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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
48700
World Ranking
1342
National Ranking
78

Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
47534
World Ranking
8162
National Ranking
800

Mark G. Thomas 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 Mark G. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 468 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark G. Thomas 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 Mark G. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Mark G. Thomas is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in several subfields including genetics, molecular biology, surgery, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's body of work spans topics such as forensic and genetic research, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, race, genetics and society, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, genetic diversity and population structure, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, and pneumonia and respiratory infections.

Mark G. Thomas has published in numerous venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Science Advances
  • Current Biology
  • Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas include:

  • "Pre-operative fasting in children," 2021, European Journal of Anaesthesiology
  • "The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool," 2022, Nature
  • "Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history," 2020, Nature
  • "Pre-operative fasting in children: A guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care," 2022, PubMed
  • "Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years," 2020, Current Biology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Krishna R. Veeramah
  • Garrett Hellenthal
  • Yoan Diekmann
  • Adrian Timpson
  • Nadin Rohland

Best Publications

  • The GENCODE v7 catalog of human long noncoding RNAs: analysis of their gene structure, evolution, and expression.

    Thomas Derrien;Rory Johnson;Giovanni Bussotti;Andrea Tanzer

  • A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function.

    William C. Skarnes;Barry Rosen;Anthony P. West;Manousos Koutsourakis

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

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

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.

    M Voysey;S A Costa Clemens;S A Madhi;L Y Weckx

  • Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool.

    Martin B. Richards;Martin B. Richards;Vincent Macaulay;Eileen Hickey;Emilce Vega

  • Late Pleistocene Demography and the Appearance of Modern Human Behavior

    Adam Powell;Stephen Shennan;Stephen Shennan;Mark G. Thomas;Mark G. Thomas

  • Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

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

  • The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

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

  • Regional population collapse followed initial agriculture booms in mid-Holocene Europe

    Stephen Shennan;Sean S. Downey;Sean S. Downey;Adrian Timpson;Kevan Edinborough

  • Disclosure of trauma and immune response to a hepatitis B vaccination program.

    Keith J. Petrie;Roger J. Booth;James W. Pennebaker;Kathryn P. Davison

  • A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

    Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Michael C. Westaway;Craig Muller;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa

  • Genetic Discontinuity Between Local Hunter-Gatherers and Central Europe’s First Farmers

    B. Bramanti;M. G. Thomas;Wolfgang Haak;M. Unterlaender

  • The Origins of Lactase Persistence in Europe

    Yuval Itan;Adam Powell;Mark A. Beaumont;Joachim Burger

  • Population genetic structure of variable drug response

    James F. Wilson;James F. Wilson;Michael E. Weale;Alice C. Smith;Fiona Gratrix

  • Lactose digestion and the evolutionary genetics of lactase persistence

    Catherine J. E. Ingram;Charlotte A. Mulcare;Yuval Itan;Mark G. Thomas

  • Absence of the lactase-persistence-associated allele in early Neolithic Europeans

    J. Burger;M. Kirchner;B. Bramanti;Wolfgang Haak

  • Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

    Zuzana Hofmanová;Susanne Kreutzer;Garrett Hellenthal;Christian Sell

  • A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

    Monika Karmin;Monika Karmin;Lauri Saag;Lauri Saag;Mário Vicente;Melissa A. Wilson Sayres;Melissa A. Wilson Sayres

  • Evolution of lactase persistence: an example of human niche construction

    Pascale Gerbault;Anke Liebert;Yuval Itan;Adam Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Ian Barnes
Ian Barnes Natural History Museum
Joachim Burger
Joachim Burger Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Michael E. Weale
Michael E. Weale King's College London
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Stephen Shennan
Stephen Shennan University College London
Dallas M. Swallow
Dallas M. Swallow University College London
Nadin Rohland
Nadin Rohland Harvard University
Toomas Kivisild
Toomas Kivisild KU Leuven

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