David M. Alba

5.9k total citations
200 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

David M. Alba is a scholar working on Paleontology, Social Psychology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, David M. Alba has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Paleontology, 86 papers in Social Psychology and 84 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in David M. Alba's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (153 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (86 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (84 papers). David M. Alba is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (153 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (86 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (84 papers). David M. Alba collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and United States. David M. Alba's co-authors include Salvador Moyà‐Solà, Sergio Almécija, Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar, Meike Köhler, Josep M. Robles, Joan Madurell‐Malapeira, Jordi Galindo, Miguel Garcés, Josep Fortuny and Josep Aurell‐Garrido and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David M. Alba

195 papers receiving 4.0k 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 M. Alba Spain 34 3.2k 2.0k 1.8k 846 703 200 4.1k
Salvador Moyà‐Solà Spain 38 4.0k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 2.5k 1.4× 1.0k 1.2× 979 1.4× 200 5.1k
Gildas Merceron France 30 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 840 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 494 0.7× 104 3.3k
Meike Köhler Spain 31 2.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 803 0.9× 518 0.7× 84 3.0k
Martín Pickford France 36 3.6k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 1.3k 1.9× 271 5.0k
Terry Harrison United States 32 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 651 0.8× 573 0.8× 107 2.8k
Lorenzo Rook Italy 38 4.0k 1.3× 3.1k 1.5× 1.0k 0.5× 1.7k 2.0× 553 0.8× 252 5.4k
Denis Geraads France 36 4.0k 1.3× 3.0k 1.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.8k 2.2× 864 1.2× 206 5.4k
Laurie R. Godfrey United States 42 1.5k 0.5× 919 0.5× 2.5k 1.4× 1.4k 1.7× 1.0k 1.5× 159 4.4k
Nikos Solounias United States 36 3.8k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 839 0.5× 2.7k 3.2× 836 1.2× 92 4.8k
Russell L. Ciochon United States 30 1.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 478 0.6× 488 0.7× 77 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Püschel, Thomas A., et al.. (2025). A Dryopithecine Talus From Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès‐Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): Morphometric Affinities and Evolutionary Implications for Hominoid Locomotion. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 186(4). e70043–e70043. 1 indexed citations
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Zanolli, Clément, Matthew M. Skinner, Josep Fortuny, et al.. (2024). Molar enamel–dentine junction shape of Pliobates cataloniae and other Iberian pliopithecoids. Journal of Human Evolution. 195. 103581–103581. 2 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2024). New suid remains from the early Vallesian (Late Miocene) site of Can Missert (Vallès-Penedès Basin). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31(2). 2 indexed citations
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Casanovas‐Vilar, Isaac, Indrė Žliobaitė, Juan Abellá, et al.. (2023). Paleoenvironmental inferences on the Late Miocene hominoid-bearing site of Can Llobateres (NE Iberian Peninsula): An ecometric approach based on functional dental traits. Journal of Human Evolution. 185. 103441–103441. 5 indexed citations
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Cirilli, Omar, Luca Pandolfi, David M. Alba, et al.. (2023). The last Plio-Pleistocene hipparions of Western Eurasia. A review with remarks on their taxonomy, paleobiogeography and evolution. Quaternary Science Reviews. 306. 107976–107976. 5 indexed citations
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Rull, Valentı́, David M. Alba, & Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar. (2023). Middle Miocene vegetation of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula), as inferred from fossil pollen records: State of the art and future prospects. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 321. 105042–105042. 2 indexed citations
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Zanolli, Clément, Miguel Delgado, Josep Fortuny, et al.. (2022). The phylogenetic signal of the enamel-dentine junction of primate molars. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 3 indexed citations
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DeMiguel, Daniel, Laura Domingo, Israel M. Sánchez, et al.. (2021). Palaeoecological differences underlie rare co-occurrence of Miocene European primates. BMC Biology. 19(1). 6–6. 8 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., Antonio Rodríguez‐Hidalgo, Jan van der Made, et al.. (2021). New macaque fossil remains from Morocco. Journal of Human Evolution. 153. 102951–102951. 9 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., Salvador Moyà‐Solà, Daniel DeMiguel, et al.. (2018). Ape quest in the Vallès-Penedès Basin (2014–2017): Fieldwork results and prospects for the future. 2 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2016). Presence of two different species of Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Neritidae) in Catalonia. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Pina, Marta, Sergio Almécija, Christopher B. Ruff, David M. Alba, & Salvador Moyà‐Solà. (2015). The plesiomorphic condition of the great ape femur: biomechanical evidence from the IPS41724 femur (middle Miocene, NE Iberian Peninsula). 1 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2012). La distribució de Cochlostoma (Turritus) patulum fontqueri (F. Haas, 1924) (Gastropoda: Cochlostomatidae) a Catalunya. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2012). New morphological details on the shell of Sorholia lescherae (Boeters, 1981) (Gastropoda: Moitessieriidae). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Pina, Marta, David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Josep Fortuny, & Salvador Moyà‐Solà. (2012). Locomotor inferences in Hispanopithecus laietanus on the basis of its femoral neck cortical thickness. 1 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2011). Nova llista actualitzada dels mol·luscos continentals de Catalunya. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2010). Els moitessièrids (Gastropoda: Moitessieriidae) de Rellinars (el Vallès Occidental, Catalunya, Espanya). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., et al.. (2008). Paleontologia i geologia del jaciment del Pleistocè inferior de Vallparadís (Terrassa, Vallès Occidental). 2007(2007). 29–44. 7 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., Jordi Galindo, Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar, et al.. (2007). La intervenció paleontològica a la nova fase del dipòsit controlat de Can Mata, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Anoia: campanyes 2002-2003, 2004 i 2005. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 2006(2006). 7–33. 5 indexed citations

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