Francis H. Brown

8.9k citations

88 papers · 6.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 42

Anthropology top 0.05%
Paleontology top 0.1%
Atmospheric Science top 1%
Ecology top 2%
Archeology top 0.1%

Co-authors: Ian McDougall Thure E. Cerling John G. Fleagle Naomi E. Levin Craig S. Feibel Patrick N. Gathogo Benjamin H. Passey Harry V. Merrick
Topics: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (51 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (38 papers)Evolution and Paleontology Studies (34 papers)
Cited by: Paleontology Anthropology Archeology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Australia Kenya

In The Last Decade

Francis H. Brown

86 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

Stratigraphic placement and age of modern humans from Kibish, Ethiopia

2005 592 citations Ian McDougall, Francis H. Brown et al. Nature profile →
Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea

2000 532 citations Francis H. Brown et al. profile →
High-temperature environments of human evolution in East Africa based on bond ordering in paleosol carbonates

2010 369 citations Naomi E. Levin, Thure E. Cerling et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia 2020 ·Science Advances ·Sileshi Semaw,Michael Rogers,Scott W. Simpson,Naomi E. Levin,Jay Quade,Nelia Dunbar,William C. McIntosh,Isabel Cáceres,Gary E. Stinchcomb,Ralph L. Holloway,Francis H. Brown,Robert F. Butler,Dietrich Stout,Melanie Everett	45
2	An initial survey of the composition of Ethiopian obsidian 2020 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·Agazi Negash,Barbara P. Nash,Francis H. Brown	4
3	A 750,000 year old hominin molar from the site of Nadung'a, West Turkana, Kenya 2015 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Scott D. Maddux,Carol V. Ward,Francis H. Brown,J. Michael Plavcan,Fredrick K. Manthi	3
4	Correlation of volcanic ash layers between the Early Pleistocene Acheulean sites of Isinya, Kariandusi, and Olorgesailie, Kenya 2014 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·(unknown),Francis H. Brown	16
5	On the Environment of Aramis 2014 ·Current Anthropology ·Thure E. Cerling,Francis H. Brown,Jonathan G. Wynn	9
6	Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thure E. Cerling,Fredrick K. Manthi,Emma Mbua,Louise Leakey,Meave G. Leakey,Richard E. Leakey,Francis H. Brown,Frederick E. Grine,John A. Hart,Prince Kaleme,Hélène Roche,Kevin T. Uno,Bernard Wood	157
7	Correlation of the KHS Tuff of the Kibish Formation to volcanic ash layers at other sites, and the age of early Homo sapiens (Omo I and Omo II) 2012 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Francis H. Brown,Ian McDougall,John G. Fleagle	61
8	New single crystal ⁴⁰ Ar/ ³⁹ Ar ages improve time scale for deposition of the Omo Group, Omo–Turkana Basin, East Africa 2012 ·Journal of the Geological Society ·Ian McDougall,Francis H. Brown,Paulo Vasconcelos,B. E. Cohen,D. S. Thiede,(unknown)	129
9	Isotopically distinct modern carbonates in abandoned livestock corrals in northern Kenya 2012 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Anthony N. Macharia,Kevin T. Uno,Thure E. Cerling,Francis H. Brown	6
10	Geochronology of the Turkana Depression of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia 2011 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·Francis H. Brown,Ian McDougall	84
11	Paleoanthropology of the Kibish Formation, southern Ethiopia: Introduction 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·John G. Fleagle,Zelalem Assefa,Francis H. Brown,John J. Shea	31
12	Sapropels and the age of hominins Omo I and II, Kibish, Ethiopia 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Ian McDougall,Francis H. Brown,John G. Fleagle	67
13	Implications of new early Homo fossils from Ileret, east of Lake Turkana, Kenya 2007 ·Nature ·Fred Spoor,M. G. Leakey,Patrick N. Gathogo,Francis H. Brown,Susan C. Antón,Ian McDougall,(unknown),Fredrick K. Manthi,Louise Leakey	201
14	Revised stratigraphy of Area 123, Koobi Fora, Kenya, and new age estimates of its fossil mammals, including hominins 2006 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Patrick N. Gathogo,Francis H. Brown	45
15	Stratigraphic placement and age of modern humans from Kibish, Ethiopiabreakdown → 2005 ·Nature ·Ian McDougall,Francis H. Brown,John G. Fleagle	592
16	South Turkwel: A new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya 1999 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Carol V. Ward,M. G. Leakey,B. E. Brown,Francis H. Brown,John Harris,Alan Walker	60
17	Miocene tephrochronology in the northern Basin and Range 1993 ·Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) ·Michael E. Perkins,Francis H. Brown	0
18	Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo group deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia 1989 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Craig S. Feibel,Francis H. Brown,Ian McDougall	326
19	Increased age estimate for the Lower Palaeolithic hominid site at Olorgesailie, Kenya 1987 ·Nature ·(unknown),Francis H. Brown,Thure E. Cerling,Ian McDougall	20
20	A summary of the geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Roosevelt hot springs thermal area, Utah 1978 ·Geophysics ·S. H. Ward,William Parry,W. P. Nash,W.R. Sill,(unknown),Robert B. Smith,David S. Chapman,Francis H. Brown,(unknown),John R. Bowman	41

About Francis H. Brown

Francis H. Brown is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology, having authored 88 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (51 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (38 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.1k citations), Anthropology (3.2k citations) and Archeology (262 citations). Francis H. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Ian McDougall, Thure E. Cerling, John G. Fleagle, Naomi E. Levin, Craig S. Feibel, Patrick N. Gathogo, Benjamin H. Passey, Craig S. Feibel, Harry V. Merrick and Peter B deMenocal. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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