Jack Golson

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

About

Jack Golson is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Golson has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 12 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jack Golson's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (19 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers). Jack Golson is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (19 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers). Jack Golson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Jack Golson's co-authors include D. J. Mulvaney, Peter Gathercole, J.D. Allen, K. O. L. Burridge, Ronald M. Berndt, Geoff Hope, Don Gardner, Thor Heyerdahl, Jyai Allen and H. A. Polach and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Anthropology, Journal of Human Evolution and Radiocarbon.

In The Last Decade

Jack Golson

36 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Aboriginal Man and Environment in Australia.

1972 320 citations D. J. Mulvaney, Jack Golson et al. Man profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack Golson Australia	18	655	517	457	273	232	38	1.3k
Michael E. Moseley United States	25	475 0.7×	648 1.3×	1.3k 2.8×	343 1.3×	284 1.2×	60	2.1k
Jim Allen Australia	22	1.0k 1.5×	1.0k 2.0×	866 1.9×	349 1.3×	348 1.5×	76	1.8k
D. J. Mulvaney Australia	14	353 0.5×	554 1.1×	306 0.7×	129 0.5×	114 0.5×	40	986
Peter Sheppard New Zealand	21	729 1.1×	383 0.7×	676 1.5×	241 0.9×	276 1.2×	52	1.2k
Alan L. Kolata United States	17	238 0.4×	419 0.8×	793 1.7×	349 1.3×	230 1.0×	30	1.4k
Warwick Bray United Kingdom	17	302 0.5×	500 1.0×	923 2.0×	117 0.4×	200 0.9×	83	1.7k
David R. Harris United Kingdom	18	266 0.4×	499 1.0×	709 1.6×	138 0.5×	148 0.6×	55	1.5k
Ian Lilley Australia	17	511 0.8×	549 1.1×	537 1.2×	118 0.4×	161 0.7×	82	1.1k
Richard Shutler United States	17	551 0.8×	168 0.3×	326 0.7×	167 0.6×	177 0.8×	42	747
Ĭrving Rouse United States	18	302 0.5×	419 0.8×	578 1.3×	92 0.3×	116 0.5×	55	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Golson

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All Works

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Denham, Tim, et al.. (2016). A renewed archaeological and archaeobotanical assessment of house sites at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 51(S1). 91–103. 8 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1998). Foundations for New Guinea Nationhood^a. Australian Archaeology. 47(1). 54–60. 1 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1997). Happy 6000th Anniversary!. Australian Archaeology. 44(1). 35–38. 1 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1995). What went wrong with WAC 3 and an attempt to understand why. Australian Archaeology. 48–54. 5 indexed citations

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Allen, Jim & Jack Golson. (1995). Backfill. Australian Archaeology. 41(1). 43–54. 3 indexed citations

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Hope, Geoff & Jack Golson. (1995). Late Quaternary change in the mountains of New Guinea. Antiquity. 69(265). 818–830. 56 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1991). [TRANSITIONS TO AGRICULTURE IN THE PACIFIC REGION] The New Guinea Highlands on the eve of agriculture. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 11(0). 22 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1991). [TRANSITIONS TO AGRICULTURE IN THE PACIFIC REGION] Introduction. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 11(0). 3 indexed citations

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Gosden, Chris, Jyai Allen, Jack Golson, et al.. (1989). Lapita sites of the Bismarck Archipelago. Antiquity. 63(240). 561–586. 65 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1986). Old guards and new waves: reflections on antipodean archaeology 1954–1975. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 21(1). 2–12. 21 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack, et al.. (1980). The Appearance of Plant and Animal Domestication in New Guinea. Journal de la Société des océanistes. 36(69). 294–303. 66 indexed citations

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Allen, J.D., et al.. (1979). Sunda and Sahul: Prehistoric Studies in Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia.. Man. 14(1). 168–168. 131 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1974). Charles Andrew Sharp (1906–1974). Journal of Pacific History. 9(1). 131–133. 1 indexed citations

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Burridge, K. O. L., et al.. (1972). Australian Aboriginal Anthropology.. Pacific Affairs. 45(4). 630–630. 144 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1972). The remarkable history of indo‐pacific man. Journal of Pacific History. 7(1). 5–25. 11 indexed citations

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Golson, Jack. (1971). BOTH SIDES OF THE WALLACE LINE: AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, AND ASIAN PREHISTORY. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 6(2). 124–144. 12 indexed citations

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Polach, H. A., Jack Golson, J. F. Lovering, & J J Stipp. (1968). ANU [Australian National University, Canberra] radiocarbon date list II.. Radiocarbon. 10(2). 179–199. 9 indexed citations

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Polach, H. A., J J Stipp, Jack Golson, & J. F. Lovering. (1967). ANU Radiocarbon Date List I. Radiocarbon. 9. 15–27. 17 indexed citations

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Holmes, Lowell D. & Jack Golson. (1964). Polynesian Navigation, a Symposium on Andrew Sharp's Theory of Accidental Voyages. Journal of American Folklore. 77(306). 362–362. 24 indexed citations

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Brothers, R. N. & Jack Golson. (1959). Geological and archaeological interpretation of a section in Rangitoto ash on Motutapu island, Auckland. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 2(3). 569–577. 33 indexed citations

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