Adrian Timpson

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Adrian Timpson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian Timpson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 12 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Adrian Timpson's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Adrian Timpson is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Adrian Timpson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. Adrian Timpson's co-authors include Katie Manning, Mark Thomas, Stephen Shennan, Tim Kerig, Sue Colledge, Kevan Edinborough, Sean S. Downey, Enrico R. Crema, Inna Potekhina and Wolfram Schier and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Adrian Timpson

21 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Regional population collapse followed initial agriculture booms in mid-Holocene Europe

2013 522 citations Stephen Shennan, Sean S. Downey et al. Nature Communications profile →
Reconstructing regional population fluctuations in the European Neolithic using radiocarbon dates: a new case-study using an improved method

2014 267 citations Adrian Timpson, Sue Colledge et al. Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparison of simulated and proxy-based climate reconstructions for Mid-Holocene Europe reveals high uncertainty 2025 ·The Holocene ·(unknown), Mark Thomas, Adrian Timpson, Edward Armstrong, Maria Ivanova, Thomas Hickler	0
2	Demographic interactions between the last hunter-gatherers and the first farmers 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Enrico R. Crema, Stephen Shennan, Oreto García Puchol, Jan Kolář, (unknown), Adrian Timpson	1
3	P-462 The current status of female reproductive health and preconception behaviour in the UK: cross-sectional data from over 135,145 Hertility users 2023 ·Human Reproduction ·H. J. O’Neill, (unknown), Sharmila Vaz, (unknown), (unknown), Adrian Timpson	0
4	Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century 2022 ·Current Biology ·Selina Brace, Yoan Diekmann, Thomas Booth, Ruairidh Macleod, Adrian Timpson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mark Thomas, Ian Barnes	2
5	Directly modelling population dynamics in the South American Arid Diagonal using ¹⁴ C dates 2020 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Adrian Timpson, Ramiro Barberena, Mark Thomas, César Méndez, Katie Manning	36
6	Human resilience to Holocene climate changes inferred from rodent middens in drylands of northwestern Patagonia (Argentina) 2020 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Carina Llano, María Eugenia de Porras, Ramiro Barberena, Adrian Timpson, María Ornela Beltrame, Erik Marsh	19
7	Reconstructing the climatic niche breadth of land use for animal production during the African Holocene 2019 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Leanne N. Phelps, Olivier Broennimann, Katie Manning, Adrian Timpson, Hélène Jousse, Grégoire Mariethoz, Damien A. Fordham, Timothy M. Shanahan, Basil A.S. Davis, Antoine Guisan	15
8	The Rise and Fall of BritainsDNA: A Tale of Misleading Claims, Media Manipulation and Threats to Academic Freedom 2018 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Debbie Kennett, Adrian Timpson, David J. Balding, Mark Thomas	3
9	Reduced intensity of bone fat exploitation correlates with increased potential access to dairy fats in early Neolithic Europe 2018 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·(unknown), Adrian Timpson, Mark Thomas, Alan K. Outram	7
10	Climate induced human demographic and cultural change in northern Europe during the mid-Holocene 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Matthias Moros, Thomas Neumann, Stephen Shennan, Adrian Timpson, Katie Manning, (unknown), Lukas Wacker, Kerstin Perner, (unknown), Thomas Leipe, Lovisa Zillén, Aarno Kotilainen, Eystein Jansen, Ralph R Schneider, Rainer Oeberst, Helge W. Arz, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	73
11	Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal 2016 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Samuel T. Turvey, (unknown), Selina Brace, Richard P. Young, Nick Crumpton, James P. Hansford, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), José A. Ottenwalder, Adrian Timpson, Stephan M. Funk, (unknown), Mark Thomas, Ian Barnes	18
12	Size Reduction in Early European Domestic Cattle Relates to Intensification of Neolithic Herding Strategies 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Katie Manning, Adrian Timpson, Stephen Shennan, Enrico R. Crema	38
13	Inferential mistakes in population proxies: A response to Torfing's “Neolithic population and summed probability distribution of 14C-dates” 2015 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Adrian Timpson, Katie Manning, Stephen Shennan	42
14	The demographic response to Holocene climate change in the Sahara 2014 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Katie Manning, Adrian Timpson	151
15	Reconstructing regional population fluctuations in the European Neolithic using radiocarbon dates: a new case-study using an improved method breakdown → 2014 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Adrian Timpson, Sue Colledge, Enrico R. Crema, Kevan Edinborough, Tim Kerig, Katie Manning, Mark Thomas, Stephen Shennan	267
16	Direct Estimates of Natural Selection in Iberia Indicate Calcium Absorption Was Not the Only Driver of Lactase Persistence in Europe 2014 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Adrian Timpson, Jamie Toombs, Cécile Lecœur, Philippe Froguel, José Miguel Carretero, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Anders Götherström, Mark Thomas	40
17	The chronology of culture: a comparative assessment of European Neolithic dating approaches 2014 ·Antiquity ·Katie Manning, Adrian Timpson, Sue Colledge, Enrico R. Crema, Kevan Edinborough, Tim Kerig, Stephen Shennan	30
18	Direct evidence for positive selection of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in Europeans during the last 5,000 y 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sandra Wilde, Adrian Timpson, Karola Kirsanow, Elke Kaiser, Manfred Kayser, Martina Unterländer, Nina Hollfelder, Inna Potekhina, Wolfram Schier, Mark Thomas, Joachim Bürger	161
19	Bone growth, limb proportions and non-specific stress in archaeological populations from Croatia 2013 ·Annals of Human Biology ·Ron Pinhasi, Adrian Timpson, Mark Thomas, Mario Šlaus	22
20	Regional population collapse followed initial agriculture booms in mid-Holocene Europe breakdown → 2013 ·Nature Communications ·Stephen Shennan, Sean S. Downey, Adrian Timpson, Kevan Edinborough, Sue Colledge, Tim Kerig, Katie Manning, Mark Thomas	522

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