Geoff Bailey

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
142 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Geoff Bailey is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoff Bailey has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Paleontology, 56 papers in Archeology and 55 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Geoff Bailey's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (67 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (52 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (45 papers). Geoff Bailey is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (67 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (52 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (45 papers). Geoff Bailey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and France. Geoff Bailey's co-authors include N. C. Flemming, Nicky Milner, G. C. P. King, D. R. Harris, Oliver E. Craig, Søren H. Andersen, Jan Harff, Abdullah Alsharekh, Sally C. Reynolds and Matthew Meredith‐Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Geoff Bailey

138 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Time perspectives, palimpsests and the archaeology of time

2006 578 citations Geoff Bailey profile →
Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa

2015 209 citations Geoff Bailey, Robyn Inglis et al. profile →
Hunter-Gatherer Economy in Prehistory: A European Perspective.

1984 208 citations Geoff Bailey et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Geoff Bailey	3.1k	2.7k	1.9k	1.4k	957	142	5.1k
Paul Pettitt	3.4k 1.1×	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	909 0.7×	623 0.7×	128	5.2k
Peter Ditchfıeld	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	99	5.1k
Panagiotis Karkanas	3.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	518 0.5×	119	5.6k
Ruth Shahack‐Gross	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	423 0.4×	91	4.3k
Michael D. Petraglia	4.5k 1.4×	5.3k 2.0×	3.4k 1.8×	2.1k 1.5×	793 0.8×	235	8.0k
Paul Goldberg	5.1k 1.7×	5.6k 2.1×	2.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.6×	601 0.6×	151	7.7k
Nicole Boivin	2.6k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	809 0.6×	838 0.9×	192	6.1k
Katerina Douka	2.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	755 0.6×	387 0.4×	91	3.8k
Thomas W. Stafford	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	1.6k 1.7×	105	5.4k
Karl W. Butzer	3.0k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	178	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Geoff Bailey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Geoff Bailey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geoff Bailey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Geoff Bailey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Geoff Bailey 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 Geoff Bailey. Geoff Bailey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

McLaughlin, Rowan, Harry K. Robson, Rikke Maring, et al.. (2025). Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark. Quaternary Science Reviews. 363. 109447–109447. 1 indexed citations

Benjamín, Jonathan, Michael O’Leary, J. McCarthy, et al.. (2023). Stone artefacts on the seabed at a submerged freshwater spring confirm a drowned cultural landscape in Murujuga, Western Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 313. 108190–108190. 4 indexed citations

Hill, Jon, Alexandros Avdis, Geoff Bailey, & Kurt Lambeck. (2022). Sea-level change, palaeotidal modelling and hominin dispersals: The case of the southern Red Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews. 293. 107719–107719. 5 indexed citations

O’Leary, Michael, Jo McDonald, J. McCarthy, et al.. (2021). The integrated cultural landscape of North Gidley Island: Coastal, intertidal and nearshore archaeology in Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), Western Australia. Australian Archaeology. 87(3). 251–267. 6 indexed citations

Benjamín, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Submerged landscapes, marine transgression and underwater shell middens: Comparative analysis of site formation and taphonomy in Europe and North America. Quaternary Science Reviews. 258. 106867–106867. 26 indexed citations

Bailey, Geoff & Hayley C. Cawthra. (2021). The significance of sea-level change and ancient submerged landscapes in human dispersal and development: A geoarchaeological perspective. Oceanologia. 65(1). 50–70. 10 indexed citations

Benjamín, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). A drowned Mesolithic shell midden complex at Hjarnø Vesterhoved, Denmark and its wider significance. Quaternary Science Reviews. 258. 106854–106854. 22 indexed citations

Benjamín, Jonathan, Michael O’Leary, Jo McDonald, et al.. (2020). Aboriginal artefacts on the continental shelf reveal ancient drowned cultural landscapes in northwest Australia. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0233912–e0233912. 45 indexed citations

Holdaway, Simon, et al.. (2020). Beyond consumption and discard: A comparative sedimentological analysis of two shell deposits from Albatross Bay, Australia, and the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia. Quaternary International. 584. 44–58. 5 indexed citations

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Benjamín, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Underwater Shell Middens: Excavation and Remote Sensing of a Submerged Mesolithic site at Hjarnø, Denmark. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 15(4). 457–476. 27 indexed citations

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Roberts, Amy, et al.. (2019). Marine Transgression, Aboriginal Narratives and the Creation of Yorke Peninsula/Guuranda, South Australia. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 15(3). 305–332. 9 indexed citations

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Devès, Maud H., et al.. (2015). Evolution and dispersal of the genus Homo : A landscape approach. Journal of Human Evolution. 87. 48–65. 35 indexed citations

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Bailey, Geoff, Maud H. Devès, Robyn Inglis, et al.. (2015). Blue Arabia: Palaeolithic and underwater survey in SW Saudi Arabia and the role of coasts in Pleistocene dispersals. Quaternary International. 382. 42–57. 46 indexed citations

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Bailey, Geoff, et al.. (2013). Shell energy : mollusc shells as coastal resources. Oxbow Books. 52 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Peter, Ina Plug, Geoff Bailey, & Stephan Woodborne. (2008). Bringing the Kalahari debate to the mountains. 2008(2). 1–22. 20 indexed citations

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Plug, Ina, Peter Mitchell, & Geoff Bailey. (2003). Animal remains from Likoaeng, an open-air river site, and its place in the post-classic Wilton of Lesotho and eastern Free State, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 99. 143–152. 23 indexed citations

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Bailey, Geoff & Nicky Milner. (2002). Coastal hunter-gatherers and social evolution. 2002(3-4). 1–22. 113 indexed citations

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Bailey, Geoff. (1997). Excavation and intra-site analysis at Klithi. 4 indexed citations

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Bailey, Geoff. (1997). Klithi in its local and regional setting. 5 indexed citations

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Higgs, Eric, et al.. (1982). Early European agriculture : its foundations and development : written in honour of Eric Higgs. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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