J. Michael Plavcan

5.5k total citations
67 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

J. Michael Plavcan is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Michael Plavcan has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Social Psychology, 31 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in J. Michael Plavcan's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (49 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (30 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers). J. Michael Plavcan is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (49 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (30 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers). J. Michael Plavcan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and United Kingdom. J. Michael Plavcan's co-authors include Carel P. van Schaik, Carol V. Ward, Richard F. Kay, Fredrick K. Manthi, Peter M. Kappeler, Kenneth E. Glander, Patricia C. Wright, Ashley S. Hammond, Jay Kelley and William L. Jungers and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

J. Michael Plavcan

66 papers receiving 3.4k 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. Michael Plavcan United States 33 2.3k 1.1k 1.0k 1.0k 908 67 3.6k
Susan G. Larson United States 32 2.1k 0.9× 482 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 794 0.9× 69 3.9k
Leslie C. Aiello United Kingdom 28 1.8k 0.8× 656 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 536 0.5× 1.7k 1.9× 65 4.7k
Kevin D. Hunt United States 27 2.5k 1.1× 758 0.7× 606 0.6× 977 1.0× 521 0.6× 56 3.5k
Clifford J. Jolly United States 31 1.8k 0.8× 693 0.6× 786 0.8× 581 0.6× 723 0.8× 72 2.9k
Robert D. Martín United States 35 1.8k 0.8× 576 0.5× 851 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 328 0.4× 96 3.5k
Laurie R. Godfrey United States 42 2.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.0× 919 1.0× 159 4.4k
John G. Fleagle United States 47 4.2k 1.8× 1.4k 1.3× 2.8k 2.7× 1.9k 1.9× 1.6k 1.7× 150 6.7k
Randall L. Susman United States 28 2.2k 1.0× 345 0.3× 1.3k 1.3× 305 0.3× 1.6k 1.8× 45 3.4k
Brian T. Shea United States 26 1.1k 0.5× 522 0.5× 601 0.6× 492 0.5× 423 0.5× 39 2.2k
Russell H. Tuttle United States 27 1.8k 0.8× 288 0.3× 757 0.7× 493 0.5× 643 0.7× 55 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Michael Plavcan

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All Works

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Delezene, Lucas K., et al.. (2024). Stubby versus stabby: A preliminary analysis of canine microwear in primates: Implication for inferring ingestive behaviors. American Journal of Primatology. 86(5). e23608–e23608.
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Bobe, René, Fredrick K. Manthi, Carol V. Ward, J. Michael Plavcan, & Susana Carvalho. (2020). The ecology of Australopithecus anamensis in the early Pliocene of Kanapoi, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 140. 102717–102717. 22 indexed citations
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Manthi, Fredrick K., J. Michael Plavcan, & Carol V. Ward. (2020). Introduction to special issue Kanapoi: Paleobiology of a Pliocene site in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 140. 102718–102718. 2 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael, Carol V. Ward, Richard F. Kay, & Fredrick K. Manthi. (2019). A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 135. 102623–102623. 7 indexed citations
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Ungar, Peter S., Jessica R. Scott, Lucas K. Delezene, et al.. (2017). Dental microwear and Pliocene paleocommunity ecology of bovids, primates, rodents, and suids at Kanapoi. Journal of Human Evolution. 140. 102315–102315. 34 indexed citations
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Ward, Carol V., Craig S. Feibel, Ashley S. Hammond, et al.. (2015). Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo. Journal of Human Evolution. 81. 48–67. 39 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael, Ashley S. Hammond, Christine Couture, et al.. (2014). The Regourdou 1 Neandertal body size. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 13(8). 747–754. 19 indexed citations
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Manthi, Fredrick K., J. Michael Plavcan, & Carol V. Ward. (2012). New hominin fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the mosaic evolution of canine teeth in early hominins : research article. South African Journal of Science. 108. 1–9. 8 indexed citations
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Grine, Frederick E., Gerhard W. Weber, J. Michael Plavcan, & Stefano Benazzi. (2012). Sex at Sterkfontein: ‘Mrs. Ples’ is still an adult female. Journal of Human Evolution. 62(5). 593–604. 12 indexed citations
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Grine, Frederick E., Rachel L. Jacobs, Kaye E. Reed, & J. Michael Plavcan. (2012). The enigmatic molar from Gondolin, South Africa: Implications for Paranthropus paleobiology. Journal of Human Evolution. 63(4). 597–609. 19 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael. (2011). Understanding dimorphism as a function of changes in male and female traits. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 20(4). 143–155. 36 indexed citations
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Ward, Carol V., J. Michael Plavcan, & Fredrick K. Manthi. (2010). Anterior dental evolution in theAustralopithecus anamensis–afarensislineage. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 365(1556). 3333–3344. 32 indexed citations
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Miller, Ellen R., Brenda R. Benefit, Monte L. McCrossin, et al.. (2009). Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution. 57(3). 195–211. 35 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael & David J. Daegling. (2006). Interspecific and intraspecific relationships between tooth size and jaw size in primates. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(2). 171–184. 32 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael. (2002). Scaling relationships between craniofacial sexual dimorphism and body mass dimorphism in primates: Implications for the fossil record. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 120(1). 38–60. 50 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael. (2002). Taxonomic variation in the patterns of craniofacial dimorphism in primates. Journal of Human Evolution. 42(5). 579–608. 57 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael. (2001). Sexual dimorphism in primate evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 116(S33). 25–25. 249 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael & Carel P. van Schaik. (1997). Intrasexual competition and body weight dimorphism in anthropoid primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 103(1). 37–68. 210 indexed citations
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Plavcan, J. Michael & Jay Kelley. (1996). Evaluating the “dual selection” hypothesis of canine reduction. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 99(3). 379–387. 16 indexed citations
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Kay, Richard F., J. Michael Plavcan, Kenneth E. Glander, & Patricia C. Wright. (1988). Sexual selection and canine dimorphism in new world monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 77(3). 385–397. 171 indexed citations

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