David Degusta

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Degusta is a scholar working on Anthropology, Social Psychology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Degusta has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 12 papers in Social Psychology and 11 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in David Degusta's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (10 papers). David Degusta is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (10 papers). David Degusta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. David Degusta's co-authors include Elisabeth S. Vrba, Tim D. White, F. Clark Howell, Gary D. Richards, Berhane Asfaw, Henry Gilbert, Gen Suwa, Katharine Milton, Scott Turner and W. Gilbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Degusta

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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. Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
    2003 579 citations Tim D. White, Berhane Asfaw et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Degusta United States 15 661 602 363 277 256 24 1.3k
Denné Reed United States 16 754 1.1× 615 1.0× 265 0.7× 403 1.5× 344 1.3× 36 1.3k
Noel T. Boaz United States 19 528 0.8× 515 0.9× 254 0.7× 247 0.9× 193 0.8× 50 1.1k
Rokus Awe Due Australia 12 1.0k 1.6× 822 1.4× 552 1.5× 510 1.8× 160 0.6× 17 1.5k
Alejandro Pérez‐Pérez Spain 26 928 1.4× 898 1.5× 927 2.6× 518 1.9× 310 1.2× 97 2.0k
Graeme Barker United Kingdom 21 745 1.1× 829 1.4× 539 1.5× 60 0.2× 192 0.8× 44 1.7k
Jean‐Renaud Boisserie France 21 777 1.2× 965 1.6× 233 0.6× 313 1.1× 461 1.8× 60 1.4k
John Hawks United States 22 1.1k 1.6× 823 1.4× 765 2.1× 337 1.2× 153 0.6× 92 2.1k
Friedemann Schrenk Germany 23 1.2k 1.8× 929 1.5× 689 1.9× 548 2.0× 363 1.4× 68 1.8k
Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi Italy 27 1.1k 1.7× 929 1.5× 1.0k 2.8× 434 1.6× 348 1.4× 90 2.2k
Reiko T. Kono Japan 20 983 1.5× 770 1.3× 542 1.5× 578 2.1× 218 0.9× 42 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Degusta

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Degusta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Degusta

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

All Works

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WoldeGabriel, Giday, Stanley H. Ambrose, Doris Barboni, et al.. (2009). The Geological, Isotopic, Botanical, Invertebrate, and Lower Vertebrate Surroundings of Ardipithecus ramidus. Science. 326(5949). 65–65. 114 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (2009). Cribra orbitalia: a non‐human primate perspective. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 20(5). 597–602. 11 indexed citations
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Ambrose, Stanley H., Raymond L. Bernor, Jean‐Renaud Boisserie, et al.. (2007). The paleoecology and paleogeographic contet of Lemudong'o locality 1, a late Miocene terrestrial fossil site in southern Kenya. 13 indexed citations
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Degusta, David & Elisabeth S. Vrba. (2005). Methods for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid phalanges. Journal of Archaeological Science. 32(7). 1099–1113. 50 indexed citations
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Degusta, David & Elisabeth S. Vrba. (2005). Methods for inferring paleohabitats from discrete traits of the bovid postcranial skeleton. Journal of Archaeological Science. 32(7). 1115–1123. 35 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (2004). A Method for Estimating the Relative Importance of Characters in Cladistic Analyses. Systematic Biology. 53(4). 529–532. 8 indexed citations
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Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Giday WoldeGabriel, Tim D. White, et al.. (2004). Mio-Pliocene mammals from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Geobios. 37(4). 536–552. 49 indexed citations
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White, Tim D., Berhane Asfaw, David Degusta, et al.. (2003). Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature. 423(6941). 742–747. 579 indexed citations breakdown →
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Degusta, David, Melanie Everett, & Katharine Milton. (2003). Natural selection on molar size in a wild population of howler monkeys ( Alouatta palliata ). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(suppl_1). S15–7. 22 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (2003). Aubesier 11 is not evidence of Neanderthal conspecific care. Journal of Human Evolution. 45(1). 91–94. 22 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (2003). More digging in Mendel's garden. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 12(1). 1–1.
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Holloway, Ralph L., Michael S. Yuan, Douglas C. Broadfield, et al.. (2002). Missing Omo L338y‐6 occipital‐marginal sinus drainage pattern: Ground sectioning, computer tomography scanning, and the original fossil fail to show it. The Anatomical Record. 266(4). 249–257. 5 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (2002). Comparative Skeletal Pathology and the Case for Conspecific Care in Middle Pleistocene Hominids. Journal of Archaeological Science. 29(12). 1435–1438. 36 indexed citations
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Jones, Andrea L., David Degusta, Scott Turner, Christina J. Campbell, & Katharine Milton. (2000). Craniometric variation in a population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata): Evidence of size selection in females and growth in dentally mature males. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 113(3). 411–434. 20 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (2000). Fijian cannibalism and mortuary ritual: bioarchaeological evidence from Vunda. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 10(1). 76–92. 19 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (1999). Fijian cannibalism: Osteological evidence from Navatu. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 110(2). 215–241. 34 indexed citations
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Degusta, David. (1999). Fijian cannibalism: Osteological evidence from Navatu. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 110(2). 215–215. 3 indexed citations
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Degusta, David & Katharine Milton. (1998). Skeletal Pathologies in a Population of Alouatta palliata: Behavioral, Ecological, and Evolutionary Implications. International Journal of Primatology. 19(3). 615–650. 34 indexed citations
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White, Tim D., David Degusta, Gary D. Richards, & Steven G. Baker. (1997). Brief communication: Prehistoric dentistry in the American Southwest: A drilled canine from Sky Aerie, Colorado. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 103(3). 409–414. 12 indexed citations

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