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Toomas Kivisild

Toomas Kivisild

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Belgium
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
90
Citations
35920
World Ranking
1067
National Ranking
15

Toomas Kivisild 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 Toomas Kivisild sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 216 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Toomas Kivisild 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 Toomas Kivisild sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Toomas Kivisild is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses extensively on Genetics, with additional work in Molecular Biology, Archaeology, Paleontology, and Cell Biology.

Their scholarly output includes numerous recent papers, covering topics related to genetic ancestry, ancient genomes, and population genetics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Genetic ancestry changes in Stone to Bronze Age transition in the East European plain, 2021, Science Advances
  • Evaluating genotype imputation pipeline for ultra-low coverage ancient genomes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula, 2021, Current Biology
  • Genetic ancestry changes in Stone to Bronze Age transition in the East European plain, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Genetic Origin of Daunians and the Pan-Mediterranean Southern Italian Iron Age Context, 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors in their work include Christiana L. Scheib, Mait Metspalu, Anu Solnik, Luca Pagani, and Eugenia D'Atanasio, reflecting consistent collaboration within the genetic research community.

Toomas Kivisild often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Genome Biology, Science Advances, and Molecular Biology and Evolution. This distribution aligns with their research areas in genetic and molecular studies.

Their research topics cover a wide array of themes including:

  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Through their publications and collaborations, Toomas Kivisild contributes to advancing the understanding of genetic history, population dynamics, and the intersection of genetics with anthropology and archaeology.

Best Publications

  • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

    Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

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

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

  • Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool.

    Martin B. Richards;Martin B. Richards;Vincent Macaulay;Eileen Hickey;Emilce Vega

  • Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Pontus Skoglund;Kelly E. Graf;Mait Metspalu

  • Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

    Morten Rasmussen;Yingrui Li;Stinus Lindgreen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

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

  • Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders.

    Erika Tamm;Toomas Kivisild;Toomas Kivisild;Maere Reidla;Mait Metspalu

  • 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

  • Human Evolutionary Genetics

    Mark A. Jobling;Edward Hollox;Matthew Hurles;Toomas Kivisild

  • Phylogeographic differentiation of mitochondrial DNA in Han Chinese

    Yong Gang Yao;Qing Peng Kong;Hans Jürgen Bandelt;Toomas Kivisild

  • The Molecular Dissection of mtDNA Haplogroup H Confirms That the Franco-Cantabrian Glacial Refuge Was a Major Source for the European Gene Pool

    Alessandro Achilli;Chiara Rengo;Chiara Magri;Vincenza Battaglia

  • Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Matthias Steinrücken;Matthias Steinrücken;Kelley Harris;Stephan Schiffels

  • A "copernican" reassessment of the human mitochondrial DNA tree from its root

    Doron M. Behar;Doron M. Behar;Mannis Van Oven;Saharon Rosset;Mait Metspalu

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

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

  • The Emerging Limbs and Twigs of the East Asian mtDNA Tree

    Toomas Kivisild;Helle-Viivi Tolk;Jüri Parik;Yiming Wang

  • Use of Y Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Population Structure in Tracing Human Migrations

    Peter A. Underhill;Toomas Kivisild

  • Excavating Y-chromosome haplotype strata in Anatolia

    Cengiz Cinnioğlu;Cengiz Cinnioğlu;Roy King;Toomas Kivisild;Ersi Kalfoğlu

  • The effective mutation rate at Y chromosome short tandem repeats, with application to human population-divergence time.

    Lev A. Zhivotovsky;Peter A. Underhill;Cengiz Cinnioğlu;Manfred Kayser

  • Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations

    Michael Bamshad;Toomas Kivisild;W. Scott Watkins;Mary E. Dixon

  • The Genetic Heritage of the Earliest Settlers Persists Both in Indian Tribal and Caste Populations

    T. Kivisild;T. Kivisild;S. Rootsi;M. Metspalu;S. Mastana

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Mait Metspalu
Mait Metspalu University of Tartu
Ene Metspalu
Ene Metspalu University of Tartu
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
E. K. Khusnutdinova
E. K. Khusnutdinova Russian Academy of Sciences
Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Kumarasamy Thangaraj Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Lalji Singh
Lalji Singh Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Doron M. Behar
Doron M. Behar University of Tartu
Peter A. Underhill
Peter A. Underhill Stanford University
Antonio Torroni
Antonio Torroni University of Pavia

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