David Killick

2.7k total citations
81 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Killick is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Killick has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Archeology, 33 papers in Paleontology and 32 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in David Killick's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (30 papers) and Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (13 papers). David Killick is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (30 papers) and Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (13 papers). David Killick collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. David Killick's co-authors include Thomas R. Fenn, S. Terry Childs, Duncan Miller, Julian Henderson, Nikolaas J. van der Merwe, Robert B. Heimann, Alyson M. Thibodeau, Robert B. Gordon, Joaquín Ruiz and Shadreck Chirikure and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

David Killick

77 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Killick United States 22 653 598 495 363 86 81 1.3k
Paul Craddock United Kingdom 21 736 1.1× 689 1.2× 319 0.6× 1.1k 3.0× 112 1.3× 92 1.9k
Laure Dussubieux United States 22 626 1.0× 209 0.3× 374 0.8× 878 2.4× 274 3.2× 98 1.4k
Duncan Miller South Africa 17 289 0.4× 469 0.8× 405 0.8× 88 0.2× 27 0.3× 50 745
Natalie Tobert 4 719 1.1× 165 0.3× 407 0.8× 746 2.1× 67 0.8× 6 1.3k
Vincent C. Pigott United States 17 445 0.7× 299 0.5× 199 0.4× 340 0.9× 41 0.5× 30 730
Takeshi Inomata United States 25 1.4k 2.1× 177 0.3× 484 1.0× 362 1.0× 370 4.3× 65 1.8k
Peter Grave Australia 15 482 0.7× 84 0.1× 182 0.4× 444 1.2× 73 0.8× 54 816
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer United States 16 460 0.7× 114 0.2× 348 0.7× 398 1.1× 22 0.3× 54 892
Lisa Kealhofer United States 20 655 1.0× 67 0.1× 308 0.6× 375 1.0× 55 0.6× 49 1.2k
Richard W. Yerkes United States 18 739 1.1× 126 0.2× 639 1.3× 370 1.0× 96 1.1× 45 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David Killick

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Killick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Killick

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

All Works

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Davies, Heather, Peter‐John M. Noble, Gina Pinchbeck, et al.. (2025). Developing electronic health records as a source of real-world data for veterinary pharmacoepidemiology. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12. 1550468–1550468. 1 indexed citations
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Mathur, Ryan, Wayne Powell, Junming Yao, et al.. (2025). Global Sn Isotope Compositions of Cassiterite Identify the Magmatic–Hydrothermal Evolution of Tin Ore Systems. Geosciences. 15(1). 28–28. 3 indexed citations
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Powell, Wayne, Ryan Mathur, George D. Kamenov, J. B. Stephens, & David Killick. (2024). Mixed lead sources in tin metal: Implications for using lead isotopes to study tin artifacts. Journal of Archaeological Science. 170. 106045–106045. 5 indexed citations
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Killick, David, et al.. (2023). Constellations of practice in copper ingots from Zambia and northern Zimbabwe, cal. AD 500–1700. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 58(3). 393–433. 5 indexed citations
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Chirikure, Shadreck, et al.. (2023). Global commodities in precolonial Southern Africa: local concepts and global conversations. World Archaeology. 55(4). 461–475. 1 indexed citations
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Killick, David & Frances Hayashida. (2022). Copper smelting and refining in the Pampa de Chaparrí, Lambayeque, Peru, ca. 1030–1180 cal AD.. Journal of Archaeological Science. 148. 105687–105687. 2 indexed citations
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Ducea, Mihai N., et al.. (2021). Use of non-traditional heavy stable isotopes in archaeological research. Journal of Archaeological Science. 127. 105334–105334. 18 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Anne, et al.. (2018). Making pots in Manaledi: People, material, history. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 50. 44–58. 2 indexed citations
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Killick, David, et al.. (2018). Assessing the Suitability of Southern Africa for Archaeological Provenance Studies with Lead Isotopes. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Siran, et al.. (2018). Did China Import Metals from Africa in the Bronze Age?. Archaeometry. 60(1). 105–117. 33 indexed citations
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Thibodeau, Alyson M., et al.. (2017). Canyon Creek revisited: New investigations of a late prehispanic turquoise mine, Arizona, USA. Journal of Archaeological Science. 87. 44–58. 6 indexed citations
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Killick, David & Duncan Miller. (2014). Smelting of magnetite and magnetite–ilmenite iron ores in the northern Lowveld, South Africa, ca. 1000 CE to ca. 1880 CE. Journal of Archaeological Science. 43. 239–255. 24 indexed citations
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Wilmsen, Edwin Ν., et al.. (2009). Mmopi le Mmopa: making pottery in Botswana today and c. 1000 years ago. Botswana notes and records. 41. 25–38. 7 indexed citations
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Wilmsen, Edwin Ν., et al.. (2009). The social geography of pottery in Botswana as reconstructed by optical petrography. Journal of African Archaeology. 7(1). 3–39. 35 indexed citations
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Killick, David. (2006). Archaeological science and African archaeology. Journal of African Archaeology. 4(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Killick, David. (2002). King Croesus' Gold: Excavations at Sardis and the History of Gold Refining. By Andrew Ramage and Paul Craddock.. American Journal of Archaeology. 106(1). 113–114. 2 indexed citations
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Kusimba, Chapurukha M., et al.. (1994). Indigenous and Imported Metals on Swahili Sites of Kenya. 11. 63–77. 3 indexed citations
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Killick, David, et al.. (1988). Reassessment of the evidence for early metallurgy in Niger, West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science. 15(4). 367–394. 33 indexed citations

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