Jennifer Watling

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 878 citations indexed

About

Jennifer Watling is a scholar working on History, Plant Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Watling has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 878 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in History, 15 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Watling's work include Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (24 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (15 papers) and Indigenous Health and Education (10 papers). Jennifer Watling is often cited by papers focused on Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (24 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (15 papers) and Indigenous Health and Education (10 papers). Jennifer Watling collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and United States. Jennifer Watling's co-authors include José Iriarte, Francis E. Mayle, Bronwen S. Whitney, Eduardo Góes Neves, Denise Pahl Schaan, Myrtle P. Shock, Fernando Ozório de Almeida, Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira, José D. Soto and John Carson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Watling

25 papers receiving 853 citations

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Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation

2024 38 citations Carolina Levis, Bernardo M. Flores et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Watling

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Watling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jennifer Watling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jennifer Watling 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 Jennifer Watling. Jennifer Watling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia 2025 ·Nature ·Umberto Lombardo, Lautaro Hilbert, Michael J. Bentley, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, (unknown), (unknown), José Iriarte, (unknown), (unknown), Marco F. Raczka, Jennifer Watling, Eduardo Góes Neves, Francis E. Mayle	4
2	Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Carolina Levis, Bernardo M. Flores, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, Nivaldo Peroni, Arie Staal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Morgan Schmidt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Afukaka Kuikuro, Carlos Fausto, Bruna Franchetto, Jennifer Watling, Helena Pinto Lima, Michael Heckenberger, Charles R. Clément	38
3	Domestication of the Amazonian fruit tree cupuaçu may have stretched over the past 8000 years 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Matheus Colli‐Silva, James Richardson, Eduardo Góes Neves, Jennifer Watling, Antônio Figueira, José Rubens Pirani	7
4	Flautas, banhas e caxiris 2021 ·Revista de Arqueologia ·(unknown), Myrtle P. Shock, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jennifer Watling	0
5	Facing Change through Diversity: Resilience and Diversification of Plant Management Strategies during the Mid to Late Holocene Transition at the Monte Castelo Shellmound, SW Amazonia 2021 ·Quaternary ·(unknown), Jennifer Watling, Lautaro Hilbert, Myrtle P. Shock, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Francisco Pugliese, (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo Góes Neves	15
6	Pão-de-índio e massas vegetais: elos entre passado e presente na Amazônia indígena 2021 ·Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jennifer Watling, Eduardo Góes Neves	6
7	Arqueobotânica de ocupações ceramistas na Cachoeira do Teotônio 2020 ·Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas ·Jennifer Watling, Fernando Ozório de Almeida, (unknown), (unknown), Myrtle P. Shock, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo Góes Neves	12
8	A correlation analysis of Light Microscopy and X-ray MicroCT imaging methods applied to archaeological plant remains’ morphological attributes visualization 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), M. A. Rizzutto, Sandra Maria Carmello‐Guerreiro, Carlos Sato Baraldi Dias, Jennifer Watling, Myrtle P. Shock, (unknown), (unknown), Francisco Pugliese, Eduardo Góes Neves	13
9	A arqueologia do alto Madeira no contexto arqueológico da Amazônia 2020 ·Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas ·Eduardo Góes Neves, Jennifer Watling, Fernando Ozório de Almeida	6
10	The origins of Amazonian landscapes: Plant cultivation, domestication and the spread of food production in tropical South America 2020 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·José Iriarte, Sarah Elliott, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Daiana Travassos Alves, (unknown), Mark Robinson, Jonas Gregório de Souza, Jennifer Watling, (unknown)	92
11	Variabilidade estratigráfica e espacial dos contextos cerâmicos no Sítio Teotônio 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Fernando Ozório de Almeida, (unknown), Jennifer Watling, Eduardo Góes Neves	4
12	Study of plant remains from a fluvial shellmound (Monte Castelo, RO, Brazil) using the X-ray MicroCT imaging technique 2019 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), M. A. Rizzutto, Jennifer Watling, (unknown), Myrtle P. Shock, Avacir Casanova Andrello, Carlos Roberto Appoloni, Fábio de Oliveira Freitas, Logan Kistler, (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo Góes Neves, Francisco Pugliese	9
13	Direct archaeological evidence for Southwestern Amazonia as an early plant domestication and food production centre 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Jennifer Watling, Myrtle P. Shock, (unknown), Fernando Ozório de Almeida, (unknown), Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira, Eduardo Góes Neves	109
14	Historical ecology, human niche construction and landscape in pre-Columbian Amazonia: A case study of the geoglyph builders of Acre, Brazil 2018 ·Journal of Anthropological Archaeology ·Jennifer Watling, Francis E. Mayle, Denise Pahl Schaan	23
15	Impact of pre-Columbian “geoglyph” builders on Amazonian forests 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jennifer Watling, José Iriarte, Francis E. Mayle, Denise Pahl Schaan, Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda, Neil J. Loader, F. Alayne Street‐Perrott, Ruth Dickau, (unknown), Alceu Ranzi	94
16	Pre-Columbian land use in the ring-ditch region of the Bolivian Amazon 2015 ·The Holocene ·John Carson, Jennifer Watling, Francis E. Mayle, Bronwen S. Whitney, José Iriarte, Heiko Prümers, José D. Soto	37
17	Environmental impact of geometric earthwork construction in pre-Columbian Amazonia 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·John Carson, Bronwen S. Whitney, Francis E. Mayle, José Iriarte, Heiko Prümers, José D. Soto, Jennifer Watling	92
18	Phytoliths from the coastal savannas of French Guiana 2012 ·Quaternary International ·Jennifer Watling, José Iriarte	60
19	Fire-free land use in pre-1492 Amazonian savannas 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·José Iriarte, Mitchell J. Power, Stéphen Rostain, Francis E. Mayle, (unknown), Jennifer Watling, Bronwen S. Whitney, Doyle McKey	78
20	Late Holocene Neotropical agricultural landscapes: phytolith and stable carbon isotope analysis of raised fields from French Guianan coastal savannahs 2010 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·José Iriarte, Bruno Glaser, Jennifer Watling, (unknown), Jago Jonathan Birk, Delphine Renard, Stéphen Rostain, Doyle McKey	55

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