Iain Davidson

4.9k total citations
181 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Iain Davidson is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Anthropology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain Davidson has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Organic Chemistry, 39 papers in Anthropology and 35 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Iain Davidson's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (26 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers). Iain Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (26 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers). Iain Davidson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Iain Davidson's co-authors include William Noble, William C. McGrew, Sina Ijadi‐Maghsoodi, Michael W. Clarke, Geoff Bailey, C.R. Walters, John F. Thompson, June Ross, Philip Barnard and Richard W. Byrne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Iain Davidson

171 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iain Davidson Australia 27 875 637 551 391 372 181 3.0k
Sonia Murcia‐Mascarós Spain 21 396 0.5× 361 0.6× 97 0.2× 49 0.1× 364 1.0× 49 1.6k
Charles A. Bishop United States 17 432 0.5× 347 0.5× 114 0.2× 55 0.1× 24 0.1× 48 1.5k
Jayne Wilkins United States 25 780 0.9× 604 0.9× 18 0.0× 67 0.2× 59 0.2× 55 3.1k
Charles R. Peters United States 20 733 0.8× 484 0.8× 22 0.0× 25 0.1× 31 0.1× 39 1.6k
Michel Menu France 31 678 0.8× 710 1.1× 20 0.0× 34 0.1× 106 0.3× 143 3.5k
Frank H. Brown United States 11 521 0.6× 442 0.7× 13 0.0× 36 0.1× 60 0.2× 19 1.3k
John E. Douglas United States 22 81 0.1× 83 0.1× 157 0.3× 31 0.1× 67 0.2× 67 2.5k
Changsui Wang China 34 573 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 56 0.1× 21 0.1× 118 0.3× 160 3.6k
Phillip L. Walker United States 33 873 1.0× 1.3k 2.1× 37 0.1× 24 0.1× 87 0.2× 75 4.7k
Ignacio Martı́nez Spain 33 3.2k 3.6× 2.2k 3.4× 44 0.1× 147 0.4× 5 0.0× 141 4.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Metcalfe, Ian, J. M. B. Smith, Mike Morwood, & Iain Davidson. (2026). Faunal and Floral Migration and Evolution in SE Asia-Australasia.
2.
Davidson, Iain. (2023). Humans Making History through Continuities and Discontinuities in Art. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 33(4). 637–654. 1 indexed citations
3.
Burke, Heather, et al.. (2021). The shape of absence: Community Archaeology and the heritage of the Queensland Native Mounted Police, Australia. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 9(2). 120–133. 1 indexed citations
4.
Davidson, Iain & April Nowell. (2021). MAKING SCENES. Berghahn Books. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain & Alejandro García Moreno. (2013). La excavación arqueológica de la cueva del niño (Ayna, Albacete) de 1973: secuencia estratigráfica y materiales. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 91–117. 3 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain. (2012). 'Fire and Hearth' Forty Years On: Essays in Honour of Sylvia J. Hallam. 47(1). 162. 3 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain. (2010). The archeology of cognitive evolution. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. 1(2). 214–229. 15 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain. (2009). Seasonality in Spain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(26). 167–174. 4 indexed citations
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Barnard, Philip, David Duke, Richard W. Byrne, & Iain Davidson. (2007). Differentiation in cognitive and emotional meanings: An evolutionary analysis. Cognition & Emotion. 21(6). 1155–1183. 51 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain. (2005). The painting and the tree : Symbolism in the Upper Palaeolithic. A tribute to a great Basque Scholar. Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia. 197–205. 6 indexed citations
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Byrne, Richard W., Philip Barnard, Iain Davidson, et al.. (2004). Understanding culture across species. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 8(8). 341–346. 53 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain. (1992). There's no Art-To Find the Mind's Construction-In Offence. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 2(1). 52–57. 7 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain, et al.. (1990). Why are so many ancient rock paintings red. Australian aboriginal studies. 30. 10 indexed citations
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Clarke, Michael W., et al.. (1989). Simple functional siloles. Kinetics and mechanism of pyrolysis of 1-allyl-1-silacyclopent-3-enes. Organometallics. 8(5). 1292–1299. 13 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain, et al.. (1984). Los yacimientos, sus territorios de explotación y la topografía. 2(1). 25–46. 8 indexed citations
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Pericot, Josep María Fullola i, et al.. (1983). Schéma paléoclimatique, faunique et chronostratigraphique des industries à bord abattu de la région méditerranéenne espagnole. Rivista di scienze preistoriche. 21–67. 15 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain, et al.. (1976). Excavaciones en la Cueva del Niño, Ayna (Albacete). 214(5). 91–96. 3 indexed citations
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Davidson, Iain. (1972). The fauna from La Cueva del Volcán del Faro (Cullera, Valencia): a preliminary discussion. Archivo de prehistoria levantina. 10(13). 7–21. 1 indexed citations
20.
Davidson, Iain, et al.. (1955). The flexure-torsion flutter of cambered aerosoils in cascade. 1 indexed citations

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