| A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death KI Bos, VJ Schuenemann, GB Golding, HA Burbano, N Waglechner, ... Nature 478 (7370), 506-510, 2011 | 899 | 2011 |
| Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis DM Wagner, J Klunk, M Harbeck, A Devault, N Waglechner, JW Sahl, ... The Lancet infectious diseases 14 (4), 319-326, 2014 | 596 | 2014 |
| The osteological paradox 20 years later: past perspectives, future directions SN DeWitte, CM Stojanowski Journal of Archaeological Research 23, 397-450, 2015 | 473 | 2015 |
| Selectivity of Black Death mortality with respect to preexisting health SN DeWitte, JW Wood Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (5), 1436-1441, 2008 | 339 | 2008 |
| Targeted enrichment of ancient pathogens yielding the pPCP1 plasmid of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death VJ Schuenemann, K Bos, S DeWitte, S Schmedes, J Jamieson, A Mittnik, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (38), E746-E752, 2011 | 313 | 2011 |
| Mortality risk and survival in the aftermath of the medieval Black Death SN DeWitte PloS one 9 (5), e96513, 2014 | 262 | 2014 |
| Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death J Klunk, TP Vilgalys, CE Demeure, X Cheng, M Shiratori, J Madej, R Beau, ... Nature 611 (7935), 312-319, 2022 | 176 | 2022 |
| Stature and frailty during the Black Death: the effect of stature on risks of epidemic mortality in London, AD 1348–1350 SN DeWitte, G Hughes-Morey Journal of archaeological science 39 (5), 1412-1419, 2012 | 171 | 2012 |
| Sex differentials in frailty in medieval England SN DeWitte American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143 (2), 285-297, 2010 | 170 | 2010 |
| Oral health and frailty in the medieval English cemetery of St Mary Graces SN DeWitte, J Bekvalac American journal of physical anthropology 142 (3), 341-354, 2010 | 151 | 2010 |
| Age patterns of mortality during the Black Death in London, AD 1349–1350 SN DeWitte Journal of archaeological science 37 (12), 3394-3400, 2010 | 136 | 2010 |
| Differential survival among individuals with active and healed periosteal new bone formation SN DeWitte International Journal of Paleopathology 7, 38-44, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
| Frailty and famine: Patterns of mortality and physiological stress among victims of famine in medieval London SL Yaussy, SN DeWitte, RC Redfern American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160 (2), 272-283, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
| The effect of sex on risk of mortality during the Black Death in London, AD 1349–1350 SN DeWitte American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the …, 2009 | 115 | 2009 |
| Between famine and death: England on the eve of the Black Death—evidence from paleoepidemiology and manorial accounts S DeWitte, P Slavin Journal of Interdisciplinary History 44 (1), 37-60, 2013 | 108* | 2013 |
| The association between periodontal disease and periosteal lesions in the St. Mary Graces cemetery, London, England AD 1350–1538 SN DeWitte, J Bekvalac American journal of physical anthropology 146 (4), 609-618, 2011 | 102 | 2011 |
| Health in post‐Black Death London (1350–1538): Age patterns of periosteal new bone formation in a post‐epidemic population SN DeWitte American Journal of Physical Anthropology 155 (2), 260-267, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| A new approach to the study of Romanization in Britain: a regional perspective of cultural change in late Iron Age and Roman Dorset using the Siler and Gompertz–Makeham models … RC Redfern, SN DeWitte American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144 (2), 269-285, 2011 | 95 | 2011 |
| Stress, sex, and plague: Patterns of developmental stress and survival in pre‐and post‐Black Death London SN DeWitte American Journal of Human Biology 30 (1), e23073, 2018 | 93 | 2018 |
| What do we know about the agricultural demographic transition? TB Gage, S DeWitte Current anthropology 50 (5), 649-655, 2009 | 93 | 2009 |