Carl P. Lipo

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Carl P. Lipo is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl P. Lipo has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 38 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Carl P. Lipo's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (43 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (38 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (17 papers). Carl P. Lipo is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (43 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (38 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (17 papers). Carl P. Lipo collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Carl P. Lipo's co-authors include Terry L. Hunt, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Atholl Anderson, Dylan S. Davis, Matthew C. Sanger, Robert C. Dunnell, Mark E. Madsen, Robert J. DiNapoli and R. Alexander Bentley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Carl P. Lipo

75 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia
    2010 370 citations Terry L. Hunt, Carl P. Lipo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carl P. Lipo United States 26 1.2k 893 588 556 372 76 2.5k
Chris Gosden United Kingdom 31 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 269 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 181 0.5× 89 3.1k
Enrico R. Crema United Kingdom 22 1.2k 1.0× 331 0.4× 180 0.3× 683 1.2× 458 1.2× 60 1.8k
Bruce Winterhalder United States 32 1.3k 1.1× 356 0.4× 751 1.3× 957 1.7× 429 1.2× 78 3.4k
William F. Keegan United States 25 969 0.8× 724 0.8× 450 0.8× 574 1.0× 93 0.3× 80 1.8k
Corinne L. Hofman Netherlands 24 1.1k 0.9× 772 0.9× 331 0.6× 502 0.9× 137 0.4× 97 1.8k
Thegn N. Ladefoged New Zealand 28 1.0k 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 892 1.5× 234 0.4× 274 0.7× 88 2.0k
Kent V. Flannery United States 31 2.4k 2.0× 697 0.8× 309 0.5× 1.4k 2.6× 154 0.4× 57 3.9k
Jelmer W. Eerkens United States 27 1.7k 1.4× 340 0.4× 467 0.8× 1.2k 2.1× 133 0.4× 101 2.7k
Henry T. Wright United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 394 0.4× 215 0.4× 932 1.7× 207 0.6× 68 2.3k
Robert L. Bettinger United States 35 2.3k 2.0× 666 0.7× 578 1.0× 2.1k 3.7× 556 1.5× 160 4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl P. Lipo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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DiNapoli, Robert J., Carl P. Lipo, & Terry L. Hunt. (2021). Triumph of the Commons: Sustainable Community Practices on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Sustainability. 13(21). 12118–12118. 5 indexed citations
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Davis, Dylan S., Robert J. DiNapoli, Matthew C. Sanger, & Carl P. Lipo. (2020). The Integration of Lidar and Legacy Datasets Provides Improved Explanations for the Spatial Patterning of Shell Rings in the American Southeast. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 8(4). 361–375. 13 indexed citations
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DiNapoli, Robert J., Carl P. Lipo, & Terry L. Hunt. (2020). Revisiting warfare, monument destruction, and the ‘Huri Moai’ phase in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) culture history. 1–24. 4 indexed citations
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DiNapoli, Robert J., Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt, et al.. (2019). Rapa Nui (Easter Island) monument (ahu) locations explained by freshwater sources. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210409–e0210409. 24 indexed citations
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Davis, Dylan S., Matthew C. Sanger, & Carl P. Lipo. (2018). Automated mound detection using lidar and object-based image analysis in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Southeastern Archaeology. 38(1). 23–37. 68 indexed citations
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Davis, Dylan S., Carl P. Lipo, & Matthew C. Sanger. (2018). A comparison of automated object extraction methods for mound and shell-ring identification in coastal South Carolina. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 23. 166–177. 30 indexed citations
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Hunt, Terry L. & Carl P. Lipo. (2017). The Archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Oxford University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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DiNapoli, Robert J., et al.. (2016). Resource Structure, Economic Defendability, and Conflict in Rapa Nui and Rapa Iti, East Polynesia – an agent-based modeling approach. 1 indexed citations
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Lipo, Carl P., et al.. (2015). Coastal Groundwater Seeps on Rapa Nui. 1 indexed citations
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Madsen, Mark E. & Carl P. Lipo. (2013). Saving culture from selection. Physics of Life Reviews. 10(2). 149–150. 1 indexed citations
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Hunt, Terry L. & Carl P. Lipo. (2013). The Human Transformation of Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Pacific Ocean). The Open Repository - Binghamton (Binghamton University). 5 indexed citations
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Lipo, Carl P., et al.. (2012). Landscape-scale geospatial research utilizing low elevation aerial photography generated with commercial unmanned aerial systems. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Cochrane, Ethan E. & Carl P. Lipo. (2010). Phylogenetic analyses of Lapita decoration do not support branching evolution or regional population structure during colonization of Remote Oceania. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 365(1559). 3889–3902. 48 indexed citations
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Hunt, Terry L. & Carl P. Lipo. (2007). Chronology, deforestation, and "collapse:" Evidence vs. faith in Rapa Nui prehistory. eVols (University of Hawaii). 21(2). 2. 26 indexed citations
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Eerkens, Jelmer W. & Carl P. Lipo. (2007). Cultural Transmission Theory and the Archaeological Record: Providing Context to Understanding Variation and Temporal Changes in Material Culture. Journal of Archaeological Research. 15(3). 239–274. 177 indexed citations
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Lipo, Carl P.. (2006). Mapping our ancestors : phylogenetic approaches in anthropology and prehistory. 62 indexed citations
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Hunt, Terry L. & Carl P. Lipo. (2006). Late Colonization of Easter Island. Science. 311(5767). 1603–1606. 200 indexed citations
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Neff, Héctor, Jeffrey P. Blomster, Michael D. Glascock, et al.. (2006). Smokescreens in the Provenance Investigation of Early Formative Mesoamerican Ceramics. Latin American Antiquity. 17(1). 104–118. 40 indexed citations
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Lipo, Carl P. & Terry L. Hunt. (2005). Mapping prehistoric statue roads on Easter Island. Antiquity. 79(303). 158–168. 37 indexed citations
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Dales, George F. & Carl P. Lipo. (1992). Explorations on the Makran Coast, Pakistan : a search for paradise. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 4 indexed citations

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