Jane Balme

1.9k total citations
70 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jane Balme is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane Balme has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Anthropology, 38 papers in Paleontology and 22 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Jane Balme's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (50 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (20 papers). Jane Balme is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (50 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (20 papers). Jane Balme collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Jane Balme's co-authors include Sue O’Connor, Wendy Beck, Tim Maloney, Rachel Wood, Kate Morse, J. J. Hope, Stewart Fallon, Jo McDonald, Iain Davidson and Peter Veth and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jane Balme

64 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jane Balme Australia 21 823 662 348 290 277 70 1.2k
Kenneth M. Ames United States 18 620 0.8× 832 1.3× 190 0.5× 238 0.8× 193 0.7× 67 1.2k
Andrew Fairbairn Australia 22 608 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 555 1.6× 533 1.8× 242 0.9× 68 1.6k
Peter Jordan Netherlands 17 450 0.5× 810 1.2× 288 0.8× 277 1.0× 146 0.5× 63 1.4k
Mike Parker Pearson United Kingdom 26 527 0.6× 965 1.5× 251 0.7× 708 2.4× 158 0.6× 102 1.7k
Gustavo Neme Argentina 26 1.2k 1.4× 1.3k 2.0× 313 0.9× 515 1.8× 226 0.8× 95 1.7k
Adolfo Gil Argentina 26 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 2.0× 339 1.0× 496 1.7× 240 0.9× 94 1.7k
Terry L. Jones United States 25 600 0.7× 933 1.4× 245 0.7× 192 0.7× 317 1.1× 81 1.6k
Susan D. deFrance United States 20 455 0.6× 890 1.3× 437 1.3× 212 0.7× 245 0.9× 50 1.4k
Aubrey Cannon Canada 21 474 0.6× 736 1.1× 171 0.5× 292 1.0× 103 0.4× 39 1.3k
Michelle C. Langley Australia 22 885 1.1× 639 1.0× 367 1.1× 405 1.4× 165 0.6× 82 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jane Balme

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jane Balme

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Connor, Sue, et al.. (2025). Arboreal Alterations: An Introduction to Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) in Australia. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 60(2). 73–77.
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McDonald, Jo, et al.. (2025). Creating a Paperless Recording System for Pilbara Rock Art. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 89–96.
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Balme, Jane, et al.. (2023). Dingoes, companions in life and death: The significance of archaeological canid burial practices in Australia. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0286576–e0286576. 2 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Sue, et al.. (2022). Art in the bark: Indigenous carved boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) in north-west Australia. Antiquity. 96(390). 1574–1591. 5 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane, et al.. (2022). Fibre technologies in Indigenous Australia: Evidence from archaeological excavations in the Kimberley region. Australian Archaeology. 88(2). 115–128. 4 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane, et al.. (2019). Archaeobotany of Aboriginal plant foods during the Holocene at Riwi, south central Kimberley, Western Australia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 29(3). 309–325. 6 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Sue, et al.. (2019). People-plant interaction and economic botany over 47,000 years of occupation at Carpenter’s Gap 1, south central Kimberley. Australian Archaeology. 85(1). 30–47. 16 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane & Sue O’Connor. (2019). Bead Making in Aboriginal Australia From the Deep Past to European Arrival: Materials, Methods, and Meanings. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 11 indexed citations
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Morse, Kate, et al.. (2018). What happened after the Last Glacial Maximum? Transitions in site use on an arid inland island in north‐western Australia. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 53(3). 150–162. 7 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane, et al.. (2018). Long‐term occupation on the edge of the desert: Riwi Cave in the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 54(1). 35–52. 18 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Sue, et al.. (2018). The curious case of Proteaceae: macrobotanical investigations at Mount Behn rockshelter, Bunuba country, Western Australia. Australian Archaeology. 84(1). 19–36. 6 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane, Sue O’Connor, & Stewart Fallon. (2018). New dates on dingo bones from Madura Cave provide oldest firm evidence for arrival of the species in Australia. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9933–9933. 48 indexed citations
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Dotte-Sarout, Émilie, et al.. (2017). Home Is Where the Hearth Is: Anthracological and Microstratigraphic Analyses of Pleistocene and Holocene Combustion Features, Riwi Cave (Kimberley, Western Australia). Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 25(3). 739–776. 27 indexed citations
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Wood, Rachel, et al.. (2016). Towards an Accurate and Precise Chronology for the Colonization of Australia: The Example of Riwi, Kimberley, Western Australia. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0160123–e0160123. 66 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane & Sue O’Connor. (2015). A 'Port Scene', Identity and Rock Art of the Inland Southern Kimberley, Western Australia. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 32(1). 75–83. 7 indexed citations
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Beck, Wendy & Jane Balme. (2003). Dry rainforests: a productive habitat for Australian hunter-gatherers. Australian aboriginal studies. 2003(2). 4–20. 9 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane & Sandy Toussaint. (1999). `I Reckon They Should Keep That Hut': Reflections on Aboriginal Tracking in the Kimberley. Australian aboriginal studies. 1(1). 26–32. 7 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane & Wendy Beck. (1994). Gender in Aboriginal archaeology. Australian Archaeology. 39(1). 39–46.
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Balme, Jane. (1980). An early Pleistocene macropod from Jandakot, Western Australia.. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 14. 233–235. 4 indexed citations
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Balme, Jane. (1980). AN ANALYSIS OF CHARRED BONE FROM DEVIL'S LAIR, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 15(2). 81–85. 11 indexed citations

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