John Kappelman

3.5k total citations
61 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

John Kappelman is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kappelman has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Anthropology and 15 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in John Kappelman's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (31 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (15 papers). John Kappelman is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (31 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (15 papers). John Kappelman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Türkiye. John Kappelman's co-authors include Timothy M. Ryan, Mikael Fortelius, Carl C. Swisher, Richard A. Ketcham, Roberto J. Fajardo, Şevket Şen, Laura C. Bishop, Scott Appleton, Alex Duncan and Elwyn L. Simons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John Kappelman

61 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Kappelman United States 28 1.3k 879 660 560 345 61 2.3k
Andossa Likius France 23 1.1k 0.9× 873 1.0× 424 0.6× 452 0.8× 308 0.9× 55 1.8k
Brigitte Sénut France 23 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 945 1.4× 306 0.5× 276 0.8× 107 2.1k
Raymond L. Bernor United States 26 1.8k 1.4× 865 1.0× 291 0.4× 904 1.6× 473 1.4× 86 2.3k
Xijun Ni China 28 1.1k 0.9× 288 0.3× 376 0.6× 444 0.8× 463 1.3× 122 2.5k
Yaowalak Chaimanee France 34 2.5k 2.0× 778 0.9× 1.4k 2.2× 825 1.5× 291 0.8× 139 3.5k
Luís Alcalá Spain 28 1.9k 1.5× 675 0.8× 207 0.3× 340 0.6× 298 0.9× 113 2.5k
Pierre‐Olivier Antoine France 34 2.6k 2.0× 764 0.9× 525 0.8× 1.1k 2.0× 457 1.3× 162 3.5k
Richard H. Madden United States 21 1.4k 1.1× 415 0.5× 371 0.6× 609 1.1× 382 1.1× 35 2.4k
John D. Kingston United States 23 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 618 0.9× 743 1.3× 651 1.9× 49 2.7k
Craig S. Feibel United States 31 2.1k 1.7× 2.4k 2.8× 1.1k 1.6× 712 1.3× 793 2.3× 74 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Kappelman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Kappelman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rooney, Tyrone O., et al.. (2024). Basaltic Pulses and Lithospheric Thinning—Plio‐Pleistocene Magmatism and Rifting in the Turkana Depression (East African Rift System). Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(8). 3 indexed citations
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Profico, Antonio, et al.. (2021). Digital restoration of the Wilson‐Leonard 2 Paleoindian skull (~10,000 BP) from central Texas with comparison to other early American and modern crania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 176(3). 486–503. 2 indexed citations
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Licht, Alexis, Pauline Coster, Faruk Ocakoğlu, et al.. (2017). Tectono-stratigraphy of the Orhaniye Basin, Turkey: Implications for collision chronology and Paleogene biogeography of central Anatolia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 143. 45–58. 21 indexed citations
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Loewy, Staci, et al.. (2017). MORE ACCURATE U-TH AGES OF OSTRICH EGGSHELLS (OES) WITH IMPROVED SAMPLE PROCESSING. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Bonnie F., Neil J. Tabor, Lauren A. Michel, et al.. (2017). Settling the issue of “decoupling” between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperature: [CO2]atm reconstructions across the warming Paleogene-Neogene divide. Geology. 45(11). 999–1002. 25 indexed citations
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Ruff, Christopher B., M. Loring Burgess, Richard A. Ketcham, & John Kappelman. (2016). Limb Bone Structural Proportions and Locomotor Behavior in A.L. 288-1 ("Lucy"). PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166095–e0166095. 65 indexed citations
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Kappelman, John, Richard A. Ketcham, Lawrence C. Todd, et al.. (2016). Perimortem fractures in Lucy suggest mortality from fall out of tall tree. Nature. 537(7621). 503–507. 53 indexed citations
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Rosenau, Nicholas A., Neil J. Tabor, Timothy S. Myers, & John Kappelman. (2012). Low latitude (12°N) climate signatures preserved in the stable isotope composition of soil phyllosilicate and calcite, northwestern Ethiopia, Africa. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Huffman, O. Frank, Yahdi Zaim, John Kappelman, et al.. (2005). Relocation of the 1936 Mojokerto skull discovery site near Perning, East Java. Journal of Human Evolution. 50(4). 431–451. 33 indexed citations
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Fajardo, Roberto J., Timothy M. Ryan, & John Kappelman. (2002). Assessing the accuracy of high‐resolution x‐ray computed tomography of primate trabecular bone by comparisons with histological sections. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 118(1). 1–10. 117 indexed citations
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Scott, Robert S., et al.. (1999). The paleoenvironment ofSivapithecus parvada. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(3). 245–274. 33 indexed citations
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Lunkka, Juha Pekka, et al.. (1998). Pliocene vertebrate locality of Çalta, Ankara, Turkey. 1. Sedimentation and lithostratigraphy. Geodiversitas. 20(3). 329–338. 3 indexed citations
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Richmond, Brian G., John G. Fleagle, John Kappelman, & Carl C. Swisher. (1998). First hominoid from the Miocene of Ethiopia and the evolution of the catarrhine elbow. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 105(3). 257–277. 33 indexed citations
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Kappelman, John, et al.. (1997). Bovids as indicators of Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironments in East Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 32(2-3). 229–256. 146 indexed citations
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Morgan, Michèle E., Catherine Badgley, Gregg F. Gunnell, et al.. (1995). Comparative paleoecology of Paleogene and Neogene mammalian faunas: body-size structure. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 115(1-4). 287–317. 35 indexed citations
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Kappelman, John, et al.. (1994). Metatarsophalangeal joint function and positional behavior in Australopithecus afarensis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 93(1). 67–81. 59 indexed citations
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Flynn, Lawrence J., David Pilbeam, Louis L. Jacobs, et al.. (1990). The Siwaliks of Pakistan: Time and Faunas in a Miocene Terrestrial Setting. The Journal of Geology. 98(4). 589–604. 44 indexed citations
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Kappelman, John. (1988). Morphology and locomotor adaptations of the bovid femur in relation to habitat. Journal of Morphology. 198(1). 119–130. 120 indexed citations
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Kappelman, John. (1984). Plio-Pleistocene environments of Bed I and Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 48(2-4). 171–196. 73 indexed citations

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