Javier Alcolea-González

904 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 426 citations indexed

About

Javier Alcolea-González is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier Alcolea-González has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 426 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Paleontology, 7 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Javier Alcolea-González's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (2 papers). Javier Alcolea-González is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (2 papers). Javier Alcolea-González collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and France. Javier Alcolea-González's co-authors include Gerd‐Christian Weniger, Paul Pettitt, James A. Milton, Joào Zilhão, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Pedro Cantalejo-Duarte, José Ramos Muñoz, Alistair Pike, Marcos García-Diez and Christopher D. Standish and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Javier Alcolea-González

8 papers receiving 397 citations

Hit Papers

U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art
    2018 299 citations Dirk L. Hoffmann, Christopher D. Standish et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Javier Alcolea-González Spain 8 270 222 169 78 38 8 426
Pedro Cantalejo-Duarte Spain 9 222 0.8× 171 0.8× 172 1.0× 47 0.6× 42 1.1× 19 420
Ramón Montes Spain 6 321 1.2× 268 1.2× 213 1.3× 89 1.1× 70 1.8× 7 477
Hipólito Collado Giraldo Spain 9 241 0.9× 199 0.9× 245 1.4× 49 0.6× 53 1.4× 57 500
Adhi Agus Oktaviana Indonesia 13 350 1.3× 186 0.8× 236 1.4× 49 0.6× 74 1.9× 39 687
Jesús Lasheras United Kingdom 3 177 0.7× 146 0.7× 133 0.8× 39 0.5× 65 1.7× 3 330
François Lacrampe‐Cuyaubère France 8 346 1.3× 252 1.1× 202 1.2× 54 0.7× 19 0.5× 26 470
Priyatno Hadi Sulistyarto Indonesia 5 209 0.8× 111 0.5× 128 0.8× 30 0.4× 62 1.6× 11 418
Andrew M. Zipkin United States 7 239 0.9× 175 0.8× 133 0.8× 31 0.4× 80 2.1× 11 385
Trine Kellberg Nielsen Denmark 7 248 0.9× 201 0.9× 136 0.8× 60 0.8× 30 0.8× 13 339
Renata García-Moreno Norway 4 260 1.0× 216 1.0× 193 1.1× 40 0.5× 118 3.1× 4 427

Countries citing papers authored by Javier Alcolea-González

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Javier Alcolea-González

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Javier Alcolea-González. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Javier Alcolea-González based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Javier Alcolea-González. Javier Alcolea-González is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Alcaraz‐Castaño, Manuel, Javier Alcolea-González, Felipe Cuartero, et al.. (2021). First modern human settlement recorded in the Iberian hinterland occurred during Heinrich Stadial 2 within harsh environmental conditions. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15161–15161. 12 indexed citations
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Cascalheira, João, Manuel Alcaraz‐Castaño, Javier Alcolea-González, et al.. (2020). Paleoenvironments and human adaptations during the Last Glacial Maximum in the Iberian Peninsula: A review. Quaternary International. 581-582. 28–51. 17 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Dirk L., Christopher D. Standish, Marcos García-Diez, et al.. (2020). Response to White et al.’s reply: ‘Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art’ [J. Hum. Evol. (2020) 102640]. Journal of Human Evolution. 144. 102810–102810. 22 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Dirk L., Christopher D. Standish, Marcos García-Diez, et al.. (2019). Response to Aubert et al.'s reply ‘Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong’ [J. Hum. Evol. 125 (2018), 215–217]. Journal of Human Evolution. 135. 102644–102644. 8 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Dirk L., Christopher D. Standish, Marcos García-Diez, et al.. (2018). U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art. Science. 359(6378). 912–915. 299 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hernanz, A., et al.. (2017). μ-Raman spectroscopy of prehistoric paintings from the El Reno cave (Valdesotos, Guadalajara, Spain). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 14. 454–460. 9 indexed citations
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Alcaraz‐Castaño, Manuel, Javier Alcolea-González, Martin Kehl, et al.. (2017). A context for the last Neandertals of interior Iberia: Los Casares cave revisited. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180823–e0180823. 39 indexed citations
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Yravedra, José, Marie-Anne Julien, Manuel Alcaraz‐Castaño, et al.. (2016). Not so deserted…paleoecology and human subsistence in Central Iberia (Guadalajara, Spain) around the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 140. 21–38. 20 indexed citations

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