Jim Allen

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Jim Allen is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Allen has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 42 papers in Anthropology and 29 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jim Allen's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (45 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers). Jim Allen is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (45 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers). Jim Allen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. Jim Allen's co-authors include James F. O’Connell, Chris Gosden, J. Peter White, R. Jones, Richard Cosgrove, Glenn R. Summerhayes, Simon Holdaway, Matthew Leavesley, Graham Brown and Martin Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jim Allen

68 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul? 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 40 80 120
What are hit papers?

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. When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?
    2018 136 citations James F. O’Connell, Jim Allen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Allen Australia 22 1.0k 1.0k 866 349 348 76 1.8k
J. Peter White Australia 22 724 0.7× 679 0.7× 649 0.7× 164 0.5× 189 0.5× 51 1.4k
Glenn R. Summerhayes New Zealand 21 639 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 855 1.0× 223 0.6× 344 1.0× 83 1.5k
John Edward Terrell United States 23 527 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 879 1.0× 143 0.4× 292 0.8× 84 2.0k
Ian J. McNiven Australia 25 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 397 1.1× 476 1.4× 149 2.2k
Peter Veth Australia 31 1.7k 1.7× 928 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 755 2.2× 394 1.1× 139 2.6k
Jeanne E. Arnold United States 24 860 0.8× 365 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 282 0.8× 400 1.1× 46 1.8k
Judith Field Australia 28 1.4k 1.3× 906 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 566 1.6× 699 2.0× 60 2.7k
Robin Torrence Australia 32 1.9k 1.8× 1.5k 1.5× 2.3k 2.6× 494 1.4× 374 1.1× 120 3.4k
Jack Golson Australia 18 517 0.5× 655 0.7× 457 0.5× 273 0.8× 232 0.7× 38 1.3k
Andrew Fairbairn Australia 22 608 0.6× 555 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 242 0.7× 213 0.6× 68 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Allen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Allen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Allen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Allen, Jim & James F. O’Connell. (2025). Recent DNA Studies Question a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 60(2). 187–190. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim, Richard Cosgrove, & Jillian Garvey. (2016). Optimality models and the food quest in Pleistocene Tasmania. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 44. 206–215. 10 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim, Glenn R. Summerhayes, Herman Mandui, & Matthew Leavesley. (2010). New Data from Oposisi: Implications for the Early Papuan Pottery Phase. 2(1). 69–81. 16 indexed citations
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Summerhayes, Glenn R., et al.. (2009). Tamuarawai (EQS): An Early Lapita Site on Emirau, New Ireland, PNG. 1(1). 62–75. 25 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim. (2009). Prehistoric Agricultural Systems in the Wahgi Valley-a Further Note. Mankind. 7(3). 177–183. 6 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim & James F. O’Connell. (2003). The long and the short of it: Archaeological approaches to determining when humans first colonised Australia and New Guinea. Australian Archaeology. 57(1). 5–19. 49 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim. (1995). A Short History of the Tasmanian Affair. Australian Archaeology. 42–48. 6 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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Allen, Jim & James F. O’Connell. (1995). Introduction. Antiquity. 69(265). vii–ix.
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Allen, Jim, et al.. (1992). Reflections on the Rabbit Stick. 4. 33–34. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim, Chris Gosden, & J. Peter White. (1989). Human Pleistocene adaptations in the tropical island Pacific: recent evidence from New Ireland, a Greater Australian outlier. Antiquity. 63(240). 548–561. 116 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim, et al.. (1988). Pleistocene dates for the human occupation of New Ireland, northern Melanesia. Nature. 331(6158). 707–709. 87 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim. (1985). Comments on complexity and trade: a view from Melanesia. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 20(2). 49–56. 18 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim. (1984). A Well in Rozelle: Report of the Excavation and Analysis of the Well at 63 Nelson Street, Rozelle, NSW, by Dani Petocz. Australian Archaeology. 19(1). 114–115. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, James D., Thomas Spear, & Jim Allen. (1983). Shungwaya, the Mijikenda, and the Traditions. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 16(3). 455–455. 8 indexed citations
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Jones, R. & Jim Allen. (1980). A Radiocarbon Date for the Final Prehistoric Occupation of Glennie Island Cave, Bass Strait. Australian Archaeology. 10(1). 21–25. 9 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim, et al.. (1977). The journal of John Sweatman: A nineteenth century surveying voyage in North Australia and Torres Strait. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Allen, Jim. (1972). NEBIRA 4: AN EARLY AUSTRONESIAN SITE IN CENTRAL PAPUA. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 7(2). 92–124. 44 indexed citations

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