Charles F. Merbs

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Charles F. Merbs is a scholar working on Archeology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles F. Merbs has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Archeology, 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Charles F. Merbs's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (7 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (6 papers). Charles F. Merbs is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (7 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (6 papers). Charles F. Merbs collaborates with scholars based in United States. Charles F. Merbs's co-authors include Diane E. Hawkey, Harriet V. Kuhnlein, William M. Bass, Bruce M. Rothschild, Robert C. Euler, Bernardo Arriaza, Lyle B. Steadman, Mary W. Marzke, David Wright and Rose A. Tyson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Spine and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Charles F. Merbs

27 papers receiving 989 citations

Hit Papers

Patterns of Activity-Induced Pathology in a Canadian Inui... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 50 100 150
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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. Patterns of Activity-Induced Pathology in a Canadian Inuit Population
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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles F. Merbs United States 17 719 187 167 155 149 29 1.1k
Tony Waldron United Kingdom 21 895 1.2× 112 0.6× 230 1.4× 228 1.5× 273 1.8× 85 1.6k
T. D. Stewart United States 19 464 0.6× 122 0.7× 191 1.1× 74 0.5× 232 1.6× 91 1.3k
Patricia S. Bridges United States 13 564 0.8× 247 1.3× 71 0.4× 167 1.1× 86 0.6× 20 782
Robert Jurmain United States 20 741 1.0× 164 0.9× 490 2.9× 141 0.9× 179 1.2× 33 2.0k
Hila May Israel 21 375 0.5× 109 0.6× 394 2.4× 114 0.7× 184 1.2× 65 1.3k
Hugh E. Berryman United States 15 656 0.9× 79 0.4× 104 0.6× 82 0.5× 153 1.0× 30 891
Robert G. Tague United States 18 517 0.7× 362 1.9× 189 1.1× 195 1.3× 129 0.9× 34 1.1k
Nancy C. Lovell Canada 17 869 1.2× 194 1.0× 96 0.6× 387 2.5× 265 1.8× 39 1.3k
Walter G. J. Putschar United States 8 488 0.7× 59 0.3× 277 1.7× 83 0.5× 163 1.1× 33 1.1k
Leonard Freedman Australia 22 410 0.6× 333 1.8× 591 3.5× 313 2.0× 179 1.2× 85 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Merbs, Charles F.. (2018). Book Review: Forensic Analysis of the Skull. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(3). 10–11.
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Merbs, Charles F., et al.. (2012). Evidence of childbirth in the pelvis of prehistoric Andean women. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Case, D. Troy, et al.. (2006). Polydactyly in the prehistoric American Southwest. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 16(3). 221–235. 7 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (2003). Sagittal clefting of the body and other vertebral developmental errors in Canadian Inuit skeletons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 123(3). 236–249. 22 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (2002). Asymmetrical spondylolysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 119(2). 156–174. 10 indexed citations
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Wright, David, et al.. (2001). Examination of Tattoos on Mummified Tissue using Infra-red Reflectography. Journal of Archaeological Science. 28(4). 395–400. 17 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (2001). Degenerative spondylolisthesis in ancient and historic skeletons from New Mexico Pueblo sites. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 116(4). 285–295. 14 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (1996). Spondylolysis of the sacrum in Alaskan and Canadian Inuit skeletons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 101(3). 357–367. 20 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (1995). Incomplete Spondylolysis and Healing. Spine. 20(21). 2328–2334. 33 indexed citations
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Hawkey, Diane E. & Charles F. Merbs. (1995). Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 5(4). 324–338. 295 indexed citations
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Arriaza, Bernardo, Charles F. Merbs, & Bruce M. Rothschild. (1993). Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Meroitic Nubians from Semna South, Sudan. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 92(3). 243–248. 23 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F., et al.. (1991). Paleonutrition and Paleopathology of the Salt River Hohokam: A Search for Correlates. KIVA. 56(3). 293–318. 10 indexed citations
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Kuhnlein, Harriet V., et al.. (1989). Health and Disease in the Prehistoric Southwest. The American Indian Quarterly. 13(1). 101–101. 65 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F. & Robert C. Euler. (1985). Atlanto‐occipital fusion and spondylolisthesis in an Anasazi skeleton from bright angel ruin, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 67(4). 381–391. 15 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (1985). Science or Sacrilege: The Study of Native American Remains. 1983. Produced by Phillip L. Walker. American Anthropologist. 87(2). 490–491. 1 indexed citations
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Marzke, Mary W. & Charles F. Merbs. (1984). Evidence of Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy in a Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes. Journal of Medical Primatology. 13(3). 135–145. 12 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (1983). Patterns of Activity-Induced Pathology in a Canadian Inuit Population. University of Ottawa Press eBooks. 57 indexed citations
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Steadman, Lyle B. & Charles F. Merbs. (1982). Kuru and Cannibalism?. American Anthropologist. 84(3). 611–627. 14 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (1968). Anterior Tooth Loss in Arctic Populations. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 24(1). 20–32. 56 indexed citations
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Merbs, Charles F.. (1963). Patterns of Pathology in Eskimos and Aleuts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 21(3). 425–425. 1 indexed citations

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