willerslev;Anders J. Hansen;Jonas Binladen;Tina B. Brand

828
Citations
Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison

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

810
Citations
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

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

800
Citations
Assessing ancient DNA studies.

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

776
Citations
Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

Pontus Skoglund;Helena Malmström;Maanasa Raghavan;Jan Storå

768
Citations
The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

Morten E. Allentoft;Morten E. Allentoft;Morten E. Allentoft;Matthew Collins;David Harker;James Haile

762
Citations
Scrutinizing key steps for reliable metabarcoding of environmental samples

Antton Alberdi;Ostaizka Aizpurua;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann

698
Citations
Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral cavity

Christina Warinner;João F Matias Rodrigues;Rounak Vyas;Christian Trachsel

675
Citations
Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

651
Citations
Tag jumps illuminated--reducing sequence-to-sample misidentifications in metabarcoding studies.

Ida Baerholm Schnell;Ida Baerholm Schnell;Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann;M Thomas P Gilbert;M Thomas P Gilbert

623
Citations
Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

173
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen

Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University

Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University

Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University

James Haile Murdoch University

Andrew D. Foote Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Michael Bunce Curtin University

Anders Götherström Stockholm University

Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley

Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz

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