C. Owen Lovejoy

19.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
134 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

C. Owen Lovejoy is a scholar working on Anthropology, Social Psychology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Owen Lovejoy has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Anthropology, 49 papers in Social Psychology and 43 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in C. Owen Lovejoy's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (51 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (47 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (39 papers). C. Owen Lovejoy is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (51 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (47 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (39 papers). C. Owen Lovejoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. C. Owen Lovejoy's co-authors include Richard S. Meindl, Robert P. Mensforth, Tim D. White, Kingsbury G. Heiple, Gen Suwa, Bruce Latimer, Berhane Asfaw, Donald C. Johanson, Yves Coppens and Scott W. Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

C. Owen Lovejoy

133 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of t... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1985 1985 1981 1985 2009 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: A new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death
    1985 1.4k citations C. Owen Lovejoy, Richard S. Meindl et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  2. Ectocranial suture closure: A revised method for the determination of skeletal age at death based on the lateral‐anterior sutures
    1985 1.1k citations Richard S. Meindl, C. Owen Lovejoy American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  3. The Origin of Man
    1981 855 citations C. Owen Lovejoy Science profile →
  4. Dental wear in the Libben population: Its functional pattern and role in the determination of adult skeletal age at death
    1985 555 citations C. Owen Lovejoy American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  5. Ardipithecus ramidus and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids
    2009 417 citations Tim D. White, C. Owen Lovejoy et al. Science profile →
  6. Multifactorial determination of skeletal age at death: A method and blind tests of its accuracy
    1985 380 citations C. Owen Lovejoy, Richard S. Meindl et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  7. The natural history of human gait and posture
    2004 255 citations C. Owen Lovejoy profile →
  8. The gait ofAustralopithecus
    1973 238 citations C. Owen Lovejoy, Kingsbury G. Heiple et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Owen Lovejoy United States 55 5.4k 4.3k 4.0k 3.9k 1.8k 134 12.9k
Erik Trinkaus United States 66 8.5k 1.6× 9.8k 2.3× 6.2k 1.6× 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 262 14.7k
Christopher B. Ruff United States 68 6.7k 1.3× 5.1k 1.2× 3.8k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 194 16.1k
Daniel E. Lieberman United States 69 2.3k 0.4× 3.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 186 14.4k
Jean‐Jacques Hublin Germany 63 5.5k 1.0× 7.7k 1.8× 6.0k 1.5× 1.8k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 333 12.2k
Alan Walker United Kingdom 67 1.9k 0.4× 4.4k 1.0× 5.0k 1.3× 4.6k 1.2× 472 0.3× 370 15.7k
William L. Jungers United States 55 1.5k 0.3× 3.3k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 5.9k 1.5× 618 0.3× 155 9.7k
Bernard Wood United States 60 2.5k 0.5× 5.7k 1.3× 5.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.1× 749 0.4× 233 10.2k
Tim D. White United States 51 2.3k 0.4× 6.1k 1.4× 5.1k 1.3× 3.9k 1.0× 678 0.4× 132 9.4k
Paul O’Higgins United Kingdom 52 1.9k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 787 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 196 7.2k
Juan Luís Arsuaga Spain 68 8.0k 1.5× 10.9k 2.6× 8.7k 2.2× 1.4k 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 415 15.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Raghanti, Mary Ann, Elaine N. Miller, Melissa K. Edler, et al.. (2023). Hedonic eating, obesity, and addiction result from increased neuropeptide Y in the nucleus accumbens during human brain evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(38). e2311118120–e2311118120. 7 indexed citations
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Miller, Elaine N., Cheryl D. Stimpson, Kimberley A. Phillips, et al.. (2021). The nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum exhibit greater dopaminergic innervation in humans compared to other primates. Brain Structure and Function. 226(6). 1909–1923. 8 indexed citations
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Fisch, Michael R., et al.. (2019). Thermal engineering of stone increased prehistoric toolmaking skill. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14591–14591. 30 indexed citations
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Meindl, Richard S., et al.. (2018). Early hominids may have been weed species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). 1244–1249. 10 indexed citations
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Raghanti, Mary Ann, Melissa K. Edler, Bob Jacobs, et al.. (2018). A neurochemical hypothesis for the origin of hominids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). E1108–E1116. 46 indexed citations
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Spurlock, Linda, et al.. (2016). First steps of bipedality in hominids: evidence from the atelid and proconsulid pelvis. PeerJ. 4. e1521–e1521. 20 indexed citations
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Raghanti, Mary Ann, et al.. (2016). Locomotor pattern fails to predict foramen magnum angle in rodents, strepsirrhine primates, and marsupials. Journal of Human Evolution. 94. 45–52. 17 indexed citations
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Reno, Philip L. & C. Owen Lovejoy. (2015). From Lucy to Kadanuumuu: balanced analyses of Australopithecus afarensis assemblages confirm only moderate skeletal dimorphism. PeerJ. 3. e925–e925. 20 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, C. Owen. (2014). Ardipithecusand Early Human Evolution in Light of Twenty-First-Century Developmental Biology. Journal of Anthropological Research. 70(3). 337–363. 5 indexed citations
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White, Tim D., Gen Suwa, & C. Owen Lovejoy. (2010). Response to Comment on the Paleobiology and Classification of Ardipithecus ramidus. Science. 328(5982). 1105–1105. 21 indexed citations
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McCollum, Melanie A., et al.. (2009). The vertebral formula of the last common ancestor of African apes and humans. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 314B(2). 123–134. 61 indexed citations
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Serrat, Maria A., Donna King, & C. Owen Lovejoy. (2008). Temperature regulates limb length in homeotherms by directly modulating cartilage growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(49). 19348–19353. 120 indexed citations
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Reno, Philip L., Maria A. Serrat, Richard S. Meindl, et al.. (2005). Plio‐Pleistocene Hominid Limb Proportions. Current Anthropology. 46(4). 575–588. 35 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, C. Owen, Richard S. Meindl, James C. Ohman, Kingsbury G. Heiple, & Tim D. White. (2002). The Maka femur and its bearing on the antiquity of human walking: Applying contemporary concepts of morphogenesis to the human fossil record. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 119(2). 97–133. 153 indexed citations
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Russell, Katherine F., et al.. (1993). Independent test of the fourth rib aging technique. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 92(1). 53–62. 45 indexed citations
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Latimer, Bruce & C. Owen Lovejoy. (1990). Metatarsophalangeal joints of Australopithecus afarensis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 83(1). 13–23. 85 indexed citations
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Lovejoy, C. Owen. (1985). Dental wear in the Libben population: Its functional pattern and role in the determination of adult skeletal age at death. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 68(1). 47–56. 555 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lovejoy, C. Owen. (1981). Evolution of Man and its Implications for General Principles of the Evolution of Intelligent Life. 2156. 317. 3 indexed citations
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Mensforth, Robert P., C. Owen Lovejoy, John W. Lallo, & George J. Armelagos. (1978). Part Two: The role of constitutional factors, diet, and infectious disease in the etiology of porotic hyperostosis and periosteal reactions in prehistoric infants and children. Medical Anthropology. 2(1). 1–59. 175 indexed citations
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Heiple, Kingsbury G. & C. Owen Lovejoy. (1969). The antiquity of tarsal coalition. Bilateral deformity in a Pre-Columbian Indian skeleton.. PubMed. 51(5). 979–83. 19 indexed citations

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