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Austria
2024

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D-Index
95
Citations
27423
World Ranking
907
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Overview

Walther Parson is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on forensic and genetic research. Their work spans a range of topics including molecular biology techniques, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology studies, and the study of race, genetics, and society.

Parson's research portfolio includes 168 publications classified under Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 81 specifically categorized within Genetics, 69 in Molecular Biology, and additional contributions in Archeology, Cancer Research, and Ecology. The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Frequent publication venues for Parson include journals such as:

  • Forensic Science International Genetics
  • Genes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • International Journal of Legal Medicine

Their highly cited recent papers include:

  • Development of the VISAGE enhanced tool and statistical models for epigenetic age estimation in blood, buccal cells and bones, 2021, Aging
  • Recent advances in Forensic DNA Phenotyping of appearance, ancestry and age, 2023, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • Development and validation of the VISAGE AmpliSeq basic tool to predict appearance and ancestry from DNA, 2020, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • Interpreting NUMTs in forensic genetics: Seeing the forest for the trees, 2021, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • 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

Parson regularly collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including Catarina Xavier, Christopher Phillips, Christina Amory, Martin Bodner, and Manfred Kayser, reflecting a collaborative approach within their research community.

In recognition of their work in pathology and forensic medicine, they were awarded membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of Y-chromosomal STRs: a multicenter study

    M. Kayser;A. Caglià;D. Corach;N. Fretwell

  • Correlation between genetic and geographic structure in Europe.

    Oscar Lao;Timothy T. Lu;Michael Nothnagel;Olaf Junge

  • Lack of Antibody Production Following Immunization in Old Age: Association with CD8+CD28− T Cell Clonal Expansions and an Imbalance in the Production of Th1 and Th2 Cytokines

    Maria Saurwein-Teissl;Thomas L. Lung;Florentine Marx;Claudio Gschösser

  • Species identification by means of the cytochrome b gene

    W. Parson;K. Pegoraro;H. Niederstätter;M. Föger

  • EMPOP—A forensic mtDNA database

    Walther Parson;Arne Dür

  • Chromosome Y microsatellites: population genetic and evolutionary aspects.

    P. de Knijff;M. Kayser;A. Caglià;D. Corach

  • Online reference database of European Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat (STR) haplotypes

    L. Roewer;M. Krawczak;S. Willuweit;M. Nagy

  • DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics: revised and extended guidelines for mitochondrial DNA typing

    W. Parson;W. Parson;L. Gusmão;L. Gusmão;D.R. Hares;J.A. Irwin

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

    Josephine Purps;Sabine Siegert;Sascha Willuweit;Marion Nagy

  • DNA extraction and quantitation of forensic samples using the phenol-chloroform method and real-time PCR.

    Silvano Köchl;Harald Niederstätter;Walther Parson

  • DNA commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: Recommendations on the evaluation of STR typing results that may include drop-out and/or drop-in using probabilistic methods.

    P. Gill;L. Gusmão;H. Haned;W.R. Mayr

  • Population data for 101 Austrian Caucasian mitochondrial DNA d-loop sequences: application of mtDNA sequence analysis to a forensic case.

    W. Parson;T. J. Parsons;R. Scheithauer;M. M. Holland

  • Identification of the remains of King Richard III

    Turi E. King;Gloria Gonzalez Fortes;Patricia Balaresque;Mark G. Thomas

  • 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

  • ISFG: recommendations regarding the use of non-human (animal) DNA in forensic genetic investigations.

    A. Linacre;L. Gusmão;W. Hecht;A.P. Hellmann

  • Publication of population data for forensic purposes

    Ángel Carracedo;John M. Butler;Leonor Gusmão;Walther Parson

  • The initial peopling of the Americas: A growing number of founding mitochondrial genomes from Beringia

    Ugo A. Perego;Norman Angerhofer;Maria Pala;Anna Olivieri

  • Inhibition of the acetyltransferases p300 and CBP reveals a targetable function for p300 in the survival and invasion pathways of prostate cancer cell lines

    Frédéric R. Santer;Philipp P.S. Höschele;Su Jung Oh;Holger H.H. Erb

  • Mystery solved: the identification of the two missing Romanov children using DNA analysis.

    Michael Dewitt Coble;Odile M. Loreille;Mark J. Wadhams;Suni M. Edson

  • Evaluation of next generation mtGenome sequencing using the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM)

    Walther Parson;Christina Strobl;Gabriela Huber;Bettina Zimmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Niels Morling
Niels Morling University of Copenhagen
Leonor Gusmão
Leonor Gusmão Rio de Janeiro State University
Angel Carracedo
Angel Carracedo University of Santiago de Compostela
Christopher Phillips
Christopher Phillips University of Santiago de Compostela
Peter M. Schneider
Peter M. Schneider University of Cologne
Peter Gill
Peter Gill Oslo University Hospital
Bruce Budowle
Bruce Budowle University of North Texas Health Science Center
Manfred Kayser
Manfred Kayser Erasmus University Rotterdam
John M. Butler
John M. Butler National Institute of Standards and Technology
Antonio Salas
Antonio Salas University of Santiago de Compostela

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