J. J. Wymer

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

J. J. Wymer is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. J. Wymer has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Anthropology, 25 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in J. J. Wymer's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (26 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). J. J. Wymer is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (26 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). J. J. Wymer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. J. J. Wymer's co-authors include Ronald Singer, Peter Beaumont, Lewis R. Binford, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Robert J. Blumenschine, Ellen M. Kroll, Henry T. Bunn, Richard G. Klein, Stanley H. Ambrose and Henry M. McHenry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Quaternary Science Reviews and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

J. J. Wymer

41 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Systematic Butchery by Plio/Pleistocene Hominids at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania [and Comments and Reply]

1986 442 citations Lewis R. Binford, J. J. Wymer et al. Current Anthropology profile →
The Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa

1984 351 citations Peter Beaumont, Ronald Singer et al. The South African Archaeological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. J. Wymer United Kingdom	21	1.7k	1.4k	684	610	297	43	2.2k
Curtis W. Marean United States	15	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	758 1.1×	420 0.7×	239 0.8×	19	2.2k
H. J. Deacon South Africa	26	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	649 0.9×	475 0.8×	143 0.5×	47	2.4k
Kathryn Cruz‐Uribe United States	23	2.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	344 0.6×	601 2.0×	37	2.7k
Jean‐Paul Raynal France	22	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	733 1.1×	487 0.8×	194 0.7×	145	2.1k
Michèle Julien France	16	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	670 1.0×	357 0.6×	175 0.6×	48	1.8k
Michael Chazan Canada	27	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	685 1.0×	497 0.8×	190 0.6×	85	2.4k
Royden Yates South Africa	21	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	680 1.0×	304 0.5×	134 0.5×	27	2.3k
Rafael Mora Torcal Spain	28	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	977 1.4×	380 0.6×	184 0.6×	138	2.3k
Antonieta Jerardino South Africa	24	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	618 0.9×	484 0.8×	362 1.2×	56	2.1k
Nick Barton United Kingdom	27	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	512 0.8×	231 0.8×	56	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. J. Wymer

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Parfitt, Simon A., René W. Barendregt, Marzia Breda, et al.. (2005). The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe. Nature. 438(7070). 1008–1012. 277 indexed citations

Bridgland, David R., Michael H. Field, Jonathan A. Holmes, et al.. (1999). Middle Pleistocene Thames-Medway deposits at Clacton-on-Sea. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

Wymer, J. J., Nick Ashton, Frances Healy, & Paul Pettitt. (1998). Stone Age Archaeology: Essays in honour of John Wymer. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 40 indexed citations

Wymer, J. J.. (1998). Book review: Excavations at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, 1968–72. Bernard Conway, John McNabb and Nick Ashton (eds) Illustrations by Phil Dean. Publisher British Museum Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, Occasional Paper 94 1996 (266 pp) ISBN 0-86159-094-5 £20. Journal of Quaternary Science. 13(2). 179–181. 1 indexed citations

Wymer, J. J., et al.. (1995). North Shoebury: Settlement and Economy in South-East Essex 1500BC–AD1500. 2 indexed citations

Roebroeks, Wil, Nicholas J. Conard, Thijs van Kolfschoten, et al.. (1992). Dense Forests, Cold Steppes, and the Palaeolithic Settlement of Northern Europe [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 33(5). 551–586. 126 indexed citations

Wymer, J. J.. (1987). The Pleistocene history of the Middle Thames Valley. Quaternary Science Reviews. 6(1). 68–68. 43 indexed citations

Singer, Ronald, J. J. Wymer, & Lewis R. Binford. (1986). On Binford on Klasies River Mouth: Response of the Excavators. Current Anthropology. 27(1). 56–62. 6 indexed citations

Beaumont, Peter, Ronald Singer, & J. J. Wymer. (1984). The Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 39(139). 77–77. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wymer, J. J.. (1984). Terra Amata and the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Record of Southern France. By Villa Paola. xxxiv + 304 pp., 58 figs, 36 maps. University of California Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 13, 1983.. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 50. 406–406.

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Hayden, Brian, Sandra Bowdler, Karl W. Butzer, et al.. (1981). Research and Development in the Stone Age: Technological Transitions among Hunter-Gatherers [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(5). 519–548. 128 indexed citations

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Rightmire, G. Philip, Peter Beaumont, Alan Bilsborough, et al.. (1979). Implications of Border Cave Skeletal Remains for Later Pleistocene Human Evolution [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(1). 23–35. 54 indexed citations

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Ohel, Milla Y., François Bordes, Daniel Cahen, et al.. (1979). The Clactonian: An Independent Complex or an Integral Part of the Acheulean? [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(4). 685–726. 16 indexed citations

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Wymer, J. J., Roger Jacobi, & John C. Rose. (1975). Late Devensian and Early Flandrian Barbed Points from Sproughton, Suffolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 41. 235–241. 13 indexed citations

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Wymer, J. J.. (1974). Clactonian and Acheulian Industries in Britain—their chronology and significance. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 85(3). 391–421. 33 indexed citations

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Thompson, Roy, M. J. AITKEN, P.L. Gibbard, & J. J. Wymer. (1974). PALAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF HOXNIAN LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS. Archaeometry. 16(2). 233–237. 3 indexed citations

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Wymer, J. J.. (1968). Lower Palaeolithic archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley. 122 indexed citations

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Wymer, J. J.. (1961). The Lower Palaeolithic Succession in the Thames Valley and the date of the Ancient Channel between Caversham and Henley, Oxon. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 27. 1–27. 15 indexed citations

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Wymer, J. J.. (1957). A Clactonian flint industry at Little Thurrock, Grays, Essex. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 68(2). 159–IN6. 17 indexed citations

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Wymer, J. J.. (1957). Palaeoliths from Gravel of the Ancient Channel between Caversham and Henley at Highlands near Henley. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 22. 29–36. 5 indexed citations

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