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Nina G. Jablonski 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 Nina G. Jablonski sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 202 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nina G. Jablonski 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 Nina G. Jablonski sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Nina G. Jablonski is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with notable contributions in dermatology, social psychology, paleontology, genetics, and cell biology. The scientific inquiries largely center around topics including skin protection and aging, melanin and skin pigmentation, evolution and paleontology studies, thermoregulation and physiological responses, primate behavior and ecology, vitamin D research studies, and hair growth and disorders.

Jablonski's recent publications include the following:

  • Skin color and race, 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Social and affective touch in primates and its role in the evolution of social cohesion, 2020, Neuroscience
  • The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables, 2021, Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research
  • The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale: a proof-of-concept study, 2022, British Journal of Dermatology
  • Four weeks of vitamin D supplementation improves nitric oxide-mediated microvascular function in college-aged African Americans, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Frequent coauthors associated with their work include W. Larry Kenney, Mark D. Shriver, Xueping Ji, S. Tony Wolf, and Jay Kelley.

Publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Jablonski has been recognized with several fellowships, including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015, Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2012, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of human skin coloration.

    Nina G. Jablonski;George Chaplin

  • Human skin pigmentation as an adaptation to UV radiation

    Nina G. Jablonski;George Chaplin

  • The biology of color

    Innes C. Cuthill;William L. Allen;Kevin Arbuckle;Barbara Caspers

  • The Evolution of Human Skin and Skin Color

    Nina G. Jablonski

  • Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes

    Lucia Carbone;R. Alan Harris;Sante Gnerre;Krishna R. Veeramah;Krishna R. Veeramah

  • First fossil chimpanzee

    Sally McBrearty;Nina G. Jablonski

  • Circulating microRNAs involved in multiple sclerosis

    Sue Rutherford Siegel;Jason Mackenzie;George Chaplin;Nina G. Jablonski

  • Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color

    Nina G. Jablonski

  • Sexual selection on male vocal fundamental frequency in humans and other anthropoids.

    David A. Puts;Alexander K. Hill;Drew H. Bailey;Robert S. Walker

  • Sunscreen photoprotection and vitamin D status

    T. Passeron;R. Bouillon;V. Callender;T. Cestari

  • The influence of life history and diet on the distribution of catarrhine primates during the Pleistocene in eastern Asia.

    Nina G. Jablonski;Matthew J. Whitfort;Nola Roberts-Smith;Xu Qinqi

  • The colours of humanity: the evolution of pigmentation in the human lineage

    Nina G. Jablonski;George Chaplin

  • Origin of habitual terrestrial bipedalism in the ancestor of the Hominidae

    Nina G. Jablonski;George Chaplin

  • Vitamin D: in the evolution of human skin colour

    A.W.C. Yuen;N.G. Jablonski

  • Human skin pigmentation, migration and disease susceptibility

    Nina G. Jablonski;George Chaplin

  • The first Americans : the Pleistocene colonization of the New World

    Nina G. Jablonski;L Paul

  • Environmental selection during the last ice age on the mother-to-infant transmission of vitamin D and fatty acids through breast milk

    Leslea J. Hlusko;Joshua P. Carlson;George Chaplin;Scott A. Elias

  • Vitamin D and the evolution of human depigmentation

    George Chaplin;Nina G. Jablonski

  • Climatic effects on dental development of Theropithecus oswaldi from Koobi Fora and Olorgesailie

    Gabriele Macho;Donald Reid;Meave Leakey;Nina Jablonski

  • Primate evolution - In and out of Africa (multiple letters)

    N. G. Jablonski;Y. P. Zhang;O. A. Ryder;C. B. Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Shriver
Mark D. Shriver Pennsylvania State University
Chenglong Deng
Chenglong Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Meave G. Leakey
Meave G. Leakey Stony Brook University
Zhengtang Guo
Zhengtang Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Adèle C. Green
Adèle C. Green QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Kumarasamy Thangaraj Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Xulong Lai
Xulong Lai China University of Geosciences
Tao Deng
Tao Deng Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Robert J. Wilkinson
Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute

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