Hervé Bocherens

19.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
249 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Hervé Bocherens is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hervé Bocherens has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Paleontology, 180 papers in Anthropology and 159 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Hervé Bocherens's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (180 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (131 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (124 papers). Hervé Bocherens is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (180 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (131 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (124 papers). Hervé Bocherens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Hervé Bocherens's co-authors include Dorothée G. Drucker, André Mariotti, Daniel Billiou, Paola Iacumin, A. Longinelli, Marylène Patou‐Mathis, Anne Bridault, Dominique Bonjean, Jean‐Jacques Jaeger and Bernard Vandermeersch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hervé Bocherens

241 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Trophic level isotopic enrichment of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen: case studies from recent and ancient terrestrial ecosystems

2003 738 citations Hervé Bocherens, Dorothée G. Drucker profile →
Comparative performance of the BGISEQ-500 vs Illumina HiSeq2500 sequencing platforms for palaeogenomic sequencing

2017 248 citations Sarah S. T. Mak, Shyam Gopalakrishnan et al. GigaScience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hervé Bocherens Germany	57	7.8k	5.9k	5.9k	2.9k	1.4k	249	11.1k
Stanley H. Ambrose United States	43	6.8k 0.9×	4.6k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	109	10.3k
Julia A. Lee‐Thorp United Kingdom	61	7.7k 1.0×	5.8k 1.0×	5.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	3.8k 2.8×	177	13.3k
Margaret J. Schoeninger United States	43	6.0k 0.8×	2.8k 0.5×	4.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	534 0.4×	83	8.6k
Matt Sponheimer United States	49	4.1k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	4.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	717 0.5×	115	7.9k
Thomas Higham United Kingdom	69	10.4k 1.3×	8.7k 1.5×	3.0k 0.5×	6.1k 2.1×	4.3k 3.1×	318	16.9k
Ofer Bar‐Yosef United States	60	7.7k 1.0×	7.5k 1.3×	984 0.2×	5.1k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	182	11.4k
Judith Sealy South Africa	41	4.2k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	766 0.6×	120	6.4k
Nikolaas J. van der Merwe South Africa	40	4.8k 0.6×	3.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	865 0.6×	83	7.1k
Anna K. Behrensmeyer United States	48	6.6k 0.8×	5.4k 0.9×	2.5k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	130	9.8k
Michael D. Petraglia United Kingdom	50	4.5k 0.6×	5.3k 0.9×	793 0.1×	3.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	235	8.0k

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Bocherens, Hervé, et al.. (2025). Stable isotope ecology of Quaternary cervid and bovid species in Southeast Asia with implications for wildlife conservation. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3939–3939. 2 indexed citations

Krajcarz, Maciej T., et al.. (2025). New model for estimating trophic position in mammalian carnivores based on bone collagen individual amino acids nitrogen stable isotopes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 674. 113040–113040. 1 indexed citations

Mussi, Margherita, et al.. (2024). Intra-tooth isotopic analysis shows seasonal variability in the high-elevation context of Melka Kunture (Upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia) during the Early Pleistocene. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112555–112555. 1 indexed citations

Fordham, Damien A., Stuart C. Brown, Jeremy J. Austin, et al.. (2024). 52,000 years of woolly rhinoceros population dynamics reveal extinction mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2316419121–e2316419121. 13 indexed citations

Chavasseau, Olivier, Stéphane Ducrocq, Yaowalak Chaimanee, et al.. (2023). Isotopic niche modelling of the Pondaung mammal fauna (middle Eocene, Myanmar) shows microhabitat differences. Insights into paleoecology and early anthropoid primate habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 1 indexed citations

Косинцев, П. А., Hervé Bocherens, Irina Kirillova, et al.. (2021). Palaeoecological and genetic analyses of Late Pleistocene bears in Asiatic Russia. Boreas. 51(2). 465–480. 4 indexed citations

Krajcarz, Magdalena, Magdalena Krajcarz, Mateusz Baca, et al.. (2020). Ancestors of domestic cats in Neolithic Central Europe: Isotopic evidence of a synanthropic diet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(30). 17710–17719. 16 indexed citations

Cupere, Bea De, et al.. (2020). Mobility and origin of camels in the Roman Empire through serial stable carbon and oxygen isotope variations in tooth enamel. Quaternary International. 557. 80–91. 6 indexed citations

Wißing, Christoph, Hélène Rougier, Chris Baumann, et al.. (2019). Stable isotopes reveal patterns of diet and mobility in the last Neandertals and first modern humans in Europe. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4433–4433. 57 indexed citations

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Smith, Oliver, Glenn Dunshea, Mikkel‐Holger S. Sinding, et al.. (2019). Ancient RNA from Late Pleistocene permafrost and historical canids shows tissue-specific transcriptome survival. PLoS Biology. 17(7). e3000166–e3000166. 32 indexed citations

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Frouin, Marine, Christelle Lahaye, Pierre Guibert, et al.. (2017). Chronologie du site moustérien de type Quina des Pradelles (Marillac-le-Franc, Charente, France). Paléo. 28. 117–136. 1 indexed citations

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Mak, Sarah S. T., Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Christian Carøe, et al.. (2017). Comparative performance of the BGISEQ-500 vs Illumina HiSeq2500 sequencing platforms for palaeogenomic sequencing. GigaScience. 6(8). 1–13. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bocherens, Hervé, Aurora Grandal‐d'Anglade, & Keith A. Hobson. (2014). Pitfalls in comparing modern hair and fossil bone collagen C and N isotopic data to reconstruct ancient diets: a case study with cave bears (Ursus spelaeus). Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 50(3). 291–299. 31 indexed citations

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Rougier, Hélène, Isabelle Crevecœur, Cédric Beauval, et al.. (2013). The first Upper Paleolithic human remains from Belgium: Aurignacian, Gravettian and Magdalenian fossils at the “troisième caverne” of Goyet. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 2 indexed citations

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Bocherens, Hervé, Anne Bridault, Dorothée G. Drucker, et al.. (2013). The last of its kind? Radiocarbon, ancient DNA and stable isotope evidence from a late cave bear (Ursus spelaeus ROSENMÜLLER, 1794) from Rochedane (France). Quaternary International. 339-340. 179–188. 36 indexed citations

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Bocherens, Hervé, et al.. (2011). Hominin palaeoecology in Late Pliocene Malawi : first insights from isotopes (13C, 18O) in mammal teeth : research article. South African Journal of Science. 107. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Bocherens, Hervé. (2004). Cave bear palaeoecology and stable isotopes : checking the rules of the game. Périodiques Scientifiques en Édition Électronique. 13 indexed citations

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Zazzo, Antoine, et al.. (2000). Herbivore paleodiet and paleoenvironmental changes in Chad during the Pliocene using stable isotope ratios of tooth enamel carbonate. Paleobiology. 26(2). 294–309. 108 indexed citations

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Bocherens, Hervé & Şevket Şen. (1998). Pliocene vertebrate locality of Çalta, Ankara, Turkey. 11. Isotopic investigation. Geodiversitas. 20(3). 487–495. 9 indexed citations

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Bocherens, Hervé, et al.. (1995). Stables isotopes (13C, 15N) and paleodiet of the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 320(8). 779–784. 13 indexed citations

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