John D. Speth

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

John D. Speth is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Speth has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Anthropology, 27 papers in Paleontology and 10 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in John D. Speth's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers). John D. Speth is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers). John D. Speth collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. John D. Speth's co-authors include Katherine Spielmann, Jamie L. Clark, Loren Cordain, S. Boyd Eaton, Jennie Brand‐Miller, Neil Mann, Larry J. Zimmerman, Eitan Tchernov, Andrew White and Ashley Lemke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

John D. Speth

55 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Energy source, protein metabolism, and hunter-gatherer su... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Energy source, protein metabolism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies
    1983 431 citations John D. Speth et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Speth United States 25 1.7k 1.5k 841 583 306 59 2.7k
Louise Humphrey United Kingdom 29 831 0.5× 902 0.6× 1.6k 1.9× 373 0.6× 240 0.8× 69 2.6k
Henry T. Bunn United States 38 3.6k 2.1× 2.2k 1.5× 1.8k 2.1× 1.1k 1.9× 1.4k 4.5× 55 4.5k
Trenton W. Holliday United States 23 1.6k 0.9× 838 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 210 0.4× 466 1.5× 62 2.5k
Ran Barkai Israel 41 4.1k 2.4× 3.4k 2.3× 2.3k 2.7× 556 1.0× 719 2.3× 144 4.9k
Shara E. Bailey United States 30 2.3k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 2.0k 2.3× 221 0.4× 277 0.9× 85 3.5k
Caroline Grigson United Kingdom 21 896 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 741 0.9× 381 0.7× 123 0.4× 47 1.8k
Avi Gopher Israel 45 3.6k 2.1× 3.7k 2.5× 2.9k 3.4× 521 0.9× 556 1.8× 182 6.6k
C. K. Brain South Africa 27 2.8k 1.6× 2.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.6× 850 1.5× 848 2.8× 57 3.5k
Travis Rayne Pickering United States 37 3.0k 1.8× 2.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.9× 836 1.4× 1.2k 4.0× 91 3.9k
Ana Gràcia Spain 31 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.9× 188 0.3× 359 1.2× 64 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John D. Speth

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Fields of papers citing papers by John D. Speth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John D. Speth

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

All Works

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Kindler, Lutz, Sabine Gaudzinski‐Windheuser, Fulco Scherjon, et al.. (2025). Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago. Science Advances. 11(27). eadv1257–eadv1257. 1 indexed citations
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Beasley, Melanie M., Julie J. Lesnik, & John D. Speth. (2025). Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes. Science Advances. 11(30). eadt7466–eadt7466. 1 indexed citations
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Gorenflo, L. J., et al.. (2022). JEFFREY R. PARSONS (OCTOBER 9, 1939–MARCH 19, 2021): A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE…AND BEYOND. Ancient Mesoamerica. 33(1). 1–22.
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Meignen, Liliane, John D. Speth, & Ofer Bar‐Yosef. (2017). Stratégies de subsistance et fonction de site au Paléolithique moyen récent : apports de la séquence de Kébara (Mt Carmel, Israël). Paléorient. 43(1). 9–47. 3 indexed citations
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Speth, John D.. (2015). When Did Humans Learn to Boil. 36 indexed citations
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Clark, Jamie L. & John D. Speth. (2013). Zooarchaeology and Modern Human Origins Human Hunting Behavior during the Later Pleistocene. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 55 indexed citations
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Clark, Jamie L. & John D. Speth. (2013). Zooarchaeology and Modern Human Origins. 45 indexed citations
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Speth, John D.. (2012). Middle Palaeolithic subsistence in the Near East. 2012(2). 1–45. 44 indexed citations
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Speth, John D. & Jamie L. Clark. (2006). Hunting and overhunting in the Levantine Late Middle Palaeolithic. 2006(3). 1–42. 93 indexed citations
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Meignen, Liliane, Ofer Bar‐Yosef, John D. Speth, & Mary C. Stiner. (2006). Changes in settlement patterns during the Near Eastern Middle Paleolithic. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 149–170. 3 indexed citations
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Emberling, Geoff, John Robb, John D. Speth, & Henry T. Wright. (2002). Kunji Cave: Early Bronze Age burials in Luristan. Iranica Antiqua. 37(0). 47–104. 9 indexed citations
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Cordain, Loren, et al.. (2000). Plant-animal subsistence ratios and macronutrient energy estimations in worldwide hunter-gatherer diets. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 71(3). 682–692. 487 indexed citations
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Speth, John D. & Eitan Tchernov. (1998). THE ROLE OF HUNTING AND SCAVENGING IN NEANDERTAL PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES New Evidence from Kebara Cave (Israel). 24 indexed citations
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Speth, John D.. (1996). Honor Among Thieves: A Zooarchaeological Study of Neanderthal Ecology. American Journal of Human Biology. 8(5). 688–693. 91 indexed citations
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Speth, John D.. (1991). Protein selection and avoidance strategies of contemporary and ancestral foragers: unresolved issues. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 334(1270). 265–270. 41 indexed citations
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Speth, John D.. (1989). Early hominid hunting and scavenging: the role of meat as an energy source. Journal of Human Evolution. 18(4). 329–343. 162 indexed citations
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Whittaker, John C., et al.. (1988). Arizona Bifaces of Wyoming Chert. KIVA. 53(4). 321–334. 6 indexed citations
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Speth, John D., et al.. (1984). The Garnsey Spring Campsite. 1 indexed citations
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Speth, John D.. (1974). Experimental investigation of hard-hammer percussion flaking. 17(1). 7–36. 33 indexed citations

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