Frédéric Santos

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Santos is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Santos has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Archeology, 20 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Santos's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (44 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (20 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (14 papers). Frédéric Santos is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (44 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (20 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (14 papers). Frédéric Santos collaborates with scholars based in France, Czechia and United States. Frédéric Santos's co-authors include Jaroslav Brůžek, Bruno Dutailly, Pierre Guyomarc’h, Eugénia Cunha, Pascal Murail, Hélène Coqueugniot, Francesco d’Errico, Joào Zilhão, Pierre Del Moral and Sébastien Villotte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Santos

55 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Early Neanderthal constru... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150
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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. Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France
    2016 150 citations Frédéric Santos et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Frédéric Santos 731 413 334 214 86 58 1.1k
Daniel Turbón 659 0.9× 238 0.6× 295 0.9× 339 1.6× 82 1.0× 61 1.1k
Heather M. Garvin 927 1.3× 334 0.8× 268 0.8× 313 1.5× 191 2.2× 48 1.3k
Efthymia Nikita 707 1.0× 157 0.4× 218 0.7× 259 1.2× 51 0.6× 82 928
Hélène Coqueugniot 506 0.7× 271 0.7× 175 0.5× 132 0.6× 99 1.2× 61 851
Jaroslav Brůžek 875 1.2× 160 0.4× 245 0.7× 314 1.5× 160 1.9× 80 1.2k
Margit Berner 585 0.8× 345 0.8× 246 0.7× 104 0.5× 126 1.5× 26 870
Giorgio Gruppioni 498 0.7× 231 0.6× 164 0.5× 166 0.8× 118 1.4× 73 981
Douglas W. Owsley 895 1.2× 431 1.0× 391 1.2× 424 2.0× 60 0.7× 91 1.4k
Lynne A. Schepartz 490 0.7× 479 1.2× 339 1.0× 118 0.6× 44 0.5× 56 1.1k
Vladimı́r Sládek 657 0.9× 327 0.8× 226 0.7× 136 0.6× 170 2.0× 43 942

Countries citing papers authored by Frédéric Santos

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frédéric Santos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frédéric Santos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frédéric Santos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frédéric Santos 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 Frédéric Santos. Frédéric Santos 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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Santos, Frédéric, et al.. (2025). Machine learning using random forest to differentiate between blow and fall situations of head trauma. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 139(4). 1787–1796. 2 indexed citations
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Santos, Frédéric, et al.. (2024). Automatic variable extraction from 3D coxal bone models for sex estimation using the DSP2 method. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 138(6). 2647–2658. 2 indexed citations
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d’Incau, Emmanuel, Antoine Souron, Nicolas Vanderesse, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the Life History of Past Populations through Hypercementosis: Insights into Cementum Apposition Patterns and Possible Etiologies Using Micro-CT and Confocal Microscopy. Biology. 13(1). 43–43. 1 indexed citations
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Brůžek, Jaroslav, Ivan Mikšı́k, Frédéric Santos, et al.. (2023). Undertaking the biological sex assessment of human remains: The applicability of minimally-invasive methods for proteomic sex estimation from enamel peptides. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 66. 204–214. 5 indexed citations
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Santos, Frédéric, M. Niel, Clémence Delteil, et al.. (2023). The distal femoral epiphysis used as a fetal maturity marker: Implications of extant medical data for bioarcheological analysis. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 33(5). 868–875.
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Santos, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Sex estimation from long bones: a machine learning approach. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 137(6). 1887–1895. 12 indexed citations
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Mannino, Marcello A., Stijn J. M. Van Malderen, Jan Garrevoet, et al.. (2023). Using SXRF and LA-ICP-TOFMS to Explore Evidence of Treatment and Physiological Responses to Leprosy in Medieval Denmark. Biology. 12(2). 184–184. 5 indexed citations
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Santos, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Sex assessment using the radius bone in a French sample when applying various statistical models. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 137(3). 925–934. 12 indexed citations
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Coqueugniot, Hélène, et al.. (2021). The bony labyrinth of Qafzeh 25 Homo sapiens from Israel. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13(9). 5 indexed citations
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Castex, Dominique, et al.. (2021). Asymétries directionnelles et fluctuantes en période périnatale : étude exploratoire dans les populations du passé. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris. 33(1). 1 indexed citations
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Santos, Frédéric, et al.. (2021). Is the preauricular groove, as defined by Bruzek (2002), an indicator of parity? A test using the SIMON identified skeletal collection (Vaud, Switzerland). Anthropologischer Anzeiger. 79(2). 169–182. 2 indexed citations
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Zanolli, Clément, Amélie Beaudet, Jean Dumoncel, et al.. (2020). The evolution of the vestibular apparatus in apes and humans. eLife. 9. 23 indexed citations
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Pemonge, Marie‐Hélène, et al.. (2019). Multi-scale archaeogenetic study of two French Iron Age communities: From internal social- to broad-scale population dynamics. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 27. 101942–101942.
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Guyomarc’h, Pierre, Petr Velemínský, Alena Šefčáková, et al.. (2018). Virtual reconstruction of the Upper Palaeolithic skull from Zlatý Kůň, Czech Republic: Sex assessment and morphological affinity. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0201431–e0201431. 8 indexed citations
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Lefèbvre, Arnaud, Gaël Y. Rochefort, Frédéric Santos, et al.. (2016). A Non-Destructive Method for Distinguishing Reindeer Antler (Rangifer tarandus) from Red Deer Antler (Cervus elaphus) Using X-Ray Micro-Tomography Coupled with SVM Classifiers. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0149658–e0149658. 15 indexed citations
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Guyomarc’h, Pierre, et al.. (2012). Three-dimensional computer-assisted craniometrics: A comparison of the uncertainty in measurement induced by surface reconstruction performed by two computer programs. Forensic Science International. 219(1-3). 221–227. 47 indexed citations

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