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

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When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Recent DNA Studies Question a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul 2025 ·Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania ·Jim Allen, James F. O’Connell	1
2	The iterative development and refinement of health psychology theories through formal, dynamical systems modelling: a scoping review and initial expert-derived ‘best practice’ recommendations 2024 ·Health Psychology Review ·Olga Perski, (unknown), Jim Allen, Misha Pavel, Daniel E. Rivera, Eric B. Hekler, Nelli Hankonen, Guillaume Chevance	1
3	The iterative development and refinement of health psychology theories through formal, dynamical systems modelling: A scoping review and initial expert-derived ‘best practice’ recommendations 2023 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·Olga Perski, (unknown), Jim Allen, Misha Pavel, Daniel E. Rivera, Eric B. Hekler, Nelli Hankonen, Guillaume Chevance	1
4	Optimality models and the food quest in Pleistocene Tasmania 2016 ·Journal of Anthropological Archaeology ·Jim Allen, Richard Cosgrove, Jillian Garvey	10
5	New Data from Oposisi: Implications for the Early Papuan Pottery Phase 2010 ·Jim Allen, Glenn R. Summerhayes, Herman Mandui, Matthew Leavesley	16
6	Tamuarawai (EQS): An Early Lapita Site on Emirau, New Ireland, PNG 2009 ·Glenn R. Summerhayes, Elizabeth Matisoo‐Smith, Herman Mandui, Jim Allen, Jim Specht, (unknown), (unknown)	25
7	Prehistoric Agricultural Systems in the Wahgi Valley-a Further Note 2009 ·Mankind ·Jim Allen	6
8	The long and the short of it: Archaeological approaches to determining when humans first colonised Australia and New Guinea 2003 ·Australian Archaeology ·Jim Allen, James F. O’Connell	49
9	A Short History of the Tasmanian Affair 1995 ·Australian Archaeology ·Jim Allen	6
10	Backfill 1995 ·Australian Archaeology ·Jim Allen, Jack Golson	3
11	Introduction 1995 ·Antiquity ·Jim Allen, James F. O’Connell	0
12	Reflections on the Rabbit Stick 1992 ·Jim Allen, (unknown)	1
13	Human Pleistocene adaptations in the tropical island Pacific: recent evidence from New Ireland, a Greater Australian outlier 1989 ·Antiquity ·Jim Allen, Chris Gosden, J. Peter White	116
14	Pleistocene dates for the human occupation of New Ireland, northern Melanesia 1988 ·Nature ·Jim Allen, Chris Gosden, R. Jones, (unknown)	87
15	Comments on complexity and trade: a view from Melanesia 1985 ·Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania ·Jim Allen	18
16	A Well in Rozelle: Report of the Excavation and Analysis of the Well at 63 Nelson Street, Rozelle, NSW, by Dani Petocz 1984 ·Australian Archaeology ·Jim Allen	1
17	Shungwaya, the Mijikenda, and the Traditions 1983 ·The International Journal of African Historical Studies ·James D. Allen, Thomas Spear, Jim Allen	8
18	A Radiocarbon Date for the Final Prehistoric Occupation of Glennie Island Cave, Bass Strait 1980 ·Australian Archaeology ·R. Jones, Jim Allen	9
19	The journal of John Sweatman: A nineteenth century surveying voyage in North Australia and Torres Strait 1977 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·(unknown), Jim Allen, (unknown)	13
20	NEBIRA 4: AN EARLY AUSTRONESIAN SITE IN CENTRAL PAPUA 1972 ·Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania ·Jim Allen	44

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