Chris Hunt

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Chris Hunt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Hunt has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Atmospheric Science, 48 papers in Paleontology and 43 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Chris Hunt's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (59 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (39 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers). Chris Hunt is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (59 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (39 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers). Chris Hunt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Libya. Chris Hunt's co-authors include D. D. Gilbertson, Michael I. Bird, David Taylor, Martin Kent, Graeme Barker, Garry Rushworth, Dan Yeloff, John Grattan, JC Labadz and Tim Reynolds and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Chris Hunt

136 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Palaeoenvironments of insular Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Period: a savanna corridor in Sundaland?

2005 458 citations Michael I. Bird, David Taylor et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →
Control of myopia using diffusion optics spectacle lenses: 12-month results of a randomised controlled, efficacy and safety study (CYPRESS)

2022 95 citations Graeme P. Young, Chris Hunt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Hunt United Kingdom	37	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	913	736	144	4.0k
Harvey Weiss United States	21	1.9k 1.3×	2.4k 1.9×	900 0.8×	906 1.0×	346 0.5×	45	3.9k
Torben C. Rick United States	37	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	816 0.9×	881 1.2×	171	4.8k
D. D. Gilbertson United Kingdom	29	743 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	530 0.5×	567 0.6×	494 0.7×	99	2.6k
Geoff Bailey United Kingdom	36	3.1k 2.1×	1.4k 1.1×	2.7k 2.5×	1.9k 2.0×	550 0.7×	142	5.1k
Calógero M. Santoro Chile	30	1.6k 1.1×	604 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	738 0.8×	564 0.8×	140	2.8k
Nicole Boivin Germany	41	2.6k 1.8×	809 0.6×	2.9k 2.7×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.4×	192	6.1k
Bruno David Australia	31	1.9k 1.3×	833 0.7×	1.8k 1.7×	666 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	213	3.5k
Gerrit D. van den Bergh Australia	24	1.1k 0.7×	462 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	563 0.6×	515 0.7×	50	2.8k
Claudio Latorre Chile	34	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	305 0.3×	358 0.5×	120	4.1k
Neil Roberts United Kingdom	45	2.4k 1.7×	3.6k 2.9×	894 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	186 0.3×	119	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Hunt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Hunt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Hunt

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chamberlain, Paul, David Hammond, Arthur Bradley, et al.. (2025). Eye growth and myopia progression following cessation of myopia control therapy with a dual‐focus soft contact lens. Optometry and Vision Science. 102(5). 353–358.

Pomeroy, Emma, Chris Hunt, Paul Bennett, et al.. (2025). Excavating the archives: new perspectives on the Shanidar Cave Neanderthals. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris. 37(1).

Byrne, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Fluvial Morphology as a Driver of Lead and Zinc Geochemical Dispersion at a Catchment Scale. Minerals. 13(6). 790–790. 3 indexed citations

Hunt, Chris, et al.. (2023). Shanidar et ses fleurs? Reflections on the palynology of the Neanderthal ‘Flower Burial’ hypothesis. Journal of Archaeological Science. 159. 105822–105822. 7 indexed citations

Kabukcu, Ceren, Chris Hunt, Evan Hill, et al.. (2022). Cooking in caves: Palaeolithic carbonised plant food remains from Franchthi and Shanidar. Antiquity. 97(391). 12–28. 20 indexed citations

Hausmann, Niklas, Harry K. Robson, & Chris Hunt. (2019). Annual Growth Patterns and Interspecimen Variability in Mg/Ca Records of Archaeological Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) from the Late Mesolithic Site of Conors Island. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 9 indexed citations

Milano, Stefania, Susanne Lindauer, Amy L. Prendergast, et al.. (2018). Mollusk carbonate thermal behaviour and its implications in understanding prehistoric fire events in shell middens. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 20. 443–457. 18 indexed citations

Ruffell, Alastair, Chris Hunt, Rowan McLaughlin, et al.. (2018). Water and cosmology in the prehistoric Maltese world: Fault control on the hydrogeology of Ġgantija, Gozo (Maltese Islands). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 20. 183–191. 3 indexed citations

Hunt, Chris, et al.. (2017). Pollen taphonomy of cave sediments: What does the pollen record in caves tell us about external environments and how do we assess its reliability?. Quaternary International. 485. 68–75. 35 indexed citations

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Prendergast, Amy L., Rhiannon E. Stevens, Tamsin C. O’Connell, et al.. (2016). A late Pleistocene refugium in Mediterranean North Africa? Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from stable isotope analyses of land snail shells (Haua Fteah, Libya). Quaternary Science Reviews. 139. 94–109. 34 indexed citations

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Simpson, David J. & Chris Hunt. (2009). Scoping the past human environment: a case study of pollen taphonomy at the Haua Fteah, Cyrenaica, Libya. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 10 indexed citations

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Hunt, Chris, et al.. (2008). A view from the countryside : pollen from a field at Mistra Valley, Malta. OAR@UM (University of Malta). 4 indexed citations

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Hunt, Chris, D. D. Gilbertson, & Garry Rushworth. (2007). Modern humans in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3: palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Great Cave of Niah. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34(11). 1953–1969. 40 indexed citations

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Yeloff, Dan, JC Labadz, & Chris Hunt. (2006). Causes of degradation and erosion of a blanket mire in the southern Pennines, UK. Mires and Peat. 1. 7 indexed citations

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Yeloff, Dan, JC Labadz, & Chris Hunt. (2006). The distribution of peatland in Europe. Mires and Peat. 1(1). 1–18. 138 indexed citations

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Hunt, Chris. (2006). The complete book of soccer. 1 indexed citations

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Bird, Michael I., David Taylor, & Chris Hunt. (2005). Palaeoenvironments of insular Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Period: a savanna corridor in Sundaland?. Quaternary Science Reviews. 24(20-21). 2228–2242. 458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grattan, John, Gavin Gillmore, D. D. Gilbertson, et al.. (2003). Radon and ‘King Solomon's Miners’: Faynan Orefield, Jordanian Desert. The Science of The Total Environment. 319(1-3). 99–113. 16 indexed citations

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Hunt, Chris, et al.. (2003). Controlling Residential Water Demand in Qatar: An Assessment. AMBIO. 32(5). 362–366. 9 indexed citations

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Gale, S. J. & Chris Hunt. (1986). The hydrological characteristics of a floodwater farming system. Applied Geography. 6(1). 33–42. 12 indexed citations

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