Bill Finlayson

2.0k total citations
86 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bill Finlayson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Finlayson has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Paleontology, 47 papers in Archeology and 19 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Bill Finlayson's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (51 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (24 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (15 papers). Bill Finlayson is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (51 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (24 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (15 papers). Bill Finlayson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Bill Finlayson's co-authors include Ian Kuijt, Steven Mithen, Cheryl A. Makarewicz, Ian Armit, Trevor Cowie, Emma Jenkins, Nathan Goodale, Mohammad Najjar, Lisa Yeomans and Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bill Finlayson

79 papers receiving 981 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill Finlayson United Kingdom 19 801 523 431 124 109 86 1.2k
John O’Shea United States 14 570 0.7× 333 0.6× 382 0.9× 87 0.7× 120 1.1× 54 926
Marc Vander Linden United Kingdom 19 892 1.1× 465 0.9× 458 1.1× 210 1.7× 192 1.8× 66 1.3k
Cyprian Broodbank United Kingdom 17 620 0.8× 642 1.2× 233 0.5× 129 1.0× 64 0.6× 34 974
Heather McKillop United States 18 655 0.8× 336 0.6× 257 0.6× 227 1.8× 76 0.7× 41 968
Carla Lancelotti Spain 17 638 0.8× 276 0.5× 342 0.8× 253 2.0× 241 2.2× 65 1.1k
Frank Hole United States 17 714 0.9× 480 0.9× 444 1.0× 99 0.8× 110 1.0× 47 1.1k
Edward B. Banning Canada 23 928 1.2× 626 1.2× 475 1.1× 137 1.1× 143 1.3× 49 1.3k
Johannes Müller Germany 19 724 0.9× 375 0.7× 366 0.8× 120 1.0× 212 1.9× 114 1.1k
Richard W. Yerkes United States 18 739 0.9× 370 0.7× 639 1.5× 81 0.7× 99 0.9× 45 1.1k
Lisa Kealhofer United States 20 655 0.8× 375 0.7× 308 0.7× 380 3.1× 312 2.9× 49 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill Finlayson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Finlayson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill Finlayson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill Finlayson 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 Bill Finlayson. Bill Finlayson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Macgregor, Nicholas A., et al.. (2024). The challenge of preventing extinctions: Lessons from managing threatened land snails on Norfolk Island. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0314300–e0314300.
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Mithen, Steven, Amy Richardson, & Bill Finlayson. (2023). The flow of ideas: shared symbolism during the Neolithic emergence in Southwest Asia: WF16 and Göbekli Tepe. Antiquity. 97(394). 829–849. 5 indexed citations
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Whitlam, Jade, Bill Finlayson, Amy Bogaard, Michael Charles, & Cheryl A. Makarewicz. (2023). Processing and storage of tree fruits, cereals and pulses at PPNA Sharara, southern Jordan. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 32(5). 501–516. 2 indexed citations
4.
Wilson, Andrew, et al.. (2023). A lost campaign? New evidence of Roman temporary camps in northern Arabia. Antiquity. 97(393). 3 indexed citations
5.
Goodale, Nathan, et al.. (2019). Lithic Technological Organization and Hafting in Early Villages. American Antiquity. 84(4). 708–727. 2 indexed citations
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Makarewicz, Cheryl A. & Bill Finlayson. (2018). Constructing community in the Neolithic of southern Jordan: Quotidian practice in communal architecture. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0193712–e0193712. 20 indexed citations
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Mithen, Steven, Bill Finlayson, & Nyree Finlay. (2016). A Lower Palaeolithic Handaxe from Scotland. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Wild, Felicity, Torben Bjarke Ballin, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (2010). Smeaton Roman temporary camp. 44. 41–46.
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Finlayson, Bill & Steven Mithen. (2007). The early prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan : archaeological survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al-Bustan and evaluation of the pre-pottery neolithic A site of WF16. 29 indexed citations
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Cowie, Trevor, et al.. (2002). Excavation of Neolithic pits, later prehistoric structures and a Roman temporary camp along the line of A96 Kintore and Blackburn Bypass, Aberdeenshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 130. 11–75. 17 indexed citations
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Hunter, Fraser, Mary E. Davis, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (2002). Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites a the West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 130. 115–182. 8 indexed citations
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Bruce, M F, et al.. (2000). Excavation of a cist burial on Doons Law, Leetside Farm, Whitsome, Berwickshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 129. 189–201. 4 indexed citations
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Burgess, Colin, Camilla Dickson, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (1998). The Early Bronze Age cairn at Sketewan, Balnaguard, Perth & Kinross. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127. 281–338. 6 indexed citations
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Boardman, Sheila, Anne Crone, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (1998). Biggar Common, 1987-93: an early prehistoric funerary and domestic landscape in Clydesdale, South Lanarkshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127. 185–253. 30 indexed citations
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Cowie, Trevor, et al.. (1998). Excavation of pits containing decorated Neolithic pottery and early lithic material of possible Mesolithic date at Spurryhillock, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127. 17–27. 17 indexed citations
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Boardman, Sheila, et al.. (1996). The excavation of a kerbed cairn at Beech Hill House, Coupar Angus, Perthshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 125. 197–235. 10 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian, Ann Clarke, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (1996). Excavations at Inveravon on the Antonine Wall, 1991. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 125. 521–576. 8 indexed citations
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Armit, Ian, Trevor Cowie, Ian Ralston, et al.. (1995). Excavation of pits containing grooved ware at Hillend, Clydesdale district, Strathclyde Region. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 124. 113–127. 7 indexed citations
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Baird, Douglas & Bill Finlayson. (1995). A mesolithic and later flint scatter at Little Gight, Grampian Region. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 124. 95–101. 3 indexed citations
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Finlayson, Bill, et al.. (1984). Mechanisms of stone formation--an overview.. PubMed. 1419–25. 28 indexed citations

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