George Chaplin

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

George Chaplin is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Dermatology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Chaplin has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 9 papers in Dermatology and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in George Chaplin's work include Vitamin D Research Studies (9 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (9 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (8 papers). George Chaplin is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin D Research Studies (9 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (9 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (8 papers). George Chaplin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. George Chaplin's co-authors include Nina G. Jablonski, George R. Milner, Jason M. Mackenzie, Lyn R. Griffiths, George C. Ebers, Gavin Giovannoni, Elina Hyppönen, Sreeram V. Ramagopalan, Martin Veysey and Giulio Disanto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

George Chaplin

43 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

The evolution of human skin coloration

2000 782 citations Nina G. Jablonski, George Chaplin Journal of Human Evolution profile →
Human skin pigmentation as an adaptation to UV radiation

2010 495 citations Nina G. Jablonski, George Chaplin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Chaplin United States	25	664	624	595	458	390	43	2.8k
Nina G. Jablonski United States	39	992 1.5×	680 1.1×	785 1.3×	771 1.7×	623 1.6×	162	5.5k
Michèle Ramsay South Africa	37	339 0.5×	196 0.3×	871 1.5×	2.0k 4.3×	1.8k 4.6×	237	5.4k
Betsy Ferguson United States	32	169 0.3×	956 1.5×	587 1.0×	717 1.6×	3.4k 8.8×	65	6.0k
Jungsoo Lee South Korea	25	296 0.4×	122 0.2×	259 0.4×	371 0.8×	780 2.0×	150	2.6k
Jorge Rocha Portugal	25	114 0.2×	155 0.2×	170 0.3×	1.1k 2.5×	601 1.5×	78	2.8k
Ikuo Miura Japan	43	161 0.2×	1.4k 2.2×	153 0.3×	1.8k 3.8×	1.8k 4.6×	251	5.9k
Marcus Pembrey United Kingdom	53	257 0.4×	118 0.2×	145 0.2×	3.5k 7.7×	4.3k 10.9×	161	10.2k
Trefor Jenkins South Africa	24	221 0.3×	54 0.1×	394 0.7×	1.1k 2.3×	869 2.2×	83	2.6k
Devin Absher United States	41	94 0.1×	172 0.3×	217 0.4×	3.2k 7.1×	4.0k 10.1×	96	7.3k
Nanna Fyhrquist Finland	26	706 1.1×	34 0.1×	119 0.2×	145 0.3×	1.1k 2.9×	62	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by George Chaplin

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Chaplin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Chaplin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Chaplin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Chaplin 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 George Chaplin. George Chaplin 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

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Chaplin, George, et al.. (2023). Failure Mode Analysis and Maintenance of Railway Overhead Line Rigid Stainless Steel Droppers and Multi‐Strand Copper Jumpers. IET Electrical Systems in Transportation. 2023(1). 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Patrice, Mark Lucock, George Chaplin, et al.. (2020). Distribution of variants in multiple vitamin D-related loci (DHCR7/NADSYN1, GC, CYP2R1, CYP11A1, CYP24A1, VDR, RXRα and RXRγ) vary between European, East-Asian and Sub-Saharan African-ancestry populations. Genes & Nutrition. 15(1). 5–5. 21 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Nina G. & George Chaplin. (2018). The roles of vitamin D and cutaneous vitamin D production in human evolution and health. International Journal of Paleopathology. 23. 54–59. 51 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Nina G. & George Chaplin. (2017). The colours of humanity: the evolution of pigmentation in the human lineage. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1724). 20160349–20160349. 73 indexed citations

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Lucock, Mark, Emma Beckett, Charlotte Martin, et al.. (2016). UV‐associated decline in systemic folate: implications for human nutrigenetics, health, and evolutionary processes. American Journal of Human Biology. 29(2). 28 indexed citations

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Lucock, Mark, Zoë Yates, Charlotte Martin, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D, folate, and potential early lifecycle environmental origin of significant adult phenotypes. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2014(1). 69–91. 27 indexed citations

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Chaplin, George & Nina G. Jablonski. (2013). The Human Environment and the Vitamin D Compromise: Scotland as a Case Study in Human Biocultural Adaptation and Disease Susceptibility. Human Biology. 85(4). 529–552. 28 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Nina G. & George Chaplin. (2013). The Evolution of Skin Pigmentation and Hair Texture in People of African Ancestry. Dermatologic Clinics. 32(2). 113–121. 25 indexed citations

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Chaplin, George, Nina G. Jablonski, Robert W. Sussman, & Elizabeth A. Kelley. (2013). The Role of Piloerection in Primate Thermoregulation. Folia Primatologica. 85(1). 1–17. 28 indexed citations

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Milner, George R., et al.. (2013). Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 22(3). 96–102. 34 indexed citations

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Chaplin, George & Nina G. Jablonski. (2013). The Human Environment and the Vitamin D Compromise: Scotland as a Case Study in Human Biocultural Adaptation and Disease Susceptibility. Human Biology. 85(4). 529–529. 2 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Nina G. & George Chaplin. (2013). Epidermal pigmentation in the human lineage is an adaptation to ultraviolet radiation. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(5). 671–675. 52 indexed citations

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Disanto, Giulio, George Chaplin, Julia M. Morahan, et al.. (2012). Month of birth, vitamin D and risk of immune-mediated disease: a case control study. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 69–69. 109 indexed citations

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Mackenzie, Jason M., et al.. (2012). Circulating microRNAs involved in multiple sclerosis. Molecular Biology Reports. 39(5). 6219–6225. 152 indexed citations

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Gorham, Edward D., Sharif B. Mohr, Cedric F. Garland, George Chaplin, & Frank C. Garland. (2007). Do Sunscreens Increase Risk of Melanoma in Populations Residing at Higher Latitudes?. Annals of Epidemiology. 17(12). 956–963. 61 indexed citations

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Chaplin, George. (2004). Geographic distribution of environmental factors influencing human skin coloration. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 125(3). 292–302. 102 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Nina G. & George Chaplin. (2002). Skin Deep. Scientific American. 287(4). 74–81. 27 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Nina G. & George Chaplin. (2000). The evolution of human skin coloration. Journal of Human Evolution. 39(1). 57–106. 782 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chaplin, George & Nina G. Jablonski. (1998). Hemispheric difference in human skin color. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 107(2). 221–223. 10 indexed citations

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Chaplin, George, Nina G. Jablonski, & N. Timothy Cable. (1994). Physiology, thermoregulation and bipedalism. Journal of Human Evolution. 27(6). 497–510. 24 indexed citations

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