Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler

1.7k total citations
34 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Social Psychology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 7 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler's work include Sports Performance and Training (9 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (7 papers). Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (9 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (7 papers). Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler's co-authors include Karen Steudel‐Numbers, Elizabeth S. Chumanov, Bryan C. Heiderscheit, M J Myers, Janelle Wagnild, Timothy D. Weaver, Terri E. Weaver, Robert Foley, Joseph K. Rathkey and Abigail Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler

32 papers receiving 978 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler United States 16 355 305 157 150 116 34 1.0k
Patricia Ann Kramer United States 20 300 0.8× 362 1.2× 157 1.0× 185 1.2× 113 1.0× 62 1.2k
Karen Steudel‐Numbers United States 11 158 0.4× 151 0.5× 211 1.3× 207 1.4× 114 1.0× 13 717
Iain R. Spears United Kingdom 29 569 1.6× 1.3k 4.3× 246 1.6× 173 1.2× 79 0.7× 57 2.6k
Tasuku Kimura Japan 19 200 0.6× 108 0.4× 452 2.9× 167 1.1× 112 1.0× 52 1.1k
Anna G. Warrener United States 8 155 0.4× 162 0.5× 104 0.7× 120 0.8× 119 1.0× 17 613
Matthew C. O’Neill United States 17 210 0.6× 123 0.4× 324 2.1× 158 1.1× 89 0.8× 32 816
Roshna E. Wunderlich United States 21 379 1.1× 322 1.1× 435 2.8× 307 2.0× 181 1.6× 33 1.3k
Nicholas B. Holowka United States 16 324 0.9× 247 0.8× 162 1.0× 92 0.6× 27 0.2× 30 688
Richard J. Sherwood United States 22 80 0.2× 136 0.4× 114 0.7× 110 0.7× 199 1.7× 65 1.4k
Claire C. Gordon United States 15 174 0.5× 113 0.4× 230 1.5× 77 0.5× 243 2.1× 33 1.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M. & Helen K. Kurki. (2023). Beyond sex, gender, and other dilemmas: Human pelvic morphology from an integrative context. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 32(5). 293–305. 3 indexed citations
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Anderson, Abigail, et al.. (2023). The Myth of Man the Hunter: Women’s contribution to the hunt across ethnographic contexts. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287101–e0287101. 32 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M.. (2023). Women have stronger legs and other side‐effects of human body proportions. American Journal of Human Biology. 36(5). e24034–e24034.
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M.. (2022). Women carry for less: body size, pelvis width, loading position and energetics. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 4. e36–e36. 9 indexed citations
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Selinger, Jessica C., Jennifer L. Hicks, Rachel W. Jackson, et al.. (2022). Running in the wild: Energetics explain ecological running speeds. Current Biology. 32(10). 2309–2315.e3. 15 indexed citations
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Hora, Martin, Herman Pontzer, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler, & Vladimı́r Sládek. (2019). Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus. Journal of Human Evolution. 138. 102682–102682. 16 indexed citations
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Long, Eric S., et al.. (2019). Reduced body size of insular black-tailed deer is caused by slowed development. Oecologia. 189(3). 675–685. 14 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., et al.. (2018). Baby carrying positions change walking speed. 1 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., et al.. (2017). Stroller running: Energetic and kinematic changes across pushing methods. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180575–e0180575. 4 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M.. (2015). Costlier inside or outside? The costs of baby carrying from pregnancy to weaning. 1 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M.. (2015). Sex Differences in Incline-Walking among Humans. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55(6). icv072–icv072. 20 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., et al.. (2015). Human Footprint Variation while Performing Load Bearing Tasks. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118619–e0118619. 9 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M. & M J Myers. (2013). Reproductive costs for everyone: How female loads impact human mobility strategies. Journal of Human Evolution. 64(5). 448–456. 49 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., et al.. (2012). Is Female Morphology Selected for Economy and Male Morphology Selected for Efficiency? Evidence from Studies on Humans. 4 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., et al.. (2012). Reconsidering the Effects of Respiratory Constraints on the Optimal Running Speed. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 44(7). 1344–1350. 11 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., Elizabeth S. Chumanov, Karen Steudel‐Numbers, & Bryan C. Heiderscheit. (2010). Electromyography activity across gait and incline: The impact of muscular activity on human morphology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 143(4). 601–611. 84 indexed citations
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Steudel‐Numbers, Karen & Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler. (2009). Optimal running speed and the evolution of hominin hunting strategies. Journal of Human Evolution. 56(4). 355–360. 87 indexed citations
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Chumanov, Elizabeth S., Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler, & Bryan C. Heiderscheit. (2008). Gender differences in walking and running on level and inclined surfaces. Clinical Biomechanics. 23(10). 1260–1268. 222 indexed citations
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Steudel‐Numbers, Karen, Terri E. Weaver, & Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler. (2007). The evolution of human running: Effects of changes in lower-limb length on locomotor economy. Journal of Human Evolution. 53(2). 191–196. 52 indexed citations
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Wall‐Scheffler, Cara M., M J Myers, & Karen Steudel‐Numbers. (2006). The application to bipeds of a geometric model of lower-limb-segment inertial properties. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(3). 320–326. 11 indexed citations

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