Eric Delson

5.3k total citations
87 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Eric Delson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Social Psychology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Delson has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Paleontology, 36 papers in Social Psychology and 32 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Eric Delson's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (48 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (36 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 papers). Eric Delson is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (48 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (36 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 papers). Eric Delson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. Eric Delson's co-authors include Stephen R. Frost, Elizabeth Strasser, Ian Tattersall, David P. Reddy, Leslie F. Marcus, Fred L. Bookstein, Christopher C. Gilbert, William E. H. Harcourt‐Smith, Nina Amenta and Alison S. Brooks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Eric Delson

85 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Delson United States 28 1.5k 1.4k 1.1k 551 505 87 2.8k
Meike Köhler Spain 31 2.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 803 1.5× 351 0.7× 84 3.0k
David R. Begun Canada 31 1.6k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 347 0.6× 268 0.5× 87 2.4k
Terry Harrison United States 32 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 651 1.2× 182 0.4× 107 2.8k
Russell L. Ciochon United States 30 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 478 0.9× 144 0.3× 77 2.9k
J. Michael Plavcan United States 33 1.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.7× 908 0.8× 1.1k 1.9× 321 0.6× 67 3.6k
David M. Alba Spain 34 3.2k 2.0× 1.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.9× 846 1.5× 358 0.7× 200 4.1k
Brian T. Shea United States 26 601 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 423 0.4× 522 0.9× 570 1.1× 39 2.2k
Jay Kelley United States 27 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 681 0.6× 549 1.0× 135 0.3× 55 1.9k
René Bobe United States 26 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 890 1.6× 156 0.3× 76 3.1k
Salvador Moyà‐Solà Spain 38 4.0k 2.6× 2.5k 1.8× 2.4k 2.2× 1.0k 1.9× 438 0.9× 200 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Delson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Delson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Almécija, Sergio, Kelsey D. Pugh, Christopher M. Smith, et al.. (2024). Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1391–1391. 1 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric, et al.. (2023). A review of Theropithecus oswaldi with the proposal of a new subspecies. Journal of Human Evolution. 180. 103373–103373. 6 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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Gilbert, Christopher C., et al.. (2018). Evolution of the modern baboon (Papio hamadryas): A reassessment of the African Plio-Pleistocene record. Journal of Human Evolution. 122. 38–69. 27 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., Eric Delson, Jorge Morales, Plini Montoya, & Gregorio Romero‐González. (2018). Macaque remains from the early Pliocene of the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Human Evolution. 123. 141–147. 11 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric, et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis of Paradolichopithecus: Fossil baboon or macaque?. 2 indexed citations
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Frost, Stephen R., et al.. (2015). Cranial shape and intrageneric diversity in the genus Cercopithecoides. 1 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., Plini Montoya, Marta Pina, et al.. (2015). First record of Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Human Evolution. 88. 1–14. 23 indexed citations
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Freidline, Sarah E., et al.. (2009). 3D Landmark and semilandmark geometric morphometric analysis of the Zuttiyeh fronto-zygomatic fragment. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric. (2008). Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer eBooks. 56 indexed citations
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McHenry, Henry M. & Eric Delson. (2008). Obituary: William White Howells (1908–2005). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 135(3). 249–251. 3 indexed citations
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Guérin, Claude, Martine Faure, Alain Argant, et al.. (2004). Le gisement pliocène supérieur de Saint-Vallier (Drôme, France). Geobios. 37. 7 indexed citations
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Frost, Stephen R., Leslie F. Marcus, Fred L. Bookstein, David P. Reddy, & Eric Delson. (2003). Cranial allometry, phylogeography, and systematics of large‐bodied papionins (primates: Cercopithecinae) inferred from geometric morphometric analysis of landmark data. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 275A(2). 1048–1072. 190 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric, et al.. (2002). Abstracts of AAPA Poster and Podium Presentations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 117(S34). 60–82. 1 indexed citations
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Frost, Stephen R. & Eric Delson. (2002). Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 43(5). 687–748. 80 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric. (1985). Ancestors, the hard evidence : proceedings of the symposium held at the American Museum of Natural History, April 6-10, 1984 to mark the opening of the exhibition "Ancestors, four million years of humanity". 7 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric. (1982). Dinopithecus, the giant baboon of Plio-Pleistocene Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 57(2). 179–180. 14 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric. (1981). Paleoanthropology: Pliocene and Pleistocene human evolution. Paleobiology. 7(3). 298–305. 4 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric. (1973). Fossil colobine monkeys of the Circum-mediterranean region and the evolutionary history of the Cercopithecidae (Primates, Mannalia). UMI eBooks. 84 indexed citations
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Delson, Eric. (1971). Estudio preliminar de unos restos de simios pliocénicos procedentes de "coda Bonica" (Gavá) (Prov. Barcelona). Acta geológica hispánica. 6(2). 54–57. 10 indexed citations

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