Bence Viola

11.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
42 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Bence Viola is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bence Viola has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Anthropology, 22 papers in Archeology and 16 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Bence Viola's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers). Bence Viola is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers). Bence Viola collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Russia. Bence Viola's co-authors include Svante Pääbo, А. П. Деревянко, Kay Prüfer, M.V. Shunkov, Johannes Krause, Qiaomei Fu, Janet Kelso, Matthias Meyer, Jeffrey M. Good and Jean‐Jacques Hublin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bence Viola

39 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia

2010 472 citations Johannes Krause, Qiaomei Fu et al. Nature profile →
An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

2015 393 citations Qiaomei Fu, Mateja Hajdinjak et al. Nature profile →
Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

2012 364 citations Kay Prüfer, Bence Viola et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins

2016 325 citations Matthias Meyer, Juan Luís Arsuaga et al. Nature profile →
The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father

2018 239 citations Viviane Slon, Fabrizio Mafessoni et al. Nature profile →
Neanderthals in central Asia and Siberia

2007 225 citations Johannes Krause, Bence Viola et al. Nature profile →
A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave

2020 137 citations Fabrizio Mafessoni, Steffi Grote et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two Denisovan individuals

2015 124 citations Susanna Sawyer, Gabriel Renaud et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bence Viola

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bence Viola. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bence Viola based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bence Viola. Bence Viola is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan 2025 ·Geoarchaeology ·(unknown), Светлана Шнайдер, Mikhail S. Blinnikov, (unknown), Susan M. Mentzer, (unknown), Snezhana Zhilich, Temirlan Chargynov, (unknown), Е. В. Пархомчук, Robert N. Spengler, Bence Viola, A. Krivoshapkin, Maciej T. Krajcarz	0
2	Опыт определения копромаркеров в отложениях археологических памятников (по материалам стоянки Сельунгур, Южный Кыргызстан) 2023 ·ORIENTAL STUDIES ·М. В. Шашков, Snezhana Zhilich, Temirlan Chargynov, Maciej T. Krajcarz, (unknown), Bence Viola, Светлана Шнайдер	1
3	Morphological integration in the hominid midfoot 2022 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·(unknown), Bence Viola, (unknown), Lauren Schroeder	3
4	Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·К. А. Колобова, Richard G. Roberts, (unknown), Zenobia Jacobs, Maciej T. Krajcarz, A.V. Kharevich, A. Krivoshapkin, Bo Li, (unknown), С. В. Маркин, Mike W. Morley, Kieran O’Gorman, Natalia Rudaya, Sahra Talamo, Bence Viola, А. П. Деревянко	66
5	Peculiarities of Using 2D Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Caves 2020 ·Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia ·В. В. Оленченко, (unknown), (unknown), Temirlan Chargynov, Bence Viola, К. А. Колобова, A. Krivoshapkin	3
6	A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave breakdown → 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Fabrizio Mafessoni, Steffi Grote, Cesare de Filippo, Viviane Slon, К. А. Колобова, Bence Viola, С. В. Маркин, Manjusha Chintalapati, Stéphane Peyrégne, Laurits Skov, Pontus Skoglund, A. Krivoshapkin, А. П. Деревянко, Matthias Meyer, Janet Kelso, Benjamin M. Peter, Kay Prüfer, Svante Pääbo	137
7	Peculiarities of Using 2D Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Caves 2020 ·В. В. Оленченко, (unknown), (unknown), Temirlan Chargynov, Bence Viola, К. А. Колобова, A. Krivoshapkin	1
8	A parietal fragment from Denisova cave 2019 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Bence Viola, Philipp Gunz, Simon Neubauer, Viviane Slon, М.B. Kozlikin, M.V. Shunkov, Matthias Meyer, Svante Pääbo, А. П. Деревянко	6
9	Morphology of the Denisovan phalanx closer to modern humans than to Neanderthals 2019 ·Science Advances ·E. Andrew Bennett, Isabelle Crevecœur, Bence Viola, А. П. Деревянко, M.V. Shunkov, Thierry Grange, Bruno Maureille, Eva-María Geigl	16
10	Multidisciplinary Studies of Chagyrskaya Cave – A Middle Paleolithic Site in Altai 2018 ·Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) ·А. П. Деревянко, С. В. Маркин, К. А. Колобова, (unknown), Natalia Rudaya, Bence Viola, Alexandra Buzhilova, Maria B. Mednikova, S.K. Vasiliev, (unknown), В. С. Зыкина, (unknown), (unknown), Richard G. Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs, Bo Li	11
11	The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Viviane Slon, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Benjamin Vernot, Cesare de Filippo, Steffi Grote, Bence Viola, Mateja Hajdinjak, Stéphane Peyrégne, Sarah Nagel, Samantha Brown, Katerina Douka, Thomas Higham, М.B. Kozlikin, M.V. Shunkov, А. П. Деревянко, Janet Kelso, Matthias Meyer, Kay Prüfer, Svante Pääbo	239
12	Effect of X-ray irradiation on ancient DNA in sub-fossil bones – Guidelines for safe X-ray imaging 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Alexander Immel, Adeline Le Cabec, (unknown), Alexander Herbig, (unknown), Verena J. Schuenemann, Kirsten I. Bos, (unknown), Katerina Harvati, Anne Bridault, (unknown), Marie-Anne Julien, (unknown), Nicholas J. Conard, Susanne C. Münzel, Dorothée G. Drucker, Bence Viola, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Paul Tafforeau, Johannes Krause	58
13	Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins breakdown → 2016 ·Nature ·Matthias Meyer, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Cesare de Filippo, Sarah Nagel, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, Birgit Nickel, Ignacio Martı́nez, Ana Gràcia, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell, Bence Viola, Janet Kelso, Kay Prüfer, Svante Pääbo	325
14	The dispersal of Modern Humans in Asia: The Northern Route Revisited 2015 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Bence Viola, Nicolas Zwyns	1
15	Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two Denisovan individuals breakdown → 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Susanna Sawyer, Gabriel Renaud, Bence Viola, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Marie-Theres Gansauge, M.V. Shunkov, А. П. Деревянко, Kay Prüfer, Janet Kelso, Svante Pääbo	124
16	An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor breakdown → 2015 ·Nature ·Qiaomei Fu, Mateja Hajdinjak, Oana Teodora Moldovan, Silviu Constantin, Swapan Mallick, Pontus Skoglund, Nick Patterson, Nadin Rohland, Iosif Lazaridis, Birgit Nickel, Bence Viola, Kay Prüfer, Matthias Meyer, Janet Kelso, David Reich, Svante Pääbo	393
17	New Neanderthal remains from Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai Mountains, Russian Federation) 2012 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Bence Viola, С. В. Маркин, Alexandra Buzhilova, Maria B. Mednikova, Adeline Le Cabec, (unknown), А. П. Деревянко, Jean‐Jacques Hublin	15
18	Relationship Between Cusp Size and Occlusal Wear Pattern in Neanderthal and Homo sapiens First Maxillary Molars 2010 ·The Anatomical Record ·Luca Fiorenza, Stefano Benazzi, Bence Viola, Ottmar Kullmer, Friedemann Schrenk	24
19	New hominin remains from Uzbekistan 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Michelle M. Glantz, Bence Viola, (unknown), Т. А. Чикишева, А. П. Деревянко, A. Krivoshapkin, (unknown), (unknown), Terrence B. Ritzman	62
20	The affinity of the dental remains from Obi-Rakhmat Grotto, Uzbekistan 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Shara E. Bailey, Michelle M. Glantz, Timothy D. Weaver, Bence Viola	47

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