J. A. J. Gowlett

4.7k total citations
73 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

J. A. J. Gowlett is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. J. Gowlett has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Anthropology, 35 papers in Paleontology and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in J. A. J. Gowlett's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (38 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (13 papers). J. A. J. Gowlett is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (38 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (13 papers). J. A. J. Gowlett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. J. A. J. Gowlett's co-authors include R.E.M. Hedges, Stephen J. Lycett, Robin Dunbar, Clive Gamble, C. Perry, I. A. Law, Robin H. Crompton, Richard Gillespie, Richard W. Wrangham and Bernard Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

J. A. J. Gowlett

73 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. A. J. Gowlett United Kingdom 32 1.9k 1.6k 780 588 419 73 3.0k
Christopher B. Stringer United Kingdom 24 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 492 0.8× 341 0.8× 52 2.8k
Nicholas Toth United States 29 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 652 0.8× 1.3k 2.2× 240 0.6× 56 3.2k
Naama Goren‐Inbar Israel 30 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 525 0.9× 401 1.0× 77 2.9k
Alison S. Brooks United States 24 2.7k 1.5× 2.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 629 1.1× 448 1.1× 50 3.9k
Sally McBrearty United States 17 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 520 0.9× 327 0.8× 24 3.0k
James F. O’Connell United States 32 2.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 739 0.9× 555 0.9× 381 0.9× 95 3.9k
Geoffrey A. Clark United States 27 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 947 1.2× 187 0.3× 303 0.7× 117 2.4k
Glynn Ll. Isaac United States 19 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 573 0.7× 714 1.2× 304 0.7× 34 2.5k
Clive Gamble United Kingdom 32 2.8k 1.5× 2.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.6× 472 0.8× 891 2.1× 112 4.8k
Ceri Shipton United Kingdom 33 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 958 1.2× 346 0.6× 479 1.1× 103 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by J. A. J. Gowlett

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. A. J. Gowlett

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. A. J. Gowlett

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Key, Alastair, Stephen J. Lycett, & J. A. J. Gowlett. (2025). What is a ‘Giant’ Handaxe? Ergonomic Thresholds, Functional Impacts and Acheulean Social Signalling Potential. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 35(4). 690–705. 1 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J., Ian G. Stanistreet, Rosa M. Albert, et al.. (2021). New Oldowan localities at high level within Kilombe Caldera, Kenya. L Anthropologie. 126(1). 102976–102976. 2 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (2020). Deep structure in the Acheulean adaptation: technology, sociality and aesthetic emergence. Adaptive Behavior. 29(2). 197–216. 14 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (2016). The discovery of fire by humans: a long and convoluted process. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1696). 20150164–20150164. 171 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (2015). Variability in an early hominin percussive tradition: the Acheulean versus cultural variation in modern chimpanzee artefacts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1682). 20140358–20140358. 30 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (2015). Boucher de Perthes: Pioneer of Palaeolithic Prehistory. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Coward, Fiona, Fiona Coward, Fiona Coward, et al.. (2015). Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Dunbar, Robin, Clive Gamble, & J. A. J. Gowlett. (2014). Lucy to Language: The Benchmark Papers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations
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Gamble, Clive, J. A. J. Gowlett, & Robin Dunbar. (2014). Thinking big how the evolution of social life shaped the human mind. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 80 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (2009). Artefacts of apes, humans, and others: towards comparative assessment and analysis. Journal of Human Evolution. 57(4). 401–410. 22 indexed citations
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Lycett, Stephen J., Noreen von Cramon‐Taubadel, & J. A. J. Gowlett. (2009). A comparative 3D geometric morphometric analysis of Victoria West cores: implications for the origins of Levallois technology. Journal of Archaeological Science. 37(5). 1110–1117. 95 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (2005). Lucy to Language: the Archaeology of the Social Brain. 2005(1). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Anthony, et al.. (1997). Archaeological sciences 1995 : proceedings of a conference on the application of scientific techniques to the study of archaeology, Liverpool, July 1995. Oxbow Books. 8 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (1987). The coming of modern man. Antiquity. 61(232). 210–219. 11 indexed citations
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Mellars, Paul, Harvey M. Bricker, J. A. J. Gowlett, & R.E.M. Hedges. (1987). Radiocarbon Accelerator Dating of French Upper Palaeolithic Sites. Current Anthropology. 28(1). 128–133. 37 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan, J. A. J. Gowlett, & R.E.M. Hedges. (1987). Radiocarbon dates from the chambered tomb at Hazleton (Glos.): a chronology for neolithic collective burial. Antiquity. 61(231). 108–119. 13 indexed citations
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Bronk, Christopher, et al.. (1986). A Review of the Operation of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit. Radiocarbon. 28(2A). 177–185. 10 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Richard & J. A. J. Gowlett. (1983). ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLING FOR THE NEW GENERATION OF RADIOCARBON TECHNIQUES. Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 2(3). 379–382. 3 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (1982). Updating the Old Stone Age. Nature. 298(5870). 204–204. 2 indexed citations
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Gowlett, J. A. J.. (1979). Complexities of cultural evidence in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene. Nature. 278(5699). 14–17. 18 indexed citations

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