Helen Alvarez

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 918 citations indexed

About

Helen Alvarez is a scholar working on Ecology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Alvarez has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 918 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Ecology, 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 1 paper in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Helen Alvarez's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (1 paper) and Seedling growth and survival studies (1 paper). Helen Alvarez is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (1 paper) and Seedling growth and survival studies (1 paper). Helen Alvarez collaborates with scholars based in United States. Helen Alvarez's co-authors include Jerome O’Connell, Kristen Hawkes, Nicholas Jones, Eric L. Charnov, John A. Ludwig and Kimball T. Harper and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Physical Anthropology and The American Midland Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Helen Alvarez

3 papers receiving 847 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.

Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories

1998 796 citations Kristen Hawkes, Jerome O’Connell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Alvarez United States	3	452	298	232	151	108	3	918
Oskar Bürger United States	16	223 0.5×	253 0.8×	227 1.0×	77 0.5×	96 0.9×	35	1.1k
Paul W. Turke United States	13	739 1.6×	332 1.1×	589 2.5×	346 2.3×	68 0.6×	23	1.3k
Richard G. Bribiescas United States	23	576 1.3×	437 1.5×	132 0.6×	101 0.7×	115 1.1×	64	1.5k
William A. Stini United States	16	361 0.8×	214 0.7×	179 0.8×	132 0.9×	114 1.1×	29	1.4k
Jeffrey Winking United States	19	476 1.1×	268 0.9×	442 1.9×	131 0.9×	56 0.5×	34	1.1k
Ian J. Rickard United Kingdom	13	337 0.7×	225 0.8×	130 0.6×	162 1.1×	68 0.6×	20	855
Marc Adélard Tremblay Canada	16	220 0.5×	85 0.3×	209 0.9×	177 1.2×	330 3.1×	80	1.2k
Debra S. Judge Australia	13	139 0.3×	124 0.4×	107 0.5×	121 0.8×	43 0.4×	40	621
Mirkka Lahdenperä Finland	21	468 1.0×	276 0.9×	241 1.0×	268 1.8×	311 2.9×	58	1.4k
Jenni E. Pettay Finland	15	357 0.8×	89 0.3×	180 0.8×	243 1.6×	111 1.0×	34	739

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Alvarez

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Alvarez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Alvarez

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

All Works

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3 of 3 papers shown

1.

Alvarez, Helen. (2000). Grandmother hypothesis and primate life histories. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 113(3). 435–450. 110 indexed citations

2.

Hawkes, Kristen, Jerome O’Connell, Nicholas Jones, Helen Alvarez, & Eric L. Charnov. (1998). Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(3). 1336–1339. 796 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alvarez, Helen, John A. Ludwig, & Kimball T. Harper. (1974). Factors Influencing Plant Colonization of Mine Dumps at Park City, Utah. The American Midland Naturalist. 92(1). 1–1. 12 indexed citations

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