Ian Watts
Impact in
- Archeology top 0.05%
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Paleontology top 0.5%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Papers in
- Anthropology 10
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology 9
- African Studies and Geopolitics 1
- Archeology 10
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies 10
- Co-authors
- Christopher S. Henshilwood (3 shared papers)Francesco d’Errico (2 shared papers)Zenobia Jacobs (2 shared papers)Royden Yates (2 shared papers)Judith Sealy (2 shared papers)Paul Goldberg (2 shared papers)Camilla Power (3 shared papers)Hélène Valladas (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Journal of Human Evolution (2 papers)Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (1 paper)Science (1 paper)Current Anthropology (1 paper)Cambridge Archaeological Journal (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited KingdomGreece
In The Last Decade
Ian Watts
13 papers receiving 2.1k citations
Ian Watts's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 123
- Archeology 713
- Paleontology 1.3k
- Anthropology 1.7k
- Archeology 744
- Cultural Studies 213
Countries citing papers authored by Ian Watts
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Watts
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ian Watts, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 628 |
| 2 | Emergence of Modern Human Behavior: Middle Stone Age Engravings from South Africa Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 540 |
| 3 | Engraved ochres from the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 361 |
| 4 | 2001 | 316 | |
| 5 | 1995 | 144 | |
| 6 | 2002 | 118 | |
| 7 | 2010 | 113 | |
| 8 | 2016 | 83 | |
| 9 | 1997 | 24 | |
| 10 | The Seasonality Thermostat: Female Reproductive Synchrony and Male Behavior in Monkeys, Neanderthals, and Modern Humans | 2013 | 11 |
| 11 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 12 | Equatorial weather : with particular reference to Southeast Asia | 1955 | 5 |
| 13 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 14 | 1955 | 1 | |
| 15 | 2024 | 0 |
About Ian Watts
Ian Watts is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology, Paleontology, Computer Networks and Communications and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 15 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers), Software System Performance and Reliability (2 papers), Categorization, perception, and language (1 paper), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (1 paper) and African Studies and Geopolitics (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (713 citations), Paleontology (1.3k citations), Anthropology (1.7k citations), Archeology (744 citations) and Cultural Studies (213 citations). Ian Watts has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Greece. Frequent co-authors include Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d’Errico, Zenobia Jacobs, Royden Yates, Judith Sealy, Paul Goldberg, Camilla Power, Hélène Valladas, Chantal Tribolo and Norbert Mercier. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Human Evolution, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Science, Current Anthropology and Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
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