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128
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Nick Patterson publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nick Patterson sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 230 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Nick Patterson D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nick Patterson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 128 D-Index — 94th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nick Patterson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Archaeology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Anthropology. Their research output spans 53 publications in the main field, including notable contributions in the subfields of Genetics (45 publications) and Archaeology (18 publications).

The main topics of their work encompass forensic and genetic research, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, race, genetics and society, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as molecular biology techniques and applications.

Nick Patterson's recent publications include:

  • The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) a curated compendium of ancient human genomes, 2024, Scientific Data
  • A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes, 2022, Science
  • Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history, 2020, Nature
  • Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers, 2022, Nature
  • The spread of steppe and Iranian-related ancestry in the islands of the western Mediterranean, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, such as David Reich, Swapan Mallick, Nadin Rohland, Matthew Mah, and Ann Marie Lawson, reflecting ongoing partnerships across numerous research projects.

The frequent publication venues for Patterson's work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, UNC Libraries, Science, and Harvard Dataverse. They have contributed 13 publications to bioRxiv and 8 to Nature, among others.

Best Publications

  • Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies

    Alkes L Price;Alkes L Price;Nick J Patterson;Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Michael E Weinblatt

  • PGC-1alpha-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes

    Vamsi K Mootha;Cecilia M Lindgren;Cecilia M Lindgren;Karl-Fredrik Eriksson;Aravind Subramanian

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • Population structure and eigenanalysis

    Nick Patterson;Alkes Price;Alkes Price;David Emil Reich;David Emil Reich

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • LD score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies :

    Brendan K Bulik-Sullivan;Po-Ru Loh;Hilary K Finucane;Stephan Ripke

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • An atlas of genetic correlations across human diseases and traits.

    Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K Finucane;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Alexander Gusev

  • Large-Scale Copy Number Polymorphism in the Human Genome

    Jonathan Sebat;B. Lakshmi;Jennifer Troge;Joan Alexander

  • Ancient Admixture in Human History

    Nick J. Patterson;Priya Moorjani;Yontao Luo;Swapan Mallick

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Partitioning heritability by functional annotation using genome-wide association summary statistics.

    Hilary K Finucane;Hilary K Finucane;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Alexander Gusev;Gosia Trynka

  • The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains

    Kay Prüfer;Fernando Racimo;Nick Patterson;Flora Jay

  • Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;LaDeana W. Hillier

  • Detecting recent positive selection in the human genome from haplotype structure

    Pardis C Sabeti;David E Reich;John M Higgins;Haninah Z P Levine

  • Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

    David Reich;Richard E. Green;Martin Kircher;Johannes Krause

  • Sequencing and comparison of yeast species to identify genes and regulatory elements

    Manolis Kellis;Nick Patterson;Matthew Endrizzi;Bruce Birren

  • A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual

    Matthias Meyer;Martin Kircher;Marie Theres Gansauge;Heng Li

  • Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

    Wolfgang Haak;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • Reconstructing Indian Population History

    David Reich;Kumarasamy Thangaraj;Nick Patterson;Alkes L. Price;Alkes L. Price

Frequent Co-Authors

David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Alkes L. Price
Alkes L. Price Harvard University
Po-Ru Loh
Po-Ru Loh Harvard Medical School
Nadin Rohland
Nadin Rohland Harvard University
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University

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