Fred Spoor

5.9k total citations
80 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Fred Spoor is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Spoor has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Anthropology, 33 papers in Paleontology and 25 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Fred Spoor's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (39 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (32 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (25 papers). Fred Spoor is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (39 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (32 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (25 papers). Fred Spoor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Fred Spoor's co-authors include Frans W. Zonneveld, Nathan Jeffery, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Louise Leakey, Meave G. Leakey, Timothy M. Ryan, Bernard Wood, Marc Braun, Mary Silcox and Alan Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Fred Spoor

78 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fred Spoor United Kingdom 33 1.9k 1.6k 968 878 775 80 3.8k
Timothy M. Ryan United States 34 1.2k 0.6× 667 0.4× 940 1.0× 421 0.5× 627 0.8× 85 3.4k
Matthew J. Ravosa United States 37 1.1k 0.6× 635 0.4× 1.8k 1.8× 324 0.4× 731 0.9× 103 3.8k
Charles Oxnard Australia 36 1.1k 0.6× 719 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 964 1.1× 876 1.1× 145 4.2k
Leslie C. Aiello United Kingdom 28 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.8× 862 1.0× 436 0.6× 65 4.7k
David S. Strait United States 35 1.9k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 581 0.7× 860 1.1× 92 4.0k
Brian G. Richmond United States 43 2.2k 1.1× 2.3k 1.4× 2.5k 2.6× 892 1.0× 823 1.1× 93 5.2k
David J. Daegling United States 31 751 0.4× 713 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 410 0.5× 389 0.5× 89 2.4k
Jack T. Stern United States 32 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 2.2k 2.3× 307 0.3× 461 0.6× 70 3.9k
Christoph P. E. Zollikofer Switzerland 41 2.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 93 5.1k
Emiliano Bruner Spain 31 806 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 731 0.8× 563 0.6× 862 1.1× 154 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Fred Spoor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fred Spoor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Spoor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fred Spoor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fred Spoor based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fred Spoor. Fred Spoor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Araújo, Ricardo, Julien Benoît, Alexander Stoessel, et al.. (2022). Inner ear biomechanics reveals a Late Triassic origin for mammalian endothermy. Nature. 607(7920). 726–731. 38 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, et al.. (2022). Morphological variation of the maxilla in modern humans and African apes. Journal of Human Evolution. 168. 103210–103210. 4 indexed citations
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Gunz, Philipp, Simon Neubauer, Dean Falk, et al.. (2020). Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 1 indexed citations
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Kivell, Tracy L., Christopher J. Dunmore, Nicholas B. Stephens, et al.. (2018). Trabecular bone structure of the Australopithecus afarensis A.L. 438-1 metacarpals and implications for skeletal age and hand use.. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1 indexed citations
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Stoessel, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Assessing morphology and function of the semicircular duct system: introducing new in-situ visualization and software toolbox. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32772–32772. 51 indexed citations
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Gunz, Philipp, et al.. (2009). The Neanderthal bony Labyrinth Reconsidered, Introducing a New Geometric Morphometric Approach. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 3 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, M. G. Leakey, Patrick N. Gathogo, et al.. (2007). Implications of new early Homo fossils from Ileret, east of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Nature. 448(7154). 688–691. 201 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, et al.. (2005). A comparative analysis of the KNM-ER 42700 hominin calvaria from Ileret (Kenya).. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Walker, Angela M., et al.. (2004). The semicircular canals of subfossil lemurs and their functional significance. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Marc Braun, & Frans W. Zonneveld. (2003). The bony labyrinth of Neanderthals. Journal of Human Evolution. 44(2). 141–165. 111 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, et al.. (2001). Great ape semicircular canal size: shared adaptation or phylogeny? The evidence from Theropithecus oswaldi.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred. (2000). Basicranial architecture of Plio-Pleistocene hominins.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred. (1999). The human fossils from Corbeddu Cave, Sardinia: a reappraisal. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, et al.. (1999). Neck proportions in modern humans and Neanderthals.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred & Frans W. Zonneveld. (1998). Comparative review of the human bony labyrinth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 107(S27). 211–251. 147 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred & Frans W. Zonneveld. (1997). The bony labyrinth of Sts 5 ('Mrs Ples'). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred. (1997). Basicranial architecture and relative brain size of Sts 5 (Australopithecus africanus) and other Plio-Pleistocene hominids. UCL Discovery (University College London). 58 indexed citations
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Hublin, Jean‐Jacques, Fred Spoor, Marc Braun, Frans W. Zonneveld, & Silvana Condémi. (1996). A late Neanderthal associated with Upper Palaeolithic artefacts. Nature. 381(6579). 224–226. 230 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred, et al.. (1996). Erratum: A late Neanderthal associated with Upper Palaeolithic artefacts (Nature (1996) 381 (224-226)). UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations
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Spoor, Fred & Frans W. Zonneveld. (1995). Morphometry of the primate bony labyrinth: a new method based on high-resolution computed tomography.. PubMed. 186 ( Pt 2). 271–86. 118 indexed citations

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