Heike Scherf

496 total citations
16 papers, 339 citations indexed

About

Heike Scherf is a scholar working on Surgery, Archeology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heike Scherf has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 339 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Archeology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heike Scherf's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (3 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (3 papers). Heike Scherf is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (3 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (3 papers). Heike Scherf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Greece. Heike Scherf's co-authors include Katerina Harvati, Joachim Wahl, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Gerhard Hotz, J.-J. Hublin, Peter Saparin, Peter Fratzl, Richard Weinkamer and Cornélia Krause and has published in prestigious journals such as Bone, American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Journal of Human Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Heike Scherf

15 papers receiving 335 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heike Scherf Germany 9 108 105 99 98 87 16 339
Habiba Chirchir United States 11 86 0.8× 130 1.2× 107 1.1× 127 1.3× 78 0.9× 22 332
Zewdi J. Tsegai Germany 8 64 0.6× 144 1.4× 129 1.3× 181 1.8× 81 0.9× 16 404
Huynh Nhu Nguyễn Germany 11 119 1.1× 183 1.7× 134 1.4× 198 2.0× 49 0.6× 16 525
James H. Gosman United States 5 79 0.7× 51 0.5× 52 0.5× 45 0.5× 87 1.0× 8 280
Jaap P. P. Saers United Kingdom 11 50 0.5× 54 0.5× 68 0.7× 58 0.6× 106 1.2× 22 329
Martin Hora Czechia 10 330 3.1× 147 1.4× 98 1.0× 52 0.5× 71 0.8× 18 511
Johanna Warshaw United States 7 82 0.8× 72 0.7× 104 1.1× 32 0.3× 123 1.4× 11 468
Gerhard Hotz Switzerland 11 227 2.1× 119 1.1× 82 0.8× 58 0.6× 20 0.2× 36 415
Sirpa Niinimäki Finland 12 362 3.4× 183 1.7× 110 1.1× 37 0.4× 100 1.1× 29 628
Eliška Schuplerová Czechia 4 277 2.6× 123 1.2× 85 0.9× 25 0.3× 56 0.6× 6 379

Countries citing papers authored by Heike Scherf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heike Scherf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heike Scherf

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, Maria Piagkou, et al.. (2018). Is Bone Elevation in Hand Muscle Attachments Associated with Biomechanical Stress? A Histological Approach to an Anthropological Question. The Anatomical Record. 302(7). 1093–1103. 15 indexed citations
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Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros, Gerhard Hotz, Heike Scherf, Joachim Wahl, & Katerina Harvati. (2018). A repeatable geometric morphometric approach to the analysis of hand entheseal three‐dimensional form. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 166(1). 246–260. 31 indexed citations
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Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros, Gerhard Hotz, Heike Scherf, Joachim Wahl, & Katerina Harvati. (2017). Occupational manual activity is reflected on the patterns among hand entheses. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 164(1). 30–40. 50 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike, Michael Francken, Joachim Wahl, & Katerina Harvati. (2015). Pathological traits in Neolithic skeletal remains – Earliest evidence for leukemia?. 1 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike, Joachim Wahl, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, & Katerina Harvati. (2015). Patterns of activity adaptation in humeral trabecular bone in Neolithic humans and present‐day people. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 159(1). 106–115. 45 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike, Katerina Harvati, & J.-J. Hublin. (2013). A comparison of proximal humeral cancellous bone of great apes and humans. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(1). 29–38. 41 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike. (2013). Computed tomography in paleoanthropology — an overview. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 5(3). 205–214. 8 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike & Jean‐Jacques Hublin. (2010). Morphological differences in humeral cancellous bone of Neanderthals and extant hominids. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations
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Saparin, Peter, Heike Scherf, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Peter Fratzl, & Richard Weinkamer. (2010). Structural Adaptation of Trabecular Bone Revealed by Position Resolved Analysis of Proximal Femora of Different Primates. The Anatomical Record. 294(1). 55–67. 31 indexed citations
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Preuschoft, Holger, et al.. (2010). Functional Analysis of the Primate Shoulder. International Journal of Primatology. 31(2). 301–320. 33 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike, et al.. (2009). A new high‐resolution computed tomography (CT) segmentation method for trabecular bone architectural analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 140(1). 39–51. 77 indexed citations
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Saparin, Peter, Heike Scherf, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Peter Fratzl, & Richard Weinkamer. (2009). The trabecular bone architecture in proximal femora of primates with different locomotor preferences indicates different adaptation mechanisms. Bone. 44. S63–S63. 2 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike, et al.. (2009). Effects of Locomotion - Morphological Differences in Humeral Cancellous Bone of Hominids and their Relation to Habitual Loading Conditions of the Shoulder Joint. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 229. 2 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike & Jean‐Jacques Hublin. (2007). Habitual loading conditions of the shoulder joint in Pan troglodytes and Homo sapiens and its implications on humeral trabecular architecture. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations
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Scherf, Heike, Felix Beckmann, J. Fischer, & Frank Witte. (2004). Internal channel structures in trabecular bone. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5535. 792–792. 1 indexed citations

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