Colin Shaw

3.6k total citations
56 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Colin Shaw is a scholar working on Archeology, Geometry and Topology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Shaw has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Archeology, 13 papers in Geometry and Topology and 13 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Colin Shaw's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (13 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers). Colin Shaw is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (13 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers). Colin Shaw collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Colin Shaw's co-authors include Jay T. Stock, Timothy M. Ryan, John Ivens, Damiano Marchi, Thomas G. Davies, James H. Gosman, Jaap P. P. Saers, Ashley Brown, Roscoe Atkinson and Michael B. Gerhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Colin Shaw

51 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Shaw United Kingdom 24 678 524 473 401 397 56 2.3k
Elizabeth Weiss United States 22 640 0.9× 210 0.4× 99 0.2× 131 0.3× 181 0.5× 75 2.0k
Sue Black United Kingdom 27 1.4k 2.0× 163 0.3× 82 0.2× 246 0.6× 144 0.4× 97 2.3k
George Chaplin United States 25 113 0.2× 121 0.2× 22 0.0× 125 0.3× 49 0.1× 43 2.8k
Helen J. Chatterjee United Kingdom 24 105 0.2× 55 0.1× 46 0.1× 109 0.3× 52 0.1× 72 2.0k
Charles Susanne Belgium 24 171 0.3× 61 0.1× 53 0.1× 38 0.1× 90 0.2× 213 2.1k
Lawrence Martin United States 25 389 0.6× 771 1.5× 150 0.3× 815 2.0× 10 0.0× 42 2.0k
Margaret Cox United Kingdom 24 575 0.8× 115 0.2× 30 0.1× 167 0.4× 24 0.1× 98 3.0k
James Tanner United States 18 270 0.4× 69 0.1× 17 0.0× 32 0.1× 153 0.4× 36 2.5k
Horst Seidler Austria 22 730 1.1× 839 1.6× 677 1.4× 610 1.5× 27 0.1× 53 1.9k
Leonard Freedman Australia 22 410 0.6× 333 0.6× 136 0.3× 313 0.8× 44 0.1× 85 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Shaw

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Shaw

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Shaw

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Shaw. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Shaw 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 Colin Shaw. Colin Shaw 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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Longman, Daniel P. & Colin Shaw. (2025). H omo sapiens , industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 101(2). 580–601.
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Longman, Daniel P., Stephen C. Van Hedger, Kirsten McEwan, et al.. (2025). Forest soundscapes improve mood, restoration and cognition, but not physiological stress or immunity, relative to industrial soundscapes. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 33967–33967. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Holly, Lewis J. James, Nicolette C. Bishop, et al.. (2023). Additional Health Benefits Observed following a Nature Walk Compared to a Green Urban Walk in Healthy Females. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(3). 85–85. 6 indexed citations
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Longman, Daniel P., Colin Shaw, Verónica Varela-Mato, et al.. (2021). Time in Nature Associated with Decreased Fatigue in UK Truck Drivers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6). 3158–3158. 10 indexed citations
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Khatri, Chetan, Edward Dickenson, Imran Ahmed, et al.. (2021). ARthroscopy in Knee OsteoArthritis (ARK-OA): a multicentre study assessing compliance to national guidelines. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 31(7). 1443–1449. 4 indexed citations
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Ryan, Timothy M., Kristian J. Carlson, Adam D. Gordon, et al.. (2018). Human-like hip joint loading in Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus. Journal of Human Evolution. 121. 12–24. 38 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin, et al.. (2017). Asymmetry in the Cortical and Trabecular Bone of the Human Humerus During Development. The Anatomical Record. 301(6). 1012–1025. 1 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin, et al.. (2016). Trabecular bone structural variation throughout the lower limb in three human populations. 1 indexed citations
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Sparacello, Vitale, Colin Shaw, & Damiano Marchi. (2015). New data on Late Upper Paleolithic upper limb cross-sectional geometry from Arene Candide: implications for Tardiglacial hunting practices. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa).
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Macintosh, Alison, et al.. (2013). Periosteal versus true cross‐sectional geometry: A comparison along humeral, femoral, and tibial diaphyses. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 150(3). 442–452. 57 indexed citations
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Stock, Jay T., et al.. (2012). Three dimensional quantification of upper limb bilateral asymmetry among modern humans and great apes. 1 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin, Cory Hofmann, Michael D. Petraglia, Jay T. Stock, & Jinger S. Gottschall. (2012). Neandertal Humeri May Reflect Adaptation to Scraping Tasks, but Not Spear Thrusting. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40349–e40349. 49 indexed citations
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Ryan, Timothy M. & Colin Shaw. (2012). Unique Suites of Trabecular Bone Features Characterize Locomotor Behavior in Human and Non-Human Anthropoid Primates. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41037–e41037. 87 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin. (2011). Is ‘hand preference’ coded in the hominin skeleton? An in-vivo study of bilateral morphological variation. Journal of Human Evolution. 61(4). 480–487. 50 indexed citations
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Marchi, Damiano & Colin Shaw. (2011). Variation in fibular robusticity reflects variation in mobility patterns. Journal of Human Evolution. 61(5). 609–616. 45 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin & Jay T. Stock. (2010). The influence of body proportions on femoral and tibial midshaft shape in hunter‐gatherers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 144(1). 22–29. 42 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin. (2010). ‘Putting flesh back onto the bones?’ Can we predict soft tissue properties from skeletal and fossil remains?. Journal of Human Evolution. 59(5). 484–492. 18 indexed citations
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Laskey, M. Ann, et al.. (2010). Evidence for Enhanced Characterization of Cortical Bone Using Novel pQCT Shape Software. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 13(3). 247–255. 13 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin & Jay T. Stock. (2009). Intensity, repetitiveness, and directionality of habitual adolescent mobility patterns influence the tibial diaphysis morphology of athletes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 140(1). 149–159. 155 indexed citations
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Shaw, Colin. (1993). Rethinking governance and accountability. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 1 indexed citations

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