Joan Oates

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Joan Oates is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Oates has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Archeology, 18 papers in Anthropology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Joan Oates's work include Ancient Near East History (39 papers), Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (27 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (22 papers). Joan Oates is often cited by papers focused on Ancient Near East History (39 papers), Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (27 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (22 papers). Joan Oates collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Joan Oates's co-authors include David Oates, Michael Rowlands, Jason Ur, Ŕobert C. Drews, Augusta McMahon, Hugh McKerrell, Toby Davidson, T. J. Wilkinson, Sabah Jasim and Glenn M. Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Archaeological Science and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Joan Oates

56 papers receiving 892 citations

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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.

Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World.

1990 185 citations Joan Oates, Michael Rowlands Man profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Oates United Kingdom	19	939	789	359	167	108	64	1.4k
Susan E. Alcock United States	17	697 0.7×	473 0.6×	642 1.8×	174 1.0×	75 0.7×	48	1.4k
Gil J. Stein United States	17	511 0.5×	760 1.0×	414 1.2×	69 0.4×	120 1.1×	37	1.1k
P. Nick Kardulias United States	14	383 0.4×	632 0.8×	414 1.2×	60 0.4×	82 0.8×	45	970
David B. Small United States	10	399 0.4×	450 0.6×	526 1.5×	160 1.0×	120 1.1×	26	1.1k
Peter S. Wells United States	16	376 0.4×	467 0.6×	363 1.0×	60 0.4×	89 0.8×	89	1.1k
Edward B. Banning Canada	23	626 0.7×	928 1.2×	475 1.3×	178 1.1×	108 1.0×	49	1.3k
David L. Clarke United Kingdom	8	297 0.3×	601 0.8×	476 1.3×	98 0.6×	98 0.9×	14	1.0k
C. C. Lamberg‐Karlovsky United States	16	485 0.5×	627 0.8×	397 1.1×	36 0.2×	132 1.2×	63	1.0k
Anthony Snodgrass United Kingdom	19	692 0.7×	315 0.4×	539 1.5×	151 0.9×	40 0.4×	65	1.1k
Anthony Harding United Kingdom	14	429 0.5×	497 0.6×	279 0.8×	49 0.3×	68 0.6×	55	942

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Oates

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All Works

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Oates, Joan. (2013). Behnam Abu Al-Soof, BA, PhD (1931–2012). Iraq. 75. iii–v. 1 indexed citations

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Bray, Warwick, John Coles, Barry Cunliffe, et al.. (2001). Editorial and subscription notices. Antiquity. 75(287). 228–229. 1 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, T. J., Charles French, Wendy Matthews, & Joan Oates. (2001). Geoarchaeology, Landscape And The Region. 2. 1–15. 6 indexed citations

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Oates, David, Joan Oates, Helen McDonald, & Janet Ambers. (2001). Nagar in the third millennium BC. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan. (1996). A Prehistoric Communication Revolution. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 6(1). 165–173. 7 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan & David Oates. (1994). Tell Brak: A Stratigraphic Summary, 1976-1993. Iraq. 56. 167–167. 12 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan. (1993). Early Writing in Sumer: A Review. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 3(1). 149–153. 8 indexed citations

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David,  & Joan Oates. (1993). Excavations at Tell Brak, NE Syria, 1992. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 3(1). 137–140. 2 indexed citations

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Oates, David & Joan Oates. (1991). Excavations at Tell Brak 1990-91. Iraq. 53. 127–127. 17 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan & Michael Rowlands. (1990). Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World.. Man. 25(2). 343–343. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oates, Joan. (1987). A Note on 'Ubaid and Mitanni Pottery from Tell Brak. Iraq. 49. 193–193. 11 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan, et al.. (1986). Tell Brak: The Uruk/Early Dynastic Sequence. 245–273. 7 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan. (1985). Tell Brak: Uruk Pottery from the 1984 Season. Iraq. 47. 175–175. 20 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Seton, et al.. (1982). The Archaeology of Mesopotamia from the Old Stone Age to the Persian Conquest. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102(1). 170–170. 4 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan. (1978). Early hydraulic civilization in Egypt, a study in cultural ecology. Journal of Archaeological Science. 5(2). 185–186. 4 indexed citations

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Oates, David & Joan Oates. (1977). The Rise of Civilization. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan. (1962). The Trilogy of Samuel Beckett. Renascence. 14(3). 160–165.

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Oates, Joan. (1960). Ur and Eridu, the Prehistory. Iraq. 22. 32–32. 40 indexed citations

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Oates, Joan. (1959). Late Assyrian Pottery from Fort Shalmaneser. Iraq. 21(2). 130–130. 30 indexed citations

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Oates, David & Joan Oates. (1959). Ain Sinu: A Roman Frontier Post in Northern Iraq. Iraq. 21(2). 207–207. 26 indexed citations

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