John R. Lukacs

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

John R. Lukacs is a scholar working on Archeology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Lukacs has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Archeology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John R. Lukacs's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (44 papers), dental development and anomalies (20 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (11 papers). John R. Lukacs is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (44 papers), dental development and anomalies (20 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (11 papers). John R. Lukacs collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Indonesia. John R. Lukacs's co-authors include Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg, Joel D. Irish, Leslie E. Eisenberg, Rimantas Jankauskas, Kenneth M. Weiss, M. Anne Katzenberg, Eric Abella Roth, Janet W. McGrath, Douglas H. Ubelaker and George R. Milner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

John R. Lukacs

60 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]

1992 868 citations James W. Wood, George R. Milner et al. Current Anthropology profile →
Explaining sex differences in dental caries prevalence: Saliva, hormones, and “life‐history” etiologies

2006 402 citations John R. Lukacs et al. American Journal of Human Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John R. Lukacs United States	25	2.2k	688	595	589	454	63	3.2k
Simon Hillson United Kingdom	27	2.5k 1.2×	190 0.3×	1.2k 2.0×	465 0.8×	628 1.4×	56	3.5k
Mark Hector United Kingdom	21	1.5k 0.7×	362 0.5×	383 0.6×	273 0.5×	701 1.5×	54	2.6k
Clark Spencer Larsen United States	36	4.0k 1.8×	193 0.3×	1.8k 3.0×	1.1k 1.8×	559 1.2×	124	5.8k
Elizabeth A. Fanning Australia	15	1.7k 0.8×	203 0.3×	367 0.6×	444 0.8×	958 2.1×	41	2.6k
Helen M. Liversidge United Kingdom	30	3.4k 1.6×	295 0.4×	673 1.1×	586 1.0×	1.7k 3.7×	73	4.1k
Theya Molleson United Kingdom	29	1.4k 0.7×	156 0.2×	956 1.6×	266 0.5×	246 0.5×	61	2.3k
Edward E. Hunt United States	19	2.1k 1.0×	166 0.2×	422 0.7×	587 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	46	3.5k
Shelley R. Saunders Canada	34	2.8k 1.3×	82 0.1×	1.3k 2.3×	1.2k 2.1×	573 1.3×	60	4.3k
Patricia Smith Israel	25	976 0.5×	93 0.1×	399 0.7×	346 0.6×	355 0.8×	69	1.5k
Louise Humphrey United Kingdom	29	1.6k 0.7×	46 0.1×	902 1.5×	407 0.7×	295 0.6×	69	2.6k

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Lukacs, John R.. (2017). Dental adaptations of Bronze Age Harappans: Occlusal wear, crown size, and dental pathology. International Journal of Paleopathology. 18. 69–81. 13 indexed citations

Lukacs, John R. & Judit Pál. (2013). Dental morphology of early Holocene foragers of North India: Non-metric trait frequencies and biological affinities. HOMO. 64(6). 411–436. 8 indexed citations

Lukacs, John R.. (2011). Gender differences in oral health in South Asia: Metadata imply multifactorial biological and cultural causes. American Journal of Human Biology. 23(3). 398–411. 73 indexed citations

Lukacs, John R.. (2010). Sex differences in dental caries experience: clinical evidence, complex etiology. Clinical Oral Investigations. 15(5). 649–656. 162 indexed citations

Irish, Joel D., Joel D. Irish, Joel D. Irish, et al.. (2008). Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 175 indexed citations

Lukacs, John R.. (2008). Markers of physiological stress in juvenile bonobos (Pan paniscus): Are enamel hypoplasia, skeletal development and tooth size interrelated?. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 139(3). 339–352. 7 indexed citations

Lukacs, John R., et al.. (2006). Explaining sex differences in dental caries prevalence: Saliva, hormones, and “life‐history” etiologies. American Journal of Human Biology. 18(4). 540–555. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

Guatelli‐Steinberg, Debbie, Joel D. Irish, & John R. Lukacs. (2001). Canary islands-north African population affinities: measures of divergence based on dental morphology. HOMO. 52(2). 173–188. 30 indexed citations

Lukacs, John R., Subhash R. Walimbe, & Bruce Floyd. (2001). Epidemiology of enamel hypoplasia in deciduous teeth: Explaining variation in prevalence in western india. American Journal of Human Biology. 13(6). 788–807. 38 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R.. (2001). Enamel hypoplasia in the deciduous teeth of great apes: Variation in prevalence and timing of defects. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 116(3). 199–208. 24 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R.. (1999). Interproximal contact hypoplasia in primary teeth: A new enamel defect with anthropological and clinical relevance. American Journal of Human Biology. 11(6). 718–734. 12 indexed citations

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Guatelli‐Steinberg, Debbie & John R. Lukacs. (1998). Preferential expression of linear enamel hypoplasia on the sectorial premolars of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 107(2). 179–186. 18 indexed citations

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Wood, James W., George R. Milner, Henry Harpending, et al.. (1992). The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 33(4). 343–370. 868 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lukacs, John R.. (1992). Dental paleopathology and agricultural intensification in South Asia: New evidence from Bronze Age Harappa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 87(2). 133–150. 162 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R.. (1991). Localized enamel hypoplasia of human deciduous canine teeth: prevalence and pattern of expression in rural Pakistan.. PubMed. 63(4). 513–22. 32 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R. & Subhash R. Walimbe. (1986). An osteobiographic analysis. 3 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R., et al.. (1986). The People of South Asia: The Biological Anthropology of India, Pakistan and Nepal.. Man. 21(1). 141–141. 12 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R. & Jim G. Shaffer. (1984). The People of South AsiaThe Indo-Aryan Invasions: Cultural Myth and Archaeological Reality. 1 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R.. (1984). The People of South Asia. 15 indexed citations

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Lukacs, John R.. (1981). Dental pathology and nutritional patterns of South Asian megalith-builders: the evidence from Iron Age Mahurjhari.. PubMed. 125(3). 220–37. 10 indexed citations

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