Irene Esteban

768 total citations
30 papers, 563 citations indexed

About

Irene Esteban is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene Esteban has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 563 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Anthropology, 20 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Irene Esteban's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (23 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (9 papers). Irene Esteban is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (23 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (9 papers). Irene Esteban collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Spain and United States. Irene Esteban's co-authors include Rosa M. Albert, Erich C. Fisher, Dan Cabanes, Curtis W. Marean, Marion K. Bamford, Richard M. Cowling, Paloma de la Peña, Aleix Eixea, Valentín Villaverde Bonilla and Jan Vlok and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Irene Esteban

30 papers receiving 550 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irene Esteban South Africa 16 371 327 227 116 108 30 563
Jan C. De Vynck South Africa 14 341 0.9× 269 0.8× 176 0.8× 88 0.8× 82 0.8× 43 508
Éric Huysecom Switzerland 19 387 1.0× 292 0.9× 266 1.2× 139 1.2× 150 1.4× 80 885
Barbara Eichhorn Germany 11 227 0.6× 197 0.6× 124 0.5× 134 1.2× 55 0.5× 20 435
Michel Rassé France 13 298 0.8× 222 0.7× 178 0.8× 68 0.6× 87 0.8× 39 523
Omry Barzilai Israel 18 588 1.6× 568 1.7× 160 0.7× 42 0.4× 445 4.1× 62 834
Sarah C. Sherwood United States 11 276 0.7× 339 1.0× 174 0.8× 69 0.6× 109 1.0× 23 497
Rahab N. Kinyanjui Kenya 6 169 0.5× 132 0.4× 138 0.6× 32 0.3× 44 0.4× 20 323
Isabel Expósito Spain 15 442 1.2× 487 1.5× 335 1.5× 20 0.2× 259 2.4× 36 751
Solveig Schiegl Germany 11 597 1.6× 560 1.7× 344 1.5× 138 1.2× 329 3.0× 13 863
Chantal Conneller United Kingdom 16 373 1.0× 411 1.3× 170 0.7× 57 0.5× 178 1.6× 46 656

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irene Esteban

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paneque, Milena, Christophe Cordier, Irene Esteban, et al.. (2023). An European overview of genetic counselling supervision provision. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 66(4). 104710–104710. 9 indexed citations
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Davies, Benjamin, Mitchell J. Power, David R. Braun, et al.. (2022). Fire and human management of late Holocene ecosystems in southern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 289. 107600–107600. 15 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, Dominic Stratford, Christine Sievers, et al.. (2022). Plants, people and fire: Phytolith and FTIR analyses of the post-Howiesons Poort occupations at Border Cave (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). Quaternary Science Reviews. 300. 107898–107898. 4 indexed citations
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Backwell, Lucinda, Lyn Wadley, Francesco d’Errico, et al.. (2022). Border Cave: A 227,000-year-old archive from the southern African interior. Quaternary Science Reviews. 291. 107597–107597. 13 indexed citations
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Braun, David R., J. Tyler Faith, Matthew Douglass, et al.. (2021). Ecosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 30(1). 50–62. 16 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, Marion K. Bamford, Charlotte Miller, et al.. (2020). Coastal palaeoenvironments and hunter-gatherer plant-use at Waterfall Bluff rock shelter in Mpondoland (South Africa) from MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 250. 106664–106664. 20 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, et al.. (2020). New Excavations at Umhlatuzana Rockshelter, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a Stratigraphic and Taphonomic Evaluation. African Archaeological Review. 37(4). 551–578. 18 indexed citations
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Faith, J. Tyler, David R. Braun, Benjamin Davies, et al.. (2020). Ecometrics and the paleoecological implications of Pleistocene faunas from the western coastal plains of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Journal of Quaternary Science. 35(8). 1007–1020. 6 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, Jennifer M. Fitchett, & Paloma de la Peña. (2020). Plant taphonomy, flora exploitation and palaeoenvironments at the Middle Stone Age site of Mwulu’s Cave (Limpopo, South Africa): an archaeobotanical and mineralogical approach. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 12(9). 8 indexed citations
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Pargeter, Justin, et al.. (2019). The Msikaba Red Sand Dunes: Middle Pleistocene Lithic Technological Variability in Pondoland, South Africa. 1 indexed citations
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Peña, Paloma de la, Aurore Val, Dominic Stratford, et al.. (2018). Revisiting Mwulu’s Cave: new insights into the Middle Stone Age in the southern African savanna biome. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 11(7). 3239–3266. 25 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, Jan Vlok, Ekaterina L. Kotina, et al.. (2017). Phytoliths in plants from the south coast of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (South Africa). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 245. 69–84. 26 indexed citations
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Devos, Yannick, Luc Vrydaghs, Jan van der Valk, et al.. (2016). An integrated study of Dark Earth from the alluvial valley of the Senne river (Brussels, Belgium). Quaternary International. 460. 175–197. 31 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, Jan C. De Vynck, Jan Vlok, et al.. (2016). Modern soil phytolith assemblages used as proxies for Paleoscape reconstruction on the south coast of South Africa. Quaternary International. 434. 160–179. 41 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, Rosa M. Albert, Aleix Eixea, Joào Zilhão, & Valentín Villaverde Bonilla. (2015). Neanderthal use of plants and past vegetation reconstruction at the Middle Paleolithic site of Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 9(2). 265–278. 26 indexed citations
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Esteban, Irene, et al.. (2014). Prevalencia de la obesidad registrada en Atención Primaria. Endocrinología y Nutrición. 61(9). 469–473. 2 indexed citations
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Boixadera, Jaume, et al.. (2014). Buried A horizons in old bench terraces in Les Garrigues (Catalonia). CATENA. 137. 635–650. 18 indexed citations
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Albert, Rosa M., Marion K. Bamford, & Irene Esteban. (2014). Reconstruction of ancient palm vegetation landscapes using a phytolith approach. Quaternary International. 369. 51–66. 29 indexed citations
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Fisher, Erich C., Rosa M. Albert, G.A. Botha, et al.. (2013). Archaeological Reconnaissance for Middle Stone Age Sites Along the Pondoland Coast, South Africa. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 39 indexed citations

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