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Peter de Knijff 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 Peter de Knijff sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 165 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter de Knijff 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 Peter de Knijff sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 51st percentile

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

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

Overview

Peter de Knijff is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and has a substantial body of work spanning genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their research focuses primarily on forensic and genetic research, the study of race, genetics and society, environmental DNA applications in biodiversity studies, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Comprehensive diagnostics of acute myeloid leukemia by whole transcriptome RNA sequencing, 2020, Leukemia
  • DNA commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (ISFG): Recommendations on the interpretation of Y-STR results in forensic analysis, 2020, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • DNA metabarcoding quantifies the relative biomass of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: Validation with camera-recorded diets, 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • Taxonomic classification and abundance estimation using 16S and WGS-A comparison using controlled reference samples, 2020, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • On the Forensic Use of Y-Chromosome Polymorphisms, 2022, Genes

Their frequent co-authors include Rick H. de Leeuw, Marije te Raa, Jeroen F. J. Laros, Pille Hallast, and Chris Tyler-Smith.

Peter de Knijff has published extensively in venues such as Forensic Science International Genetics, Ophthalmology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Leukemia, and Ecology and Evolution.

Their main fields of study comprise Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Subfields include Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Archeology.

Key topics of their research work cover:

  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Best Publications

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

  • An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

    Morten Rasmussen;Xiaosen Guo;Yong Wang;Kirk E. Lohmueller

  • The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

    Iñigo Olalde;Selina Brace;Morten E. Allentoft;Ian Armit

  • Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Europe Is Clinal and Influenced Primarily by Geography, Rather than by Language

    Zoë H. Rosser;Tatiana Zerjal;Matthew E. Hurles;Maarja Adojaan

  • Whole-genome sequence variation, population structure and demographic history of the Dutch population

    Laurent C. Francioli;Androniki Menelaou;Sara L. Pulit;Freerk van Dijk

  • The role of selection in the evolution of human mitochondrial genomes.

    Toomas Kivisild;Peidong Shen;Dennis P. Wall;Bao Do

  • Characteristics and frequency of germline mutations at microsatellite loci from the human Y chromosome, as revealed by direct observation in father/son pairs.

    Manfred Kayser;Lutz Roewer;Minttu Hedman;Lotte Henke

  • Mutability of Y-chromosomal microsatellites: rates, characteristics, molecular bases and forensic implications

    Kaye N. Ballantyne;Miriam Goedbloed;Rixun Fang;Onno Schaap

  • Improving human forensics through advances in genetics, genomics and molecular biology

    Manfred Kayser;Peter de Knijff

  • Polymorphisms in the Coagulation Factor VII Gene and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction

    Licia Iacoviello;Augusto Di Castelnuovo;Peter de Knijff;Andria D'Orazio

  • SDHAF2 mutations in familial and sporadic paraganglioma and phaeochromocytoma

    Jean Pierre Bayley;Henricus P.M. Kunst;Alberto Cascon;Maria Lourdes Sampietro

  • A new future of forensic Y-chromosome analysis: Rapidly mutating Y-STRs for differentiating male relatives and paternal lineages

    Kaye N. Ballantyne;Victoria Keerl;Andreas Wollstein;Andreas Wollstein;Ying Choi

  • The Genome of the Netherlands: design, and project goals

    Dorret I. Boomsma;Cisca Wijmenga;Eline P. Slagboom;Morris A. Swertz

  • A global analysis of Y-chromosomal haplotype diversity for 23 STR loci

    Josephine Purps;Sabine Siegert;Sascha Willuweit;Marion Nagy

  • The HIrisPlex-S system for eye, hair and skin colour prediction from DNA: Introduction and forensic developmental validation.

    Lakshmi Chaitanya;Krystal Breslin;Sofia Zuñiga;Laura Wirken

  • An extensive analysis of Y-chromosomal microsatellite haplotypes in globally dispersed human populations.

    Manfred Kayser;Michael Krawczak;Laurent Georges Louis Excoffier;Patrick Dieltjes

  • Specific sequence variations within the 4q35 region are associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

    Richard J.L.F. Lemmers;Mariëlle Wohlgemuth;Kristiaan J. van der Gaag;Patrick J. van der Vliet

  • Signature of recent historical events in the European Y-chromosomal STR haplotype distribution

    Lutz Roewer;Peter J. P. Croucher;Sascha Willuweit;Tim T. Lu

  • Massively parallel sequencing of forensic STRs: Considerations of the DNA commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) on minimal nomenclature requirements

    Walther Parson;Walther Parson;David Ballard;Bruce Budowle;John M. Butler

  • Forensic value of 14 novel STRs on the human Y chromosome

    Alan J Redd;Al B Agellon;Veronica A Kearney;Veronica A Contreras

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Kayser
Manfred Kayser Erasmus University Rotterdam
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
Mark A. Jobling
Mark A. Jobling University of Leicester
Walther Parson
Walther Parson Innsbruck Medical University
P. Eline Slagboom
P. Eline Slagboom Leiden University Medical Center
Yali Xue
Yali Xue Wellcome Sanger Institute
Antti Sajantila
Antti Sajantila University of Helsinki
Rune R. Frants
Rune R. Frants Leiden University
Johan T. den Dunnen
Johan T. den Dunnen Leiden University Medical Center
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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