Brigitte Holt

2.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
17 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Brigitte Holt is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brigitte Holt has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Archeology, 8 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Brigitte Holt's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (5 papers). Brigitte Holt is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (5 papers). Brigitte Holt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Finland. Brigitte Holt's co-authors include Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus, Markku Niskanen, Vladimı́r Sládek, Margit Berner, Eliška Schuplerová, Martin Hora, Evan Garofalo, Vitale Sparacello and Damiano Marchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Brigitte Holt

17 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Who's afraid of the big bad Wolff?: “Wolff's law” and bone functional adaptation

2006 681 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene

2012 175 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
Gradual decline in mobility with the adoption of food production in Europe

2015 124 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brigitte Holt United States	11	747	468	310	292	276	17	1.4k
Benjamin M. Auerbach United States	18	1.0k 1.4×	414 0.9×	200 0.6×	358 1.2×	125 0.5×	37	1.6k
Sébastien Villotte France	17	933 1.2×	436 0.9×	250 0.8×	119 0.4×	180 0.7×	68	1.4k
Maria Giovanna Belcastro Italy	26	1.4k 1.8×	333 0.7×	297 1.0×	150 0.5×	173 0.6×	88	2.0k
Vladimı́r Sládek Czechia	16	657 0.9×	327 0.7×	226 0.7×	170 0.6×	111 0.4×	43	942
Damiano Marchi Italy	20	451 0.6×	445 1.0×	373 1.2×	252 0.9×	117 0.4×	55	1.1k
Heather M. Garvin United States	19	927 1.2×	334 0.7×	268 0.9×	191 0.7×	59 0.2×	48	1.3k
Jeremy M. DeSilva United States	24	373 0.5×	903 1.9×	685 2.2×	346 1.2×	262 0.9×	71	1.9k
Margit Berner Austria	12	585 0.8×	345 0.7×	246 0.8×	126 0.4×	87 0.3×	26	870
Bernhard Zipfel South Africa	17	275 0.4×	567 1.2×	484 1.6×	183 0.6×	201 0.7×	64	1.2k
Wolfgang Recheis Austria	22	459 0.6×	474 1.0×	291 0.9×	357 1.2×	29 0.1×	51	1.6k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Lieberman, Daniel E., et al.. (2023). Variation in human functional eccrine gland density and its implications for the evolution of human sweating. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 181(3). 379–391. 4 indexed citations

Weir, Gillian, et al.. (2022). Archery's signature: an electromyographic analysis of the upper limb. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 4. e25–e25. 7 indexed citations

Holt, Brigitte, et al.. (2019). The impact of terrain on lower limb bone structure. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 168(4). 729–743. 18 indexed citations

Holt, Brigitte, et al.. (2018). Bone functional adaptation does not erase neutral evolutionary information. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 166(3). 708–729. 20 indexed citations

Junno, Juho‐Antti, Markku Niskanen, Heli Maijanen, et al.. (2017). The effect of age and body composition on body mass estimation of males using the stature/bi-iliac method. Journal of Human Evolution. 115. 122–129. 11 indexed citations

Holt, Brigitte, et al.. (2017). Trabecular bone in the calcaneus of runners. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188200–e0188200. 24 indexed citations

Sládek, Vladimı́r, Christopher B. Ruff, Margit Berner, et al.. (2016). The impact of subsistence changes on humeral bilateral asymmetry in Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene Europe. Journal of Human Evolution. 92. 37–49. 57 indexed citations

Junno, Juho‐Antti, Markku Niskanen, Brigitte Holt, et al.. (2015). The effect of age on body mass estimation using the stature/bi-iliac method. 1 indexed citations

Holt, Brigitte, et al.. (2015). Effects of terrain on reconstructions of mobility patterns. 1 indexed citations

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Ruff, Christopher B., Brigitte Holt, Markku Niskanen, et al.. (2015). Gradual decline in mobility with the adoption of food production in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(23). 7147–7152. 124 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berner, Margit, Vladimı́r Sládek, Christopher B. Ruff, et al.. (2012). Variation in sexual dimorphism of postcranial robusticity and body proportions in European Holocene populations. ASEP. 3 indexed citations

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Ruff, Christopher B., Brigitte Holt, Markku Niskanen, et al.. (2012). Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148(4). 601–617. 175 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ruff, Christopher B., Brigitte Holt, & Erik Trinkaus. (2006). Who's afraid of the big bad Wolff?: “Wolff's law” and bone functional adaptation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129(4). 484–498. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marchi, Damiano, Vitale Sparacello, Brigitte Holt, & Vincenzo Formicola. (2006). Biomechanical approach to the reconstruction of activity patterns in Neolithic Western Liguria, Italy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131(4). 447–455. 97 indexed citations

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Holt, Brigitte. (2003). Mobility in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe: Evidence from the lower limb. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 122(3). 200–215. 198 indexed citations

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Holt, Brigitte & Robert A. Benfer. (2000). Estimating missing data: an iterative regression approach. Journal of Human Evolution. 39(3). 289–296. 14 indexed citations

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Holt, Brigitte, et al.. (1987). MARINE MINING ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 3 indexed citations

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