Dominique Baffier

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 640 citations indexed

About

Dominique Baffier is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dominique Baffier has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 640 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Anthropology, 8 papers in Archeology and 6 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Dominique Baffier's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers) and Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (3 papers). Dominique Baffier is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers) and Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (3 papers). Dominique Baffier collaborates with scholars based in France, Algeria and Spain. Dominique Baffier's co-authors include Michèle Julien, Francesco d’Errico, Jacques Pélegrin, Joào Zilhão, Michel Girard, Valérie Feruglio, Marian Vanhaeren, Jean‐Michel Geneste, Évelyne Debard and Anita Quilès and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Geological Society London Special Publications.

In The Last Decade

Dominique Baffier

19 papers receiving 562 citations

Hit Papers

Neanderthal Acculturation in Western Europe? A Critical R... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300
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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. Neanderthal Acculturation in Western Europe? A Critical Review of the Evidence and Its Interpretation
    1998 380 citations Francesco d’Errico, Joào Zilhão et al. Current Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dominique Baffier France 11 502 401 286 97 68 22 640
César González Saínz Spain 13 536 1.1× 384 1.0× 465 1.6× 85 0.9× 99 1.5× 77 825
José Ramos Muñoz Spain 12 452 0.9× 396 1.0× 497 1.7× 107 1.1× 48 0.7× 149 860
Gilbert Tostevin United States 14 524 1.0× 460 1.1× 260 0.9× 132 1.4× 54 0.8× 36 625
Luca Pollarolo South Africa 11 454 0.9× 366 0.9× 229 0.8× 88 0.9× 150 2.2× 12 608
Karel Valoch Czechia 10 475 0.9× 406 1.0× 231 0.8× 132 1.4× 65 1.0× 30 633
Ramón Montes Spain 6 321 0.6× 268 0.7× 213 0.7× 89 0.9× 70 1.0× 7 477
Jan F. Simek United States 14 425 0.8× 406 1.0× 187 0.7× 144 1.5× 41 0.6× 35 602
Nora Flegenheimer Argentina 15 451 0.9× 436 1.1× 213 0.7× 79 0.8× 27 0.4× 37 542
Hugues Plisson France 16 756 1.5× 625 1.6× 493 1.7× 107 1.1× 94 1.4× 55 952
Idit Saragusti Israel 8 443 0.9× 333 0.8× 227 0.8× 98 1.0× 47 0.7× 9 597

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dominique Baffier

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nomade, Sébastien, Dominique Genty, Vincent Scao, et al.. (2016). A 36,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption Depicted in the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc Cave (Ardèche, France)?. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146621–e0146621. 25 indexed citations
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Guibert, Pierre, Anita Quilès, Jean‐Michel Geneste, et al.. (2015). When were the walls of the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Cave heated? A chronological approach by thermoluminescence. Quaternary Geochronology. 29. 36–47. 24 indexed citations
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Ferrier, Catherine, Évelyne Debard, Bertrand Kervazo, et al.. (2014). Les parois chauffées de la grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc (Ardèche, France) : caractérisation et chronologie. Paléo. 25. 59–78. 14 indexed citations
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Ferrier, Catherine, Évelyne Debard, Bertrand Kervazo, et al.. (2014). Heated walls of the cave Chauvet-Pont d’Arc (Ardèche, France): characterization and chronology. Paléo. 25. 59–78. 2 indexed citations
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Valladas, Hélène, Évelyne Kaltnecker, Anita Quilès, et al.. (2013). Dating French and Spanish Prehistoric Decorated Caves in their Archaeological Contexts. Radiocarbon. 55(3). 1422–1431. 22 indexed citations
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Baffier, Dominique, et al.. (2007). La Grande grotte d'Arcy-sur-Cure. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Chalmin, Émilie, Lucie Zinger, Laurent Charlet, et al.. (2007). Biotic versus abiotic calcite formation on prehistoric cave paintings: the Arcy-sur-Cure ‘Grande Grotte’ (Yonne, France) case. Geological Society London Special Publications. 279(1). 185–197. 10 indexed citations
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Baffier, Dominique, et al.. (2005). Les poissons de la Grande Grotte d'Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Feruglio, Valérie & Dominique Baffier. (2005). Les dessins noirs des salles Hillaire et du Crâne, grotte Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc : chronologie relative. Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. 102(1). 149–158. 20 indexed citations
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Baffier, Dominique. (2005). La grotte Chauvet : conservation d'un patrimoine. Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. 102(1). 11–16. 8 indexed citations
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d’Errico, Francesco, et al.. (2003). Many awls in our argument. Bone tool manufacture and use from the Chatelperronian and Aurignacian layers of the Grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cur. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 247–270. 50 indexed citations
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Julien, Michèle, et al.. (2002). L’outillage en matières dures animales. 34(1). 217–250. 17 indexed citations
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d’Errico, Francesco, Joào Zilhão, Michèle Julien, Dominique Baffier, & Jacques Pélegrin. (1998). Neanderthal Acculturation in Western Europe? A Critical Review of the Evidence and Its Interpretation. Current Anthropology. 39(S1). S1–S44. 380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baffier, Dominique & Michel Girard. (1998). Les cavernes d'Arcy-sur-Cure. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 28 indexed citations
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Valentin, Boris, et al.. (1995). L'abri du Lagopède (fouilles Leroi-Gourhan) et le Magdalénien des grottes de la Cure (Yonne). Gallia préhistoire. 37(1). 55–114. 7 indexed citations
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Girard, Michel, et al.. (1992). Premiers enregistrements photographiques Infra-Rouge dans la Grande Grotte d'Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne). Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. 89(6). 163–164.
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Baffier, Dominique, et al.. (1992). Découverte d'une lampe paléolithique dans la grotte du Cheval à Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne). Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. 89(6). 164–166.
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Baffier, Dominique. (1990). Lecture technologique des représentations paléolithiques liées à la chasse et au gibier. Paléo. 2(1). 177–190. 7 indexed citations
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Baffier, Dominique. (1987). Vialou (Denis).-L'Art des grottes en Ariège magdalénienne, 1986 (XXIIe Suppl. à Gallia Préhistoire). -Préface d'A. Leroi-Gourhan. Les Nouvelles de l archéologie. 27(1). 92–93. 3 indexed citations

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