Ester Oras

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 482 citations indexed

About

Ester Oras is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ester Oras has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 482 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Archeology, 16 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Ester Oras's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (6 papers) and Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (6 papers). Ester Oras is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (6 papers) and Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (6 papers). Ester Oras collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, United Kingdom and Sweden. Ester Oras's co-authors include Alexandre Lucquin, Helen Eenmaa, Leho Tedersoo, Kajar Köster, Tuul Sepp, Mari Tõrv, Marju Raju, Anastasiya Astapova, Rainer Küngas and Äli Leijen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Ester Oras

30 papers receiving 462 citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ester Oras Estonia 12 180 147 89 89 78 39 482
William K. Barnett United States 10 246 1.4× 99 0.7× 181 2.0× 79 0.9× 35 0.4× 27 744
Lauren Cadwallader United Kingdom 9 167 0.9× 39 0.3× 73 0.8× 69 0.8× 38 0.5× 18 266
Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch United States 11 325 1.8× 204 1.4× 178 2.0× 138 1.6× 22 0.3× 35 507
Sarah Whitcher Kansa United States 19 412 2.3× 350 2.4× 195 2.2× 123 1.4× 208 2.7× 53 1.2k
Thomas S. Dye United States 13 234 1.3× 44 0.3× 75 0.8× 167 1.9× 30 0.4× 31 504
Justin Lev-Tov United States 10 135 0.8× 155 1.1× 50 0.6× 32 0.4× 31 0.4× 16 287
Christopher Meiklejohn Canada 17 474 2.6× 520 3.5× 392 4.4× 119 1.3× 110 1.4× 60 1.0k
W. Fredrick Limp United States 7 332 1.8× 137 0.9× 192 2.2× 61 0.7× 25 0.3× 17 709
Levent Atıcı United States 8 153 0.8× 92 0.6× 81 0.9× 46 0.5× 39 0.5× 14 271
Rachel Opitz United Kingdom 12 95 0.5× 82 0.6× 45 0.5× 16 0.2× 22 0.3× 35 457

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ester Oras

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Oras, Ester, et al.. (2025). The “biomolecular humanities”? New challenges and perspectives. iScience. 28(2). 111679–111679. 1 indexed citations
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Kushniarevich, Alena, Eugenia D’Atanasio, Craig Cessford, et al.. (2025). Bone Adhered Sediments as a Source of Target and Environmental DNA and Proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(9).
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Rannamäe, Eve, et al.. (2024). Horsemeat consumption in Late Bronze Age Estonia: a case study from the Iru fortified settlement. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 28(2). 67–91.
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Piličiauskas, Gytis, Raminta Skipitytė, Ester Oras, et al.. (2023). The Globular Amphora Culture in the Eastern Baltic: New Discoveries. Acta Archaeologica. 92(2). 203–227. 2 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester, et al.. (2023). Pre-Roman Iron Age inhumations: a multi-proxy analysis of a burial complex from Tallinn, Estonia. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 27(2). 129–158.
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Oras, Ester, et al.. (2023). Stone Age imitation of a slotted bone point from Pärnu River (south-western Estonia). Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 27(1). 54–79.
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Tõrv, Mari, Dario Piombino‐Mascali, Tina Saupe, et al.. (2023). Children of the grave: Investigating non-adult feeding practices in medieval and early modern Estonia through stable isotope analysis. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0279546–e0279546. 4 indexed citations
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Vahur, Signe, Anu Teearu, Mikhail Zhilin, et al.. (2021). Classification of archaeological adhesives from Eastern Europe and Urals by ATR‐FT‐IR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis. Archaeometry. 64(1). 227–244. 22 indexed citations
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Rannamäe, Eve, et al.. (2021). In search of Estonia’s earliest chicken. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 25(2). 160–181. 1 indexed citations
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Tõrv, Mari, et al.. (2021). Hunger, disease, and subtle lesions: Insights into systemic metabolic disease in fetal and perinatal remains from 13th‐ to 15th‐century Tartu, Estonia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 31(4). 534–555. 11 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester, Mari Tõrv, Signe Vahur, et al.. (2020). Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods). PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227446–e0227446. 14 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester, et al.. (2020). COOKING FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: LIPID ANALYSES OF RAUŠI SETTLEMENT AND CEMETERY POTTERY FROM THE 11TH–13TH CENTURY; pp. 45–69. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 24(1). 45–69. 5 indexed citations
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Manninen, Mikael A., et al.. (2019). THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ESTONIAN MESOLITHIC SLOTTED BONE ‘DAGGER’. EXTENDED OBJECT BIOGRAPHIES FOR LEGACY OBJECTS; pp. 103–125. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 23(2). 103–125. 7 indexed citations
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Robson, Harry K., Ester Oras, Sönke Hartz, et al.. (2018). Illuminating the prehistory of Northern Europe: organic residue analysis of lamps. 214–217. 1 indexed citations
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Крийска, Айвар, Ester Oras, Lembi Lõugas, et al.. (2017). LATE MESOLITHIC NARVA STAGE IN ESTONIA: POTTERY, SETTLEMENT TYPES AND CHRONOLOGY; pp. 52–86. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 21(1). 52–86. 19 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester, Signe Vahur, Sven Isaksson, Ivari Kaljurand, & Ivo Leito. (2017). MALDI‐FT‐ICR‐MS for archaeological lipid residue analysis. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 52(10). 689–700. 14 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester, Julia Best, Beatrice Demarchi, et al.. (2017). Multi-method Analysis of Avian Eggs as Grave Goods: Revealing Symbolism in Conversion Period Burials at Kukruse, NE Estonia. Environmental Archaeology. 23(2). 109–122. 16 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester, et al.. (2016). TRACING PREHISTORIC MIGRATION: ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF BRONZE AND PRE-ROMAN IRON AGE COASTAL BURIALS IN ESTONIA; pp. 3–32. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 20(1). 3–24. 24 indexed citations
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Oras, Ester. (2010). RITUAL WEALTH DEPOSITS IN ESTONIAN MIDDLE IRON AGE MATERIAL; pp. 123–142. Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 14(2). 123–142. 6 indexed citations

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