Hartmut Thieme

952 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 629 citations indexed

About

Hartmut Thieme is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hartmut Thieme has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 629 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Anthropology, 3 papers in Paleontology and 3 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Hartmut Thieme's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers) and Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (2 papers). Hartmut Thieme is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers) and Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (2 papers). Hartmut Thieme collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Hartmut Thieme's co-authors include Uwe Schmitt, Ajay Singh, Brigitte Urban, P. Friedrich, Per Hoffmann and Daniel Richter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, European Journal of Wood and Wood Products and MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society).

In The Last Decade

Hartmut Thieme

8 papers receiving 571 citations

Hit Papers

Lower Palaeolithic hunting spears from Germany 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Lower Palaeolithic hunting spears from Germany
    1997 526 citations Hartmut Thieme Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hartmut Thieme Germany 6 459 320 211 117 86 8 629
Henry Gilbert United States 5 565 1.2× 384 1.2× 345 1.6× 129 1.1× 85 1.0× 6 848
Nira Alperson-Afil Israel 14 537 1.2× 421 1.3× 240 1.1× 118 1.0× 121 1.4× 21 686
Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer Morocco 7 540 1.2× 401 1.3× 360 1.7× 112 1.0× 92 1.1× 11 941
Inga Bergmann Germany 4 518 1.1× 388 1.2× 339 1.6× 79 0.7× 102 1.2× 6 881
Sarah Milliken United Kingdom 11 330 0.7× 276 0.9× 166 0.8× 62 0.5× 58 0.7× 22 581
Pierre-Jean Texier France 6 455 1.0× 305 1.0× 179 0.8× 153 1.3× 72 0.8× 10 532
Michael A. Jochim United States 12 379 0.8× 435 1.4× 151 0.7× 39 0.3× 102 1.2× 26 701
Katharine MacDonald Netherlands 11 343 0.7× 256 0.8× 134 0.6× 79 0.7× 123 1.4× 18 571
Fumiko Ikawa‐Smith Canada 9 444 1.0× 351 1.1× 167 0.8× 174 1.5× 56 0.7× 16 663
Bruce A. Bradley United Kingdom 15 393 0.9× 373 1.2× 139 0.7× 120 1.0× 55 0.6× 28 659

Countries citing papers authored by Hartmut Thieme

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hartmut Thieme

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hartmut Thieme

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All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
1.
Richter, Daniel & Hartmut Thieme. (2013). One first chronometric date for the Lower Palaeolithic occupation at Schöningen 13-I. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 171–182. 5 indexed citations
2.
Thieme, Hartmut, et al.. (2007). Die Schöninger Speere : Mensch und Jagd vor 400000 Jahren. 10 indexed citations
3.
Thieme, Hartmut. (2005). Die ältesten Speere der Welt - : Fundplätze der frühen Altsteinzeit im Tagebau Schöningen. 10(4). 409–417. 1 indexed citations
4.
Thieme, Hartmut. (2005). The Lower Palaeolithic art of hunting : The case of Schoningen 13 II-4, Lower Saxony, Germany. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 115–132. 23 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Uwe, Ajay Singh, Hartmut Thieme, P. Friedrich, & Per Hoffmann. (2005). Electron microscopic characterization of cell wall degradation of the 400,000-year-old wooden Sch�ningen spears. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. 63(2). 118–122. 18 indexed citations
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Thieme, Hartmut. (1999). Altpaläolithische Holzgeräte aus Schöningen, Lkr. Helmstedt: Bedeutsame Funde zur Kulturentwicklung des frühen Menschen.. Germania: Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. 77(2). 451–487. 33 indexed citations
7.
Thieme, Hartmut. (1997). Lower Palaeolithic hunting spears from Germany. Nature. 385(6619). 807–810. 526 indexed citations breakdown →
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Urban, Brigitte, et al.. (1988). Quaternary Biostratigraphical, Geological and Prehistorical Evidence of the Open Mine "Schöningen" near Helmstedt. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 139(1). 123–154. 13 indexed citations

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