Caroline Grigson

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Caroline Grigson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline Grigson has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 13 papers in Archeology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Caroline Grigson's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers). Caroline Grigson is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers). Caroline Grigson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Ireland. Caroline Grigson's co-authors include Juliet Clutton–Brock, Bob Wilson, Sebastian Payne, J. F. Colyer, Anne Miles, Alasdair Whittle, Joshua Pollard, Isaac Gilead, Simon Hillson and I. F. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Science and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Caroline Grigson

43 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ageing and Sexing Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300
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.

  1. Ageing and Sexing Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites
    1982 357 citations Caroline Grigson 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
Caroline Grigson United Kingdom 21 1.0k 896 741 381 239 47 1.8k
Angela von den Driesch Germany 16 984 1.0× 646 0.7× 625 0.8× 547 1.4× 321 1.3× 50 1.8k
Alan K. Outram United Kingdom 19 1.1k 1.1× 900 1.0× 824 1.1× 252 0.7× 270 1.1× 56 1.7k
Diane Gifford–Gonzalez United States 20 794 0.8× 987 1.1× 449 0.6× 422 1.1× 186 0.8× 39 1.7k
Sandra L. Olsen United States 9 680 0.7× 648 0.7× 544 0.7× 177 0.5× 181 0.8× 19 1.2k
Fiona Marshall United States 26 898 0.9× 948 1.1× 405 0.5× 423 1.1× 454 1.9× 43 2.2k
Jean Guilaine France 21 1.0k 1.0× 523 0.6× 884 1.2× 269 0.7× 494 2.1× 147 2.1k
Antonio Tagliacozzo Italy 21 1.1k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 624 0.8× 360 0.9× 323 1.4× 58 1.7k
Guy Bar‐Oz Israel 34 2.2k 2.2× 1.7k 1.9× 1.9k 2.6× 653 1.7× 452 1.9× 134 3.4k
Thomas Cucchi France 30 1.0k 1.0× 753 0.8× 482 0.7× 1.0k 2.7× 844 3.5× 82 2.5k
Sebastian Payne United Kingdom 16 1.6k 1.6× 895 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 615 1.6× 268 1.1× 29 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Caroline Grigson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline Grigson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grigson, Caroline. (2019). Charlotte SLEIGH. The Paper Zoo: 500 Years of Animals in Art. Archives of Natural History. 46(2). 369–370.
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Grigson, Caroline. (2014). Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Empathy, Education, Entertainment. Journal of the History of Collections. 27(2). 284–285. 5 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline. (2014). The history of the camel bone dating project. Anthropozoologica. 49(2). 225–235. 11 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline. (2012). Size Matters – Donkeys and Horses in the Prehistory of the Southernmost Levant. Paléorient. 38(1). 185–201. 13 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline, Colin P. Groves, Andrew C. Kitchener, & W. D. Ian Rolfe. (2008). Stubbs’s “Drill and albino hamadryas baboon” in conjectural historical context – a possible correction. 1 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline. (2007). Complex cattle: some anatomical observations on the possible affinities of the kouprey: A response to Galbreath et al. (2006). Journal of Zoology. 271(3). 239–241. 1 indexed citations
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Whittle, Alasdair, Joshua Pollard, & Caroline Grigson. (1999). The harmony of symbols : the Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure, Wiltshire. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 40 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, et al.. (1998). Dental defects of congenital syphilis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 107(1). 25–40. 70 indexed citations
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Levy, Thomas E., Yorke M. Rowan, Edwin C.M. van den Brink, et al.. (1997). Egyptian-Canaanite Interaction at Nahal Tillah, Israel (ca. 4500-3000 B. C. E.): An Interim Report on the 1994-1995 Excavations. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 307. 1–51. 11 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline. (1993). The Earliest Domestic Horses in the Levant?—New Finds from the Fourth Millennium of the Negev. Journal of Archaeological Science. 20(6). 645–655. 13 indexed citations
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Colyer, J. F., Anne Miles, & Caroline Grigson. (1990). Colyer's Variations and diseases of the teeth of animals. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 127 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline, J. A. J. Gowlett, & Juris Zariņš. (1989). The Camel in Arabia—A direct radiocarbon date, calibrated to about 7000 BC. Journal of Archaeological Science. 16(4). 355–362. 13 indexed citations
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Chandra, Harish, Caroline Grigson, Elizabeth Healey, et al.. (1987). The Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure at Staines, Surrey: Excavations 1961–63. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 53(1). 23–128. 12 indexed citations
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Clutton–Brock, Juliet & Caroline Grigson. (1984). Early herders and their flocks. 16 indexed citations
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Clutton–Brock, Juliet & Caroline Grigson. (1984). Husbandry in Europe. 3 indexed citations
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Clutton–Brock, Juliet & Caroline Grigson. (1983). Shell middens, fishes and birds. 11 indexed citations
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Clutton–Brock, Juliet & Caroline Grigson. (1983). Hunters and their Prey. 42 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline. (1983). Bones: Ancient men and modern myths. Journal of Archaeological Science. 10(3). 296–297. 42 indexed citations
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Grigson, Caroline. (1976). The craniology and relationships of four species of Bos 3. Basic craniology: Bos taurus L. Sagittal profiles and other non-measurable characters. Journal of Archaeological Science. 3(2). 115–136. 20 indexed citations

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