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Michael Hofreiter

Michael Hofreiter

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
34185
World Ranking
1821
National Ranking
121

Michael Hofreiter 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 Michael Hofreiter sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 300 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Hofreiter 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 Michael Hofreiter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

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

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

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

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

  • Assessing ancient DNA studies.

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

  • 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

  • Ancient DNA extraction from bones and teeth

    Nadin Rohland;Michael Hofreiter

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

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

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

    Eske Willerslev;Enrico Cappellini;Wouter Boomsma;Rasmus Nielsen

  • 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

  • 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

  • No Evidence of Neandertal mtDNA Contribution to Early Modern Humans

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

  • Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians

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

  • Comparison and optimization of ancient DNA extraction.

    Nadin Rohland;Michael Hofreiter

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

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

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

    Ron Pinhasi;Daniel Fernandes;Kendra Sirak;Mario Novak

  • Parallel tagged sequencing on the 454 platform

    Matthias Meyer;Udo Stenzel;Michael Hofreiter

  • Coat Color Variation at the Beginning of Horse Domestication

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

  • A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals

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

  • Paternity and relatedness in wild chimpanzee communities.

    Linda Vigilant;Michael Hofreiter;Heike Siedel;Christophe Boesch

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadin Rohland
Nadin Rohland Harvard University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
Love Dalén
Love Dalén Stockholm University
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University

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