J. Stephen Athens

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

J. Stephen Athens is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Stephen Athens has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 15 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in J. Stephen Athens's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (36 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers). J. Stephen Athens is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (36 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers). J. Stephen Athens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. J. Stephen Athens's co-authors include Jerome V. Ward, Alice A. Storey, Leon Huynen, Elizabeth Matisoo‐Smith, Daniel Quiróz, Richard Walter, David Addison, Terry L. Hunt, José Miguel Ramírez and David V. Burley and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Holocene.

In The Last Decade

J. Stephen Athens

43 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile

2007 436 citations Alice A. Storey, Daniel Quiróz et al. profile →

Peers

J. Stephen Athens

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ECOLO

PALEO

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Richard Walter New Zealand

David V. Burley Canada

Thegn N. Ladefoged New Zealand

Terry L. Hunt United States

Jeffrey Quilter United States

Ian Smith New Zealand

Leon Huynen New Zealand

Charles Higham New Zealand

Tim Flannery Australia

Ling Qin China

Richard Walter New Zealand

J. Stephen Athens

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467 ×1.0

ECOLO

534 ×1.4

PALEO

116 ×0.5

AS

221 ×2.1

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Citations per year, relative to J. Stephen Athens J. Stephen Athens (= 1×) peers Richard Walter

Countries citing papers authored by J. Stephen Athens

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Stephen Athens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Stephen Athens

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Stevenson, Janelle, et al.. (2017). Polynesian colonization and landscape changes on Mo’orea, French Polynesia: The Lake Temae pollen record. The Holocene. 27(12). 1963–1975. 22 indexed citations

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Rieth, Timothy M. & J. Stephen Athens. (2017). Late Holocene Human Expansion into Near and Remote Oceania: A Bayesian Model of the Chronologies of the Mariana Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 14(1). 5–16. 31 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen, Timothy M. Rieth, & Thomas S. Dye. (2014). A Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Model-Based Age Estimate for the Colonization of Hawai’l. American Antiquity. 79(1). 144–155. 60 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen. (2014). Archaeology of the Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Kahn, Jennifer G., Janelle Stevenson, Nick Porch, et al.. (2014). Mid- to late Holocene landscape change and anthropogenic transformations on Mo‘orea, Society Islands: A multi-proxy approach. The Holocene. 25(2). 333–347. 30 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen. (2012). Altered Ecologies: Fire, Climate and Human Influence on Terrestrial Landscapes - Haberle, S., Stevenson, J., & Prebble, M. (eds.). 3(1). 116–118. 1 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen & Janelle Stevenson. (2012). Pohnpei Coring Records: The Natural Distribution of Cyrtosperma chamissonis and Neolithic Charcoal Particles. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 3(1). 35–48. 5 indexed citations

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Storey, Alice A., J. Stephen Athens, David Bryant, et al.. (2012). Investigating the Global Dispersal of Chickens in Prehistory Using Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Signatures. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e39171–e39171. 92 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen. (2011). Latte Period Occupation on Pagan and Sarigan, Northern Mariana Islands. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 6(2). 314–330. 3 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen & Janelle Stevenson. (2011). Pohnpei Coring Records: the Natural Distribution of Cyrtosperma chamissonis. 3(1). 35–48. 4 indexed citations

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Masse, W. Bruce, et al.. (2006). Evaluating the effects of climate change on environment, resource depletion, and culture in the Palau Islands between AD 1200 and 1600. Quaternary International. 151(1). 106–132. 47 indexed citations

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Weng, Chengyu, Mark B. Bush, & J. Stephen Athens. (2002). Holocene climate change and hydrarch succession in lowland Amazonian Ecuador. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 120(1-2). 73–90. 65 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen, et al.. (1995). Paleoenvironmental Investigations at `Uko`a Pond, Kawailoa Ahupua`a, O`ahu, Hawai`i. 4 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen, et al.. (1994). Archaeological Inventory Survey, Upland Portions of Kukuipahu and Awalua, North Kohala, Hawai`i.. 3 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen & Jerome V. Ward. (1993). Environmental Change and Prehistoric Polynesian Settlement in Hawai'i. Asian perspectives. 32(2). 205–223. 50 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen, et al.. (1993). Archaeological Inventory Survey, Kohala Plantation Village, North Kohala, Hawai`i. 2 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen & Jerome V. Ward. (1991). Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Investigations, Kawainui Marsh Flood Control Project, O`hu Island, Hawai`i. 5 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen, et al.. (1990). Archaeological investigations on kwajalein atoll marshall islands micronesia pacific ocean. 2. 231–240. 8 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen. (1986). Archaeological Investigations at Tarague Beach, Guam,. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 9 indexed citations

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Athens, J. Stephen. (1978). Formative Period Occupations in the Highlands of Northern Ecuador: A Comment on Myers. American Antiquity. 43(3). 493–496. 3 indexed citations

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