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89
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26551
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2583
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183

Matthew J. Collins 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 Matthew J. Collins sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 333 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew J. Collins 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 Matthew J. Collins sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Matthew J. Collins is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily intersects the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on archeology, genetics, molecular biology, paleontology, and ecology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers several key topics including forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic and genetic research, identification and quantification in food, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, cultural heritage materials analysis, and image processing and 3D reconstruction.

Recent papers by Matthew J. Collins showcase a variety of contributions to these fields. Notable publications include:

  • "A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA" (2022) published in Nature
  • "Paleoproteomics" (2022) published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Palaeoproteomics confirm earliest domesticated sheep in southern Africa ca. 2000 BP" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage" (2021) published in Nature
  • "On the standardization of ZooMS nomenclature" (2020) published in Journal of Proteomics

Matthew J. Collins frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Meaghan Mackie
  • Alberto J. Taurozzi
  • Sarah Fiddyment
  • Max Ramsøe
  • Camilla Speller

Their publications are often found in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Heritage Science

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The survival of organic matter in bone: a review

    Matthew J Collins;C M Nielsen-Marsh;Jennifer C Hiller;C I Smith

  • Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral cavity

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

  • Species identification by analysis of bone collagen using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

    Michael Buckley;Matthew Collins;Jane Thomas-Oates;Julie C. Wilson

  • 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

  • Ancient Biomolecules from Deep Ice Cores Reveal a Forested Southern Greenland

    Eske Willerslev;Enrico Cappellini;Wouter Boomsma;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus

    Karen Hardy;Stephen Buckley;Matthew J. Collins;Almudena Estalrrich

  • Serotonin Has a Key Role in Pathogenesis of Experimental Colitis

    Jean–Eric Ghia;Nan Li;Huaqing Wang;Matthew Collins

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

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

  • Distinguishing between archaeological sheep and goat bones using a single collagen peptide

    Mike Buckley;Sarah Whitcher Kansa;Sarah Howard;Stuart Campbell

  • Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of mitochondria from ancient hair shafts

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Lynn P. Tomsho;Snjezana Rendulic;Michael Packard

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

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

  • A Basic Mathematical Simulation of the Chemical Degradation of Ancient Collagen

    Matthew J. Collins;Michael S. Riley;Angela M. Child;Gordon Turner-Walker

  • The future of ancient DNA: Technical advances and conceptual shifts

    Michael Hofreiter;Johanna L. A. Paijmans;Helen Goodchild;Camilla F. Speller

  • Proteomic analysis of a pleistocene mammoth femur reveals more than one hundred ancient bone proteins.

    Enrico Cappellini;Lars J. Jensen;Damian Szklarczyk;Aurélien Ginolhac

  • Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time.

    Beatrice Demarchi;Shaun Hall;Teresa Roncal-Herrero;Colin Freeman

  • Closed-system behaviour of the intra-crystalline fraction of amino acids in mollusc shells

    K.E.H. Penkman;D.S. Kaufman;D. Maddy;M.J. Collins

  • Neanderthal DNA. Not just old but old and cold

    Colin I. Smith;Andrew T. Chamberlain;Michael S. Riley;Alan Cooper

  • Racemization of aspartic acid in human proteins.

    Stefanie Ritz-Timme;Matthew J Collins

  • Molecular phylogeny of the extinct cave lion Panthera leo spelaea.

    Joachim Burger;Wilfried Rosendahl;Odile Loreille;Helmut Hemmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsty Penkman
Kirsty Penkman University of York
Michael Buckley
Michael Buckley University of Manchester
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Jane Thomas-Oates
Jane Thomas-Oates University of York
Roman Fischer
Roman Fischer University of Oxford
Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Ian Barnes
Ian Barnes Natural History Museum
Daniel G. Bradley
Daniel G. Bradley Trinity College Dublin
Simon A. Parfitt
Simon A. Parfitt University College London

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