Jim Specht

1.5k total citations
79 papers, 897 citations indexed

About

Jim Specht is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Specht has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 897 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 28 papers in Anthropology and 22 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jim Specht's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (54 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers). Jim Specht is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (54 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers). Jim Specht collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Jim Specht's co-authors include Robin Torrence, Richard Fullagar, Chris Gosden, Ian Lilley, Tim Denham, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Glenn R. Summerhayes, Carol Lentfer, Matthew Spriggs and Patrick Vinton Kirch and has published in prestigious journals such as Quaternary Science Reviews, American Anthropologist and Quaternary International.

In The Last Decade

Jim Specht

71 papers receiving 713 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Specht Australia 17 722 475 338 195 157 79 897
Peter Sheppard New Zealand 21 729 1.0× 676 1.4× 383 1.1× 276 1.4× 241 1.5× 52 1.2k
Christian Reepmeyer Australia 17 523 0.7× 353 0.7× 313 0.9× 168 0.9× 118 0.8× 46 694
Glenn R. Summerhayes New Zealand 21 1.1k 1.5× 855 1.8× 639 1.9× 344 1.8× 223 1.4× 83 1.5k
Richard Shutler United States 17 551 0.8× 326 0.7× 168 0.5× 177 0.9× 167 1.1× 42 747
W. R. Ambrose Australia 15 331 0.5× 275 0.6× 205 0.6× 113 0.6× 90 0.6× 24 554
Ethan E. Cochrane United States 13 318 0.4× 290 0.6× 121 0.4× 197 1.0× 83 0.5× 45 607
Tim Kerig United Kingdom 11 192 0.3× 820 1.7× 532 1.6× 133 0.7× 357 2.3× 24 1.2k
Christophe Sand New Caledonia 15 580 0.8× 376 0.8× 149 0.4× 220 1.1× 94 0.6× 73 723
Thomas S. Dye United States 13 308 0.4× 234 0.5× 75 0.2× 167 0.9× 88 0.6× 31 504
Payson Sheets United States 19 198 0.3× 610 1.3× 336 1.0× 80 0.4× 91 0.6× 41 881

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Specht

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Specht

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Specht

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

All Works

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Specht, Jim, Chris Gosden, Christina Pavlides, Zoe T. Richards, & Glenn R. Summerhayes. (2016). Exploring Lapita diversity on New Britain’s south coast, Papua New Guinea. 7(1). 20–29. 1 indexed citations
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Valdovinos, Maria G., et al.. (2016). Community Policing & Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Guidelines to Enhance Community Trust. 2 indexed citations
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Lentfer, Carol, et al.. (2013). Prehistory in a nutshell: a Lapita‐age nut‐cracking stone from the Arawe Islands, Papua New Guinea. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 48(3). 121–129. 9 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim. (2012). Caution bay and Lapita pottery: Cautionary comments. Australian Archaeology. 3. 1 indexed citations
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Lentfer, Carol, Christina Pavlides, & Jim Specht. (2010). Natural and human impacts in a 35 000-year vegetation history in central New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29(27-28). 3750–3767. 26 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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Cai, Jun, et al.. (2009). Constrained propeller ship noise removal and its application to OBC data. 3307–3311. 3 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim & Glenn R. Summerhayes. (2007). The Boduna Island (FEA) Lapita site. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 20. 51–103. 4 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim, et al.. (2007). Archaeological Studies of the Middle and Late Holocene, Papua New Guinea. 20. 8 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim. (2004). LAPITA , THE SOLOMONS AND SIMILARITY MEASURES. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 113(4). 369. 4 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim, et al.. (2003). Introduction to special volume. Australian Archaeology. 57(57). 3 indexed citations
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Torrence, Robin, et al.. (1999). A Pleistocene Landscape in West New Britain, Png. Australian Archaeology. 49(1). 44–45. 3 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim & Chris Gosden. (1997). Dating Lapita Pottery in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Asian perspectives. 36(2). 175–199. 51 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim. (1982). Some shell artefacts from Nauru and Ocean Island. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 3(0). 3 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim, et al.. (1980). On deterministic indexed languages. Information and Control. 45(1). 48–67. 11 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim, et al.. (1980). Closure properties of deterministic indexed languages. Information and Control. 46(3). 200–218. 3 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim, et al.. (1979). Szilard languages of IO-grammars. Information and Control. 40(3). 319–331. 5 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim, et al.. (1977). IO-macrolanguages and attributed translations. Information and Control. 35(2). 87–105. 14 indexed citations
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Specht, Jim. (1972). THE POTTERY INDUSTRY OF BUKA ISLAND, T.P.N.G.. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 7(2). 125–144. 10 indexed citations

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