Andy I.R. Herries

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Andy I.R. Herries is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Andy I.R. Herries has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Anthropology, 67 papers in Paleontology and 44 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Andy I.R. Herries's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (82 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (39 papers). Andy I.R. Herries is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (82 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (39 papers). Andy I.R. Herries collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and United Kingdom. Andy I.R. Herries's co-authors include Zenobia Jacobs, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Justin W. Adams, Erich C. Fisher, Curtis W. Marean, Panagiotis Karkanas, John Shaw, Miryam Bar‐Matthews, David R. Braun and Peter Nilssen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andy I.R. Herries

107 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene

2007 628 citations Miryam Bar‐Matthews, Jocelyn Bernatchez et al. profile →
Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

2009 399 citations Kyle S. Brown, Andy I.R. Herries et al. profile →
The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

2017 193 citations Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Eric M. Roberts et al. eLife profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Further assessment of a ~2-million-year-old hominin pelvis (DNH 43) from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa 2025 ·South African Journal of Science ·(unknown), Ashley S. Hammond, Anna G. Warrener, (unknown), Matthew W. Tocheri, (unknown), Andy I.R. Herries, David S. Strait, Caley M. Orr	0
2	Why large Flakes? Later Acheulian handaxe manufacture at Amanzi Springs, Area 2 (Eastern Cape, South Africa) 2024 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), Matthew V. Caruana, Alexander F. Blackwood, Lee J. Arnold, Andy I.R. Herries	4
3	We the hunted 2024 ·South African Journal of Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Andy I.R. Herries, (unknown), David S. Strait	0
4	Challenging the antiquity of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: Geochronological evidence restricts the age of Eurotomys bolti and Parapapio to less than 2.3 Ma at Waypoint 160, Bolt's Farm 2023 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·(unknown), Robyn Pickering, (unknown), Andy I.R. Herries	3
5	Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record 2023 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Mike W. Morley, Ian Moffat, Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, (unknown), Andrea Zerboni, Andy I.R. Herries, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, Kira Westaway	6
6	Ground‐penetrating radar analysis of the Drimolen early Pleistocene fossil‐bearing palaeocave, South Africa 2021 ·Archaeological Prospection ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andy I.R. Herries	3
7	Drimolen cranium DNH 155 documents microevolution in an early hominin species 2020 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Simon Neubauer, (unknown), Carrie S. Mongle, Giovanni Boschian, Gary T. Schwartz, Amanda L. Smith, Justin A. Ledogar, David S. Strait, Andy I.R. Herries	29
8	Humerus midshaft histology in a modern and fossil wombat 2020 ·Australian Mammalogy ·(unknown), Julien Louys, Andy I.R. Herries, Gilbert J. Price, Justyna J. Miszkiewicz	16
9	Integrating palaeocaves into palaeolandscapes: An analysis of cave levels and karstification history across the Gauteng Malmani dolomite, South Africa 2019 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Andy I.R. Herries, Justin W. Adams, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, (unknown), (unknown), Alexander F. Blackwood, Giovanni Boschian, Matthew V. Caruana, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	7
10	Visualising scales of process: Multi-scalar geoarchaeological investigations of microstratigraphy and diagenesis at hominin bearing sites in South African karst 2017 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Andy I.R. Herries, Frank Brink, Ulrike Troitzsch, Tim J. Senden, Michael L. Turner, Aleese Barron, (unknown), Tim Denham	9
11	The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa breakdown → 2017 ·eLife ·Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah L. Hilbert‐Wolf, Jan D. Kramers, John Hawks, Anthony Dosseto, Mathieu Duval, Marina Elliott, Mary Evans, Rainer Grün, John Hellström, Andy I.R. Herries, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, Tebogo V. Makhubela, Christa Placzek, (unknown), Carl Spandler, Jelle P. Wiersma, Jon Woodhead, Lee R. Berger	193
12	Integrating palaeocaves into palaeolandscapes: Age estimates for the Drimolen hominin bearing palaeocave system and an analysis of cave levels and karstification history across the Gauteng Malmani dolomite, South Africa 2017 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Andy I.R. Herries, Justin W. Adams, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, (unknown), (unknown), Alexander F. Blackwood, (unknown), Matthew V. Caruana, (unknown), (unknown), Colin G. Menter	1
13	Renewed investigations at Taung; 90 years after the discovery of Australopithecus africanus 2017 ·Figshare ·Brian F. Kuhn, Andy I.R. Herries, Gilbert J. Price, (unknown), Philip J. Hopley, Colin G. Menter, Matthew V. Caruana	3
14	Technical considerations and methodology for creating high-resolution, color-corrected, and georectified photomosaics of stratigraphic sections at archaeological sites 2015 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Erich C. Fisher, Derya Akkaynak, Jacob A. Harris, Andy I.R. Herries, Zenobia Jacobs, Panagiotis Karkanas, Curtis W. Marean, (unknown)	19
15	Newly discovered in situ primates and mammals from the early Pleistocene Haasgat deposits, South Africa 2015 ·Justin W. Adams, (unknown), Matthew R. McCurry, Melissa Tallman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andy I.R. Herries	1
16	A high resolution and continuous isotopic speleothem record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from 90-53 ka from the south coast of South Africa 2010 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Miryam Bar‐Matthews, Curtis W. Marean, Zenobia Jacobs, Panagiotis Karkanas, Erich C. Fisher, Andy I.R. Herries, Kyle S. Brown, Hope M. Williams, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Avner Ayalon, (unknown)	1
17	Discovery of Middle Pleistocene fossil and stone tool-bearing deposits at Groot Kloof, Ghaap escarpment, Northern Cape province 2006 ·South African Journal of Science ·Darren Curnoe, Andy I.R. Herries, James S. Brink, (unknown), (unknown), Zoë Henderson, David Morris	10
18	Archaeomagnetic evidence for climate change at Sibudu Cave 2006 ·Southern African humanities ·Andy I.R. Herries	37
19	Beyond Taung: palaeoanthropological research at Groot Kloof, Ghaap Escarpment, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 2005 ·BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) ·Darren Curnoe, Andy I.R. Herries, James S. Brink, (unknown), (unknown), Zoë Henderson, David Morris	2
20	Re-examination of the lower stratigraphy in the classic section, limeworks site, Makapansgat, South Africa 2002 ·Human Evolution ·A.G. Latham, Andy I.R. Herries, Anthony Sinclair, Kevin L. Kuykendall	3

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