Anna K. Behrensmeyer

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Anna K. Behrensmeyer is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna K. Behrensmeyer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Paleontology and 8 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Anna K. Behrensmeyer's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Anna K. Behrensmeyer is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Anna K. Behrensmeyer collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Anna K. Behrensmeyer's co-authors include Susan M. Kidwell, Robert A. Gastaldo, Kathleen D. Gordon, E. D. Eanes, Noreen Tuross, Noel T. Boaz, Andres Aslan, Brian J. Willis, Jay Quade and P. E. Hare and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

20 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Taphonomy and paleobiology

2000 518 citations Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Susan M. Kidwell et al. Paleobiology profile →
Trampling as a cause of bone surface damage and pseudo-cutmarks

1986 363 citations Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Kathleen D. Gordon et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

PALEO

ANTHR

ARCHE

ECOLO

Gerrit D. van den Bergh Australia

Anthony J. Stuart United Kingdom

Véra Eisenmann France

María Rita Palombo Italy

Şevket Şen France

Oriol Oms Spain

Gary Haynes United States

G. R. Scott United States

Luís Alcalá Spain

Raffaele Sardella Italy

Gerrit D. van den Bergh Australia

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

1.1k ×0.7

PALEO

1.3k ×1.1

ANTHR

563 ×0.9

ARCHE

570 ×1.1

ECOLO

462 ×0.9

Citations per year, relative to Anna K. Behrensmeyer Anna K. Behrensmeyer (= 1×) peers Gerrit D. van den Bergh

Countries citing papers authored by Anna K. Behrensmeyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anna K. Behrensmeyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna K. Behrensmeyer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Negash, Enquye W., Zeresenay Alemseged, W. Andrew Barr, et al.. (2024). Modern African ecosystems as landscape-scale analogues for reconstructing woody cover and early hominin environments. Journal of Human Evolution. 197. 103604–103604. 6 indexed citations

Behrensmeyer, Anna K.. (2006). Climate Change and Human Evolution. Science. 311(5760). 476–478. 127 indexed citations

Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Susan M. Kidwell, & Robert A. Gastaldo. (2000). Taphonomy and paleobiology. Paleobiology. 26(S4). 103–147. 178 indexed citations

Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Susan M. Kidwell, & Robert A. Gastaldo. (2000). Taphonomy and paleobiology. Paleobiology. 26(S4). 103–147. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

Aslan, Andres & Anna K. Behrensmeyer. (1996). Taphonomy and Time Resolution of Bone Assemblages in a Contemporary Fluvial System: The East Fork River, Wyoming. Palaios. 11(5). 411–411. 108 indexed citations

Willis, Brian J. & Anna K. Behrensmeyer. (1995). Fluvial systems in the Siwalik Miocene and Wyoming Paleogene. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 115(1-4). 13–35. 34 indexed citations

Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Brian J. Willis, & Jay Quade. (1995). Floodplains and paleosols of Pakistan Neogene and Wyoming Paleogene deposits: a comparative study. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 115(1-4). 37–60. 70 indexed citations

Behrensmeyer, Anna K. & Ralph E. Chapman. (1993). Models and simulations of time-averaging in terrestrial vertebrate accumulations. 6. 125–149. 20 indexed citations

Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Jay Quade, & Brian J. Willis. (1992). Floodplains and paleosols in the Siwalik Miocene sequence: implications for taphonomy and paleoecology of faunas. The Paleontological Society Special Publications. 6. 22–22. 2 indexed citations

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Tuross, Noreen, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, E. D. Eanes, Larry W. Fisher, & P. E. Hare. (1989). Molecular preservation and crystallographic alterations in a weathering sequence of wildebeest bones. Applied Geochemistry. 4(3). 261–270. 111 indexed citations

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Tuross, Noreen, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, & E. D. Eanes. (1989). Strontium increases and crystallinity changes in taphonomic and archaeological bone. Journal of Archaeological Science. 16(6). 661–672. 131 indexed citations

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Kidwell, Susan M. & Anna K. Behrensmeyer. (1988). Overview: Ecological and evolutionary implications of taphonomic processes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 63(1-3). 1–13. 34 indexed citations

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K.. (1988). Vertebrate preservation in fluvial channels. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 63(1-3). 183–199. 220 indexed citations

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K.. (1988). The Pull of the Recent Analogue. Palaios. 3(4). 373–373. 7 indexed citations

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K., et al.. (1986). Trampling as a cause of bone surface damage and pseudo-cutmarks. Nature. 319(6056). 768–771. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hill, Andrew & Anna K. Behrensmeyer. (1985). Natural Disarticulation and Bison Butchery. American Antiquity. 50(1). 141–145. 16 indexed citations

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K.. (1984). Non-human fracturing and surface damage in Miocene bones, with notes on related taphonomic experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K., et al.. (1980). Fossils in the Making: Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 159 indexed citations

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Boaz, Noel T. & Anna K. Behrensmeyer. (1976). Hominid taphonomy: Transport of human skeletal parts in an artificial fluviatile environment. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 45(1). 53–60. 107 indexed citations

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Vondra, Carl F., et al.. (1971). Preliminary Stratigraphical Studies of the East Rudolf Basin, Kenya. Nature. 231(5300). 245–248. 49 indexed citations

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