Bernhard Zipfel

2.6k total citations
64 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Zipfel is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Zipfel has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Anthropology, 28 papers in Paleontology and 20 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Zipfel's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (38 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (19 papers). Bernhard Zipfel is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (38 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (19 papers). Bernhard Zipfel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. Bernhard Zipfel's co-authors include Jeremy M. DeSilva, Lee R. Berger, Kristian J. Carlson, Steven E. Churchill, Robert S. Kidd, Kenneth G. Holt, Paul J. Constantino, Brian R. Lawn, Tracy L. Kivell and Christopher S. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Zipfel

59 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernhard Zipfel South Africa 17 567 484 371 275 201 64 1.2k
Damiano Marchi Italy 20 445 0.8× 373 0.8× 257 0.7× 451 1.6× 117 0.6× 55 1.1k
Brigitte Holt United States 11 468 0.8× 310 0.6× 152 0.4× 747 2.7× 276 1.4× 17 1.4k
Tea Jashashvili United States 16 850 1.5× 718 1.5× 402 1.1× 410 1.5× 58 0.3× 44 1.3k
Ian J. Wallace United States 17 264 0.5× 228 0.5× 199 0.5× 181 0.7× 152 0.8× 44 843
Bruce M. Latimer United States 8 635 1.1× 503 1.0× 484 1.3× 257 0.9× 74 0.4× 9 984
Gabriele A. Macho United Kingdom 25 785 1.4× 569 1.2× 594 1.6× 599 2.2× 59 0.3× 53 1.8k
Benjamin M. Auerbach United States 18 414 0.7× 200 0.4× 112 0.3× 1.0k 3.7× 125 0.6× 37 1.6k
Matthew W. Tocheri United States 25 978 1.7× 900 1.9× 813 2.2× 598 2.2× 47 0.2× 62 1.8k
Jean‐Jacques Hublin Germany 16 961 1.7× 714 1.5× 265 0.7× 690 2.5× 68 0.3× 24 1.7k
Gail E. Krovitz United States 10 460 0.8× 402 0.8× 237 0.6× 330 1.2× 65 0.3× 11 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernhard Zipfel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Zipfel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jakobsson, Mattias, Carolina Bernhardsson, James McKenna, et al.. (2025). Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes. Nature. 650(8100). 156–163.
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Zipfel, Bernhard, et al.. (2025). Hominin heritage: How institutional repositories are managing collections, collaboration and repatriation. South African Journal of Science. 121(1/2). 3 indexed citations
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Dunmore, Christopher J., Matthew M. Skinner, Lee R. Berger, et al.. (2025). Phalangeal cortical bone distribution reveals different dexterous and climbing behaviors in Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi. Science Advances. 11(20). eadt1201–eadt1201. 1 indexed citations
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Fourvel, Jean‐Baptiste, et al.. (2024). New fossil Bovidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from Kromdraai Unit P, South Africa and their implication for biochronology and hominin palaeoecology. Quaternary Science Reviews. 331. 108621–108621. 1 indexed citations
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Helm, Charles, Martin G. Lockley, Hayley C. Cawthra, et al.. (2023). Possible shod-hominin tracks on South Africa’s Cape coast. Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal traces. 30(2). 79–97. 6 indexed citations
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Braga, José, Bernard Wood, Veronika A. Zimmer, et al.. (2023). Hominin fossils from Kromdraai and Drimolen inform Paranthropus robustus craniofacial ontogeny. Science Advances. 9(18). eade7165–eade7165. 8 indexed citations
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Zimmer, Veronika A., Anna C. Oettlé, J. Hoffman, et al.. (2023). Revisiting mandibular symphyseal shape in juvenile early hominins and modern humans using a deformation-based approach. Folia Primatologica. 94(4-6). 225–247. 3 indexed citations
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Zipfel, Bernhard, et al.. (2022). Overlooked or Unimportant? An Overview of the Coprolite Collections at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Curator The Museum Journal. 66(1). 149–164. 4 indexed citations
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Elliott, Marina, David Gaynor, Austin Hill, et al.. (2021). Mechanical loading of primate fingers on vertical rock surfaces. South African Journal of Science. 117(11/12). 2 indexed citations
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Zipfel, Bernhard, et al.. (2021). The dysmorphic metatarsal parabola in diabetes—clinical examination and management: a narrative review. Journal of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa. 26(2). 40–45. 1 indexed citations
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Zipfel, Bernhard, et al.. (2019). Manual therapy interventions in the treatment of plantar fasciitis: A comparison of three approaches. Health SA Gesondheid. 24. 1244–1244. 13 indexed citations
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Seymour, Roger S., et al.. (2019). Cerebral blood flow rates in recent great apes are greater than in Australopithecus species that had equal or larger brains. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1915). 20192208–20192208. 5 indexed citations
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Boyle, Eve K., et al.. (2018). A quantification of calcaneal lateral plantar process position with implications for bipedal locomotion in Australopithecus. Journal of Human Evolution. 123. 24–34. 17 indexed citations
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Zipfel, Bernhard, et al.. (2018). The evolution of the human foot. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 27(5). 197–217. 42 indexed citations
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Randolph‐Quinney, Patrick, et al.. (2017). Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431. South African Journal of Science. 113(1/2). 7–7. 7 indexed citations
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Harcourt‐Smith, William E. H., Kimberly A. Congdon, Bernhard Zipfel, et al.. (2016). Homo naledi strides again: preliminary reconstructions of an extinct hominin’s gait. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 159. 314–314. 1 indexed citations
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Randolph‐Quinney, Patrick, Maryna Steyn, Bernhard Zipfel, et al.. (2016). Earliest hominin cancer: 1.7-million-year-old osteosarcoma from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 112(7/8). 5–5. 71 indexed citations
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Boyle, Eve K., Bernhard Zipfel, & Jeremy M. DeSilva. (2015). Variation in lateral plantar process morphology and implications for bipedalism in Australopithecus. 1 indexed citations
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Constantino, Paul J., et al.. (2010). Tooth chipping can reveal bite forces and diets of fossil hominins | NIST. Biology Letters. 11 indexed citations

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