Christopher J. Campisano

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 887 citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Campisano is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Campisano has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 887 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Paleontology, 21 papers in Anthropology and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Campisano's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (17 papers). Christopher J. Campisano is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (17 papers). Christopher J. Campisano collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Christopher J. Campisano's co-authors include Kaye E. Reed, John Rowan, J Ramón Arrowsmith, Erin DiMaggio, David R. Braun, William H. Kimbel, Craig S. Feibel, Brian Villmoare, Chalachew Seyoum and Alan L. Deino and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Campisano

39 papers receiving 866 citations

Hit Papers

Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2019 50 100 150 200
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. Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia
    2015 212 citations William H. Kimbel, Christopher J. Campisano et al. Science profile →
  2. Earliest known Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlight early technological diversity
    2019 118 citations J Ramón Arrowsmith, Christopher J. Campisano 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
Christopher J. Campisano United States 15 602 551 310 178 167 41 887
Fidelis T. Masao Tanzania 13 849 1.4× 559 1.0× 386 1.2× 207 1.2× 174 1.0× 29 1.1k
Craig S. Feibel United States 9 595 1.0× 497 0.9× 225 0.7× 155 0.9× 142 0.9× 14 764
Patrick N. Gathogo United States 10 500 0.8× 406 0.7× 222 0.7× 98 0.6× 104 0.6× 11 693
Hideo Nakaya Japan 19 508 0.8× 817 1.5× 378 1.2× 251 1.4× 119 0.7× 56 1.1k
Antoine Souron France 14 328 0.5× 350 0.6× 144 0.5× 185 1.0× 99 0.6× 35 528
Sally C. Reynolds United Kingdom 18 619 1.0× 549 1.0× 103 0.3× 226 1.3× 226 1.4× 41 890
Shigehiro Katoh Japan 17 817 1.4× 681 1.2× 308 1.0× 180 1.0× 400 2.4× 55 1.4k
John Rowan United States 21 647 1.1× 620 1.1× 287 0.9× 452 2.5× 117 0.7× 50 1.2k
Jackson K. Njau United States 22 1.1k 1.8× 920 1.7× 385 1.2× 287 1.6× 321 1.9× 62 1.6k
Christopher J. Lepre United States 17 596 1.0× 606 1.1× 175 0.6× 105 0.6× 266 1.6× 31 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher J. Campisano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher J. Campisano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher J. Campisano

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gilbert, Christopher C., Alejandra Ortiz, Kelsey D. Pugh, et al.. (2025). Additional analyses of stem catarrhine and hominoid dental morphology support Kapi ramnagarensis as a stem hylobatid. Journal of Human Evolution. 199. 103628–103628.
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Rowan, John, Andrew Du, Erick Lundgren, et al.. (2024). Long-term biotic homogenization in the East African Rift System over the last 6 million years of hominin evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(9). 1751–1759. 1 indexed citations
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Quade, Jay, Naomi E. Levin, Christopher J. Campisano, et al.. (2023). Environmental controls on the hydrogen isotopic composition of volcanic glass from the Southern Afar rift, eastern Ethiopia. Chemical Geology. 628. 121484–121484. 5 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Christopher C., et al.. (2022). A new genus of treeshrew and other micromammals from the middle Miocene hominoid locality of Ramnagar, Udhampur District, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Journal of Paleontology. 96(6). 1318–1335. 3 indexed citations
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Rowan, John, Christopher J. Campisano, Faysal Bibi, et al.. (2022). Early Pleistocene large mammals from Maka’amitalu, Hadar, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia. PeerJ. 10. e13210–e13210. 7 indexed citations
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Soest, Matthijs C. van, K. V. Hodges, Jennifer J. Scott, et al.. (2022). Sediment provenance and silicic volcano-tectonic evolution of the northern East African Rift System from U/Pb and (U-Th)/He laser ablation double dating of detrital zircons. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 580. 117375–117375. 5 indexed citations
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Deocampo, Daniel M., R. Bernhart Owen, Tim K. Lowenstein, et al.. (2021). Orbital control of Pleistocene euxinia in Lake Magadi, Kenya. Geology. 50(1). 42–47. 4 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Christopher C., Alejandra Ortiz, Kelsey D. Pugh, et al.. (2020). New Middle Miocene Ape (Primates: Hylobatidae) from Ramnagar, India fills major gaps in the hominoid fossil record. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1934). 20201655–20201655. 21 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Christopher C., Biren A. Patel, Christopher J. Campisano, et al.. (2017). New fossil primates from the Lower Siwaliks of India. 3 indexed citations
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Rowan, John, et al.. (2017). Late Pliocene environmental change during the transition from Australopithecus to Homo. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(6). 159–159. 44 indexed citations
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Wynn, Jonathan G., Kaye E. Reed, Matt Sponheimer, et al.. (2016). Dietary flexibility of Australopithecus afarensis in the face of paleoecological change during the middle Pliocene: Faunal evidence from Hadar, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 99. 93–106. 34 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Christopher C., et al.. (2016). New sivaladapid primate from Lower Siwalik deposits surrounding Ramnagar (Jammu and Kashmir State), India. Journal of Human Evolution. 102. 21–41. 14 indexed citations
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DiMaggio, Erin, Christopher J. Campisano, John Rowan, et al.. (2015). Late Pliocene fossiliferous sedimentary record and the environmental context of early Homo from Afar, Ethiopia. Science. 347(6228). 1355–1359. 58 indexed citations
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Campisano, Christopher J., Aaron Cohen, Asfawossen Asrat, et al.. (2014). THE HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT (HSPDP) DRILLING CAMPAIGNS: THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF TRYING THE UNIQUE AND NEW. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 1 indexed citations
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Sier, Mark J., Guillaume Dupont‐Nivet, Christopher J. Campisano, et al.. (2007). Magnetostratigraphy of the hominin-bearing Hadar Formation (Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia), and regional evidence for environmental change ca. 3.2 Ma. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Campisano, Christopher J.. (2007). Tephrostratigraphy and hominin paleoenvironments of the Hadar Formation, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University). 32 indexed citations

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