2026 Michael Hofreiter: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	96	1822	1644	120	110	300	34185

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Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

1822

1644

120

110

300

34185

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

34185

World Ranking

1822

National Ranking

120

Overview

Michael Hofreiter is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, their work focuses heavily on genetics and molecular biology, ecological studies, paleontology, and anthropology.

The scientist has published extensively, with a total of 121 publications related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and 64 publications in Environmental Science. Subfields where they have made significant contributions include:

Genetics
Molecular Biology
Ecology
Paleontology
Anthropology

Key research topics covered in their work comprise:

Genetic diversity and population structure
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Forensic and Genetic Research
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Identification and Quantification in Food
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Michael Hofreiter has contributed to various scientific venues with frequent publications in:

Current Biology
Scientific Reports
Genes
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Some notable recent papers include:

"Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths" (2021, Nature)
"Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens" (2021, Molecular Ecology Resources)
"Progress in forensic bone DNA analysis: Lessons learned from ancient DNA" (2021, Forensic Science International Genetics)
"Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders" (2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution)
"Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena" (2020, Science Advances)

Frequent collaborators of Michael Hofreiter include:

Axel Barlow
Michaela Preick
Johanna L. A. Paijmans
Love Dalén
Michael V. Westbury

Best Publications

Genetic Analyses from Ancient DNA

Svante Pääbo;Hendrik Poinar;Hendrik Poinar;David Serre;Viviane Jaenicke-Després

1649
Citations
Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

987
Citations
DNA sequences from multiple amplifications reveal artifacts induced by cytosine deamination in ancient DNA

Michael Hofreiter;Viviane Jaenicke;David Serre;Arndt von Haeseler

856
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
Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory

Cristina Gamba;Cristina Gamba;Eppie R. Jones;Matthew D. Teasdale;Russell L. McLaughlin

716
Citations
Ancient DNA extraction from bones and teeth

Nadin Rohland;Michael Hofreiter

693
Citations
Molecular coproscopy: Dung and diet of the extinct ground sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis

Hendrik N. Poinar;Michael Hofreiter;W. Geoffrey Spaulding;Paul S. Martin

671
Citations
Ancient Biomolecules from Deep Ice Cores Reveal a Forested Southern Greenland

Eske Willerslev;Enrico Cappellini;Wouter Boomsma;Rasmus Nielsen

575
Citations
Multilocus Resolution of Phylogeny and Timescale in the Extant Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Honeycreepers

Heather R.L. Lerner;Heather R.L. Lerner;Matthias Meyer;Helen F. James;Helen F. James;Michael Hofreiter

568
Citations
Fossil dogs and wolves from Palaeolithic sites in Belgium, the Ukraine and Russia: osteometry, ancient DNA and stable isotopes

Mietje Germonpré;Mikhail V. Sablin;Rhiannon E. Stevens;Robert E.M. Hedges

547
Citations
No Evidence of Neandertal mtDNA Contribution to Early Modern Humans

David Serre;André Langaney;Mario Chech;Maria Teschler-Nicola

520
Citations
Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians

Eppie R. Jones;Gloria Gonzalez-Fortes;Gloria Gonzalez-Fortes;Sarah Connell;Veronika Siska

504
Citations
Comparison and optimization of ancient DNA extraction.

Nadin Rohland;Michael Hofreiter

491
Citations
DNA from pre-Clovis human coprolites in Oregon, North America.

M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Dennis L. Jenkins;Anders Götherstrom;Nuria Naveran

473
Citations
Optimal Ancient DNA Yields from the Inner Ear Part of the Human Petrous Bone.

Ron Pinhasi;Daniel Fernandes;Kendra Sirak;Mario Novak

437
Citations
Parallel tagged sequencing on the 454 platform

Matthias Meyer;Udo Stenzel;Michael Hofreiter

404
Citations
Coat Color Variation at the Beginning of Horse Domestication

Arne Ludwig;Melanie Pruvost;Melanie Pruvost;Monika Reissmann;Norbert Benecke

401
Citations
A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals

Carles Lalueza-Fox;Holger Römpler;David Caramelli;Claudia Stäubert

399
Citations
Paternity and relatedness in wild chimpanzee communities.

Linda Vigilant;Michael Hofreiter;Heike Siedel;Christophe Boesch

371
Citations