Grant McCall

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 954 citations indexed

About

Grant McCall is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Grant McCall has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 954 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Anthropology, 15 papers in Paleontology and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Grant McCall's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10 papers). Grant McCall is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10 papers). Grant McCall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Romania. Grant McCall's co-authors include Jonathan T. Thomas, Nancy Shields, John C. Whittaker, Karl Widerquist, Doru Bănăduc, Angela Curtean–Bănăduc, S. A. Afanasyev, Vladica Simić, Snežana Simić and Kevin Cianfaglione and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Archaeological Science and Journal of Human Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Grant McCall

64 papers receiving 835 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Freshwater as a Sustainable Resource and Generator of Secondary Resources in the 21st Century: Stressors, Threats, Risks, Management and Protection Strategies, and Conservation Approaches
    2022 87 citations Doru Bănăduc, Vladica Simić et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Grant McCall United States 17 412 318 186 160 156 72 954
Paul Roscoe United States 13 284 0.7× 279 0.9× 221 1.2× 71 0.4× 61 0.4× 59 752
Catherine M. Cameron United States 21 404 1.0× 494 1.6× 284 1.5× 201 1.3× 181 1.2× 74 1.4k
Charles S. Spencer United States 18 361 0.9× 702 2.2× 151 0.8× 174 1.1× 117 0.8× 46 1.1k
Elizabeth DeMarrais United Kingdom 11 447 1.1× 516 1.6× 108 0.6× 237 1.5× 179 1.1× 17 1.1k
Elsa M. Redmond United States 17 312 0.8× 550 1.7× 89 0.5× 152 0.9× 82 0.5× 37 891
Scott G. Ortman United States 25 500 1.2× 885 2.8× 216 1.2× 207 1.3× 256 1.6× 74 1.8k
Christian E. Peterson United States 12 206 0.5× 449 1.4× 125 0.7× 102 0.6× 89 0.6× 18 743
Linda M. Nicholas United States 21 456 1.1× 954 3.0× 185 1.0× 214 1.3× 161 1.0× 61 1.4k
Peter N. Peregrine United States 20 674 1.6× 1.0k 3.2× 332 1.8× 315 2.0× 210 1.3× 64 1.8k
Elizabeth C. Stone United States 12 282 0.7× 362 1.1× 116 0.6× 378 2.4× 45 0.3× 40 888

Countries citing papers authored by Grant McCall

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Fields of papers citing papers by Grant McCall

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Grant McCall

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

All Works

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McCall, Grant, et al.. (2024). Methods you can count on: A simulation experiment showing the advantages generalized linear modeling (GLM) over the linear regression of log-transformed count data. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 53. 104377–104377. 3 indexed citations
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Curtean–Bănăduc, Angela, et al.. (2023). Screening for Microplastic Uptake in an Urbanized Freshwater Ecosystem: Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758) Case Study. Water. 15(8). 1578–1578. 10 indexed citations
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Bănăduc, Doru, Vladica Simić, Kevin Cianfaglione, et al.. (2022). Freshwater as a Sustainable Resource and Generator of Secondary Resources in the 21st Century: Stressors, Threats, Risks, Management and Protection Strategies, and Conservation Approaches. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(24). 16570–16570. 87 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCall, Grant & Karl Widerquist. (2015). The Evolution of Equality: Rethinking Variability and Egalitarianism Among Modern Forager Societies. 7(1). 21–44. 4 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant, et al.. (2013). Evaluating indices of curation for Archaic North American bifacial projectile points. Journal of Field Archaeology. 38(4). 347–361. 7 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (2010). Review of Le spectacle de la culture: Globalisation et traditionalismes en Océanie, by Alain Babadzan. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
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McCall, Grant & Dan Bendrups. (2008). Luis (Avaka) Pate Paoa: A Tribute. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 117(4). 405. 1 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant & Nancy Shields. (2007). Examining the evidence from small-scale societies and early prehistory and implications for modern theories of aggression and violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 13(1). 1–9. 33 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (2006). Multivariate perspectives on change and continuity in the Middle Stone Age lithics from Klasies River Mouth, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(4). 429–439. 20 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (2006). Add shamans and stir? A critical review of the shamanism model of forager rock art production. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 26(2). 224–233. 23 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (2001). Culture Bursting Out All Over On Rapanui 2001-2002. eVols (University of Hawaii). 15(2). 3. 1 indexed citations
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Whittaker, John C. & Grant McCall. (2001). Handaxe‐Hurling Hominids: An Unlikely Story. Current Anthropology. 42(4). 566–572. 25 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (2000). Jul'hoansi Adaptations to a Cash Economy. 4(1). 138–155. 6 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (1997). Riro, Rapu and Rapanui: Refoundations in Easter Island Colonial History. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 11(3). 4. 4 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (1995). Japan, Rapanui and Chile's Uncertain Sovereignty. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 9(1). 1. 2 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (1994). Nissology:A Proposal for Consideration :. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 93–106. 63 indexed citations
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McCall, Grant. (1984). The University of the South Pacific: Context, Purpose and Prospect.. 27(2). 55–64. 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Peter J., et al.. (1975). More Thoughts on the Ik and Anthropology [and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 16(3). 343–358. 18 indexed citations

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