| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia | Science | 2019 | 383 |
| 2 | The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years | Science | 2019 | 340 |
| 3 | Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia | Nature | 2021 | 216 |
| 4 | Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean | Science | 2019 | 164 |
| 5 | Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs | Science | 2020 | 152 |
| 6 | Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions | Nature Communications | 2019 | 113 |
| 7 | Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2019 | 101 |
| 8 | The spread of steppe and Iranian-related ancestry in the islands of the western Mediterranean | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 2020 | 95 |
| 9 | Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age | Nature | 2022 | 86 |
| 10 | Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France | Science Advances | 2022 | 76 |
| 11 | Differential DNA methylation of vocal and facial anatomy genes in modern humans | Nature Communications | 2020 | 69 |
| 12 | A genetic history of the pre-contact Caribbean | Nature | 2021 | 67 |
| 13 | A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb | Nature | 2022 | 65 |
| 14 | A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes | Science | 2022 | 59 |
| 15 | Facial aging trajectories: A common shape pattern in male and female faces is disrupted after menopause | American Journal of Physical Anthropology | 2019 | 56 |
| 16 | Isolating the human cochlea to generate bone powder for ancient DNA analysis | Nature Protocols | 2019 | 54 |
| 17 | The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant | Cell | 2020 | 51 |
| 18 | Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers | Nature | 2022 | 51 |
| 19 | Ethics of DNA research on human remains: five globally applicable guidelines | Nature | 2021 | 49 |
| 20 | Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs | Nature | 2022 | 48 |
| 21 | A genomic Neolithic time transect of hunter-farmer admixture in central Poland | Scientific Reports | 2018 | 47 |
| 22 | A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel | Science | 2021 | 46 |
| 23 | Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe | Science Advances | 2021 | 46 |
| 24 | Pregnancy Outcome during the First COVID 19 Lockdown in Vienna, Austria | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2021 | 44 |
| 25 | Plasmodium vivax Malaria Viewed through the Lens of an Eradicated European Strain | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2020 | 38 |
| 26 | Human auditory ossicles as an alternative optimal source of ancient DNA | Genome Research | 2020 | 37 |
| 27 | Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment | Current Biology | 2021 | 34 |
| 28 | Genomic signatures of domestication in Old World camels | Communications Biology | 2020 | 32 |
| 29 | Ancient Mammalian and Plant DNA from Late Quaternary Stalagmite Layers at Solkota Cave, Georgia | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 31 |
| 30 | A minimally destructive protocol for DNA extraction from ancient teeth | Genome Research | 2021 | 31 |
| 31 | Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2022 | 31 |
| 32 | The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe | Science | 2022 | 31 |
| 33 | Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals | Nature | 2022 | 31 |
| 34 | Evolutionary trajectories of tooth histology patterns in modern sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) | Journal of Anatomy | 2020 | 30 |
| 35 | Genome-Wide DNA from Degraded Petrous Bones and the Assessment of Sex and Probable Geographic Origins of Forensic Cases | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 29 |
| 36 | Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce | Nature Human Behaviour | 2020 | 29 |
| 37 | Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2021 | 29 |
| 38 | Associations of physical strength with facial shape in an African pastoralist society, the Maasai of Northern Tanzania | PLoS ONE | 2018 | 28 |
| 39 | Three Phases of Ancient Migration Shaped the Ancestry of Human Populations in Vanuatu | Current Biology | 2020 | 27 |
| 40 | Middle Pleistocene genome calibrates a revised evolutionary history of extinct cave bears | Current Biology | 2021 | 27 |
| 41 | Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7th century Avar elites | Cell | 2022 | 26 |
| 42 | Ancient DNA reveals monozygotic newborn twins from the Upper Palaeolithic | Communications Biology | 2020 | 25 |
| 43 | Electroencephalogram Profiles for Emotion Identification over the Brain Regions Using Spectral, Entropy and Temporal Biomarkers | Sensors | 2020 | 21 |
| 44 | Cross-cultural perception of female facial appearance: A multi-ethnic and multi-centre study | PLoS ONE | 2021 | 21 |
| 45 | An integrative skeletal and paleogenomic analysis of stature variation suggests relatively reduced health for early European farmers | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2022 | 21 |
| 46 | A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia | Science | 2022 | 18 |
| 47 | A large animal model for standardized testing of bone regeneration strategies | BMC Veterinary Research | 2018 | 16 |
| 48 | Effective EEG Channels for Emotion Identification over the Brain Regions using Differential Evolution Algorithm | | 2019 | 16 |
| 49 | The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2022 | 15 |
| 50 | Population-specific, recent positive directional selection suggests adaptation of human male reproductive genes to different environmental conditions | BMC Evolutionary Biology | 2020 | 14 |
