Bjørnar Olsen

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Bjørnar Olsen is a scholar working on Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bjørnar Olsen has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 13 papers in Space and Planetary Science and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Bjørnar Olsen's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (13 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (6 papers). Bjørnar Olsen is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (13 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (6 papers). Bjørnar Olsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Russia and United States. Bjørnar Olsen's co-authors include Christopher Witmore, Þóra Pétursdóttir, Timothy Webmoor, Michael Shanks, Lars Ivar Hansen, Harald Johnsen, Maria Vretemark, Knut H. Røed, Knut Helskog and Auli Bläuer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Bjørnar Olsen

35 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

In Defense of Things: Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects

2010 332 citations Bjørnar Olsen profile →
Material culture after text: re‐membering things

2003 287 citations Bjørnar Olsen Norwegian Archaeological Review profile →

Peers

Bjørnar Olsen

ANTHR

PALEO

GPD

ARCHE

SPS

Yvonne Marshall United Kingdom

Christopher Witmore United States

Mary C. Beaudry United States

Rosemary A. Joyce United States

Joan M. Gero United States

Oliver J. T. Harris United Kingdom

Alfredo González‐Ruibal Spain

Michael Shanks United States

Siân Jones United Kingdom

Carl Knappett Canada

Yvonne Marshall United Kingdom

Bjørnar Olsen

633 ×1.2

ANTHR

460 ×1.0

PALEO

251 ×0.8

GPD

451 ×1.5

ARCHE

122 ×0.9

SPS

Citations per year, relative to Bjørnar Olsen Bjørnar Olsen (= 1×) peers Yvonne Marshall

Countries citing papers authored by Bjørnar Olsen

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bjørnar Olsen

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bjørnar Olsen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bjørnar Olsen. The network helps show where Bjørnar Olsen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bjørnar Olsen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Olsen, Bjørnar. (2022). Living With Ghosts?. 9(1). 7–22. 1 indexed citations

2.

Lucas, Gavin & Bjørnar Olsen. (2022). The Case Study in Archaeological Theory. American Antiquity. 87(2). 352–367. 1 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar. (2021). Archaeological Theory, Christmas Pork and Red Herrings: Reply to Comments. Current Swedish Archaeology. 20(1). 95–106. 2 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar. (2019). Brodtkorbneset and Steintjørna: Two Hearth-Row Sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway. Munin Open Research Archive (The Arctic University of Norway). 22. 9–30–9–30. 1 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar, et al.. (2019). (In)significantly Soviet: the heritage of Teriberka. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 26(9). 901–918. 13 indexed citations

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Pääkkönen, Mirva, Auli Bläuer, Bjørnar Olsen, Richard P. Evershed, & Henrik Asplund. (2018). Contrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europe. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1148–1148. 6 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar, et al.. (2015). Hunters, herders and hearths: interpreting new results from hearth row sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35(1). 1–24. 26 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar & Christopher Witmore. (2015). Archaeology, symmetry and the ontology of things. A response to critics. Archaeological Dialogues. 22(2). 187–197. 54 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar, et al.. (2014). Teillager 6 Sværholt : The Archaeology of a World War II Prisoner of War Camp in Finnmark, Arctic Norway. 31. 3–24. 3 indexed citations

10.

Hansen, Lars Ivar & Bjørnar Olsen. (2014). Hunters in Transition. 58 indexed citations

11.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (2007). Genealogías de la asimetría: por qué nos hemos olvidado de las cosas. Complutum. 287–291. 4 indexed citations

12.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (2006). Archaeology, hermeneutics of suspicion and phenomenological trivialization. Archaeological Dialogues. 13(2). 144–150. 5 indexed citations

13.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (2003). Material culture after text: re‐membering things. Norwegian Archaeological Review. 36(2). 87–104. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnsen, Harald & Bjørnar Olsen. (1992). Hermeneutics and Archaeology: On the Philosophy of Contextual Archaeology. American Antiquity. 57(3). 419–436. 51 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar. (1990). Språk og retorikk i arkeologien. Fornvännen. 85. 115–119. 1 indexed citations

16.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (1986). Norwegian archaeology and the people without (pre-)history: Or how to create a myth of a uniform past. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 14 indexed citations

17.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (1970). Bilder fra fortida? Representasjoner av samisk kultur i samiske museer. Nordisk Museologi. 13–13. 16 indexed citations

18.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (1970). Manker’s list. Museum collections in the era of deaccessioning and disposal. Nordisk Museologi. 3 indexed citations

19.

Olsen, Bjørnar. (1970). Det arkeologiske museum. Momenter til en kritikk. Nordisk Museologi. 45–45. 2 indexed citations

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Olsen, Bjørnar. (1970). Momenter til et forsvar av tingene. Nordisk Museologi. 25–25. 1 indexed citations

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