Avi Gopher

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Avi Gopher is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Avi Gopher has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Paleontology, 115 papers in Archeology and 94 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Avi Gopher's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (108 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (91 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (67 papers). Avi Gopher is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (108 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (91 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (67 papers). Avi Gopher collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Spain. Avi Gopher's co-authors include Ran Barkai, Shahal Abbo, Simcha Lev‐Yadun, Israël Hershkovitz, Mary C. Stiner, Vered Eshed, Cristina Lemorini, Jordi Rosell, Ruth Blasco and Amos Frumkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Avi Gopher

175 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

The Cradle of Agriculture

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Avi Gopher Israel	45	3.7k	3.6k	2.9k	1.0k	620	182	6.6k
David Lordkipanidze Georgia	34	2.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	168 0.2×	424 0.7×	98	4.6k
Henry T. Bunn United States	38	2.2k 0.6×	3.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	94 0.1×	317 0.5×	55	4.5k
Dani Nadel Israel	31	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	265 0.3×	491 0.8×	112	3.0k
Travis Rayne Pickering United States	37	2.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	52 0.1×	196 0.3×	91	3.9k
Guy Bar‐Oz Israel	34	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	83 0.1×	218 0.4×	134	3.4k
J. Desmond Clark United States	35	2.1k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	64 0.1×	574 0.9×	153	4.5k
Matt Sponheimer United States	49	4.1k 1.1×	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	58 0.1×	717 1.2×	115	7.9k
Liora Kolska Horwitz Israel	30	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	45 0.0×	562 0.9×	149	3.2k
René Bobe United States	26	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	401 0.1×	36 0.0×	372 0.6×	76	3.1k
Darryl J. de Ruiter United States	40	2.4k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	952 0.3×	20 0.0×	308 0.5×	71	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mangini, Fabio, et al.. (2024). Neural network analysis for predicting metrics of fragmented laminar artifacts: a case study from MPPNB sites in the Southern Levant. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29714–29714.

Gopher, Avi, et al.. (2024). Mobilizing architectural formal analysis for stratigraphic decision-making. Archaeological Research in Asia. 41. 100581–100581.

Blasco, Ruth, Jordi Rosell, Ella Assaf, Ran Barkai, & Avi Gopher. (2024). Exploring the lack of articular ends at the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution. 189. 103509–103509. 4 indexed citations

Abbo, Shahal, et al.. (2024). Drawing diffusion patterns of Neolithic agriculture in Anatolia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 322. 105057–105057. 1 indexed citations

Zupancich, Andrea, Emanuela Cristiani, Avi Gopher, & Juan José Ibáñez. (2023). Human-plant interaction at the onset of agriculture: the PATH project. Antiquity. 97(395). 3 indexed citations

Assaf, Ella, et al.. (2022). Learning by Doing: Investigating Skill Through Techno-Functional Study of Recycled Lithic Items from Qesem Cave (Israel). Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 3 indexed citations

Munro, Natalie D., et al.. (2020). Hunting in the Negev: Insights from the Late Epipaleolithic fauna of Ramat Harif. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 33. 102571–102571. 8 indexed citations

Assaf, Ella, Isabella Caricola, Avi Gopher, et al.. (2020). Shaped stone balls were used for bone marrow extraction at Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0230972–e0230972. 43 indexed citations

Blasco, Ruth, Jordi Rosell, Maite Arilla, et al.. (2019). Bone marrow storage and delayed consumption at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel (420 to 200 ka). Science Advances. 5(10). eaav9822–eaav9822. 42 indexed citations

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Eshed, Vered & Avi Gopher. (2018). Agriculture and life style: A paleodemography of Pottery Neolithic (8500- 6500 cal. BP) farming populations in the Southern Levant. Paléorient. 44(2). 93–111. 4 indexed citations

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Blasco, Ruth, Jordi Rosell, Krister T. Smith, et al.. (2016). Tortoises as a dietary supplement: A view from the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary Science Reviews. 133. 165–182. 46 indexed citations

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Sarig, Rachel, Avi Gopher, Ran Barkai, et al.. (2015). How did the Qesem Cave people use their teeth? Analysis of dental wear patterns. Quaternary International. 398. 136–147. 14 indexed citations

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Blasco, Ruth, Jordi Rosell, Pablo Sañudo, Avi Gopher, & Ran Barkai. (2015). What happens around a fire: Faunal processing sequences and spatial distribution at Qesem Cave (300 ka), Israel. Quaternary International. 398. 190–209. 65 indexed citations

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Gopher, Avi, et al.. (2015). Spatial aspects as seen from a density analysis of lithics at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave: Preliminary results and observations. Quaternary International. 398. 103–117. 25 indexed citations

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Gopher, Avi, et al.. (2015). Amudian versus Yabrudian under the rock shelf: A study of two lithic assemblages from Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International. 398. 13–36. 31 indexed citations

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Kislev, Mordechai E., Ofer Bar‐Yosef, & Avi Gopher. (2013). EARLY NEOLITHIC DOMESTICATED AND WILD BARLEY FROM THE NETIV HAGDUD REGION IN THE JORDAN VALLEY. Israel journal of botany. Basic and applied plant sciences. 35. 197–201. 3 indexed citations

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Barkai, Ran, et al.. (2009). A blade for all seasons? Making and using Amudian blades at Qesem Cave, Israel. Human Evolution. 24(1). 57–75. 80 indexed citations

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Boaretto, Elisabetta, et al.. (2009). Specialized Flint Procurement Strategies for Hand Axes, Scrapers and Blades in the Late Lower Paleolithic: A 10 Be Study at Qesem Cave, Israel.. Human Evolution. 24(1). 1–12. 31 indexed citations

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Gopher, Avi, et al.. (2002). Birds and humans in the Holocene: the case of Qumran Cave 24 [Dead Sea, Israel]. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 45. 9 indexed citations

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Bar‐Yosef, Ofer, Avi Gopher, & A. Nigel Goring‐Morris. (1980). Netiv Hagdud: a "Sultanian" mound in the lower Jordan Valley, Israel. Paléorient. 6(1). 201–206. 7 indexed citations

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