Jonathan G. Wynn

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan G. Wynn is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan G. Wynn has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 33 papers in Anthropology and 32 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan G. Wynn's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (33 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers). Jonathan G. Wynn is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (33 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers). Jonathan G. Wynn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Romania. Jonathan G. Wynn's co-authors include Michael I. Bird, Zeresenay Alemseged, Denis Geraads, René Bobe, Denné Reed, Bogdan P. Onac, Gustavo Saiz, Christopher M. Wurster, Anna V. McBeath and William H. Kimbel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan G. Wynn

85 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia

2010 407 citations Shannon P. McPherron, Zeresenay Alemseged et al. Nature profile →
The Pyrogenic Carbon Cycle

2015 376 citations Michael I. Bird, Jonathan G. Wynn et al. profile →
Woody cover and hominin environments in the past 6 million years

2011 360 citations Thure E. Cerling, Jonathan G. Wynn et al. Nature profile →

Peers

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Robert C. Walter United States

Raymonde Bonnefille France

Gail M. Ashley United States

Chris Hunt United Kingdom

Thomas W. Stafford United States

Mathieu Schuster France

Catherine Badgley United States

Alfredo Pérez‐González Spain

Andrew S. Cohen United States

Simon Haberle Australia

Robert C. Walter United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan G. Wynn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan G. Wynn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan G. Wynn

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

All Works

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Reed, Denné, et al.. (2026). Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of Paranthropus. Nature. 650(8101). 381–388.

Bobe, René, et al.. (2021). The environments of Australopithecus anamensis at Allia Bay, Kenya: A multiproxy analysis of early Pliocene Bovidae. Journal of Human Evolution. 151. 102928–102928. 8 indexed citations

Wynn, Jonathan G., et al.. (2020). Source of saline groundwater on tidally influenced blue holes on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Hydrogeology Journal. 29(1). 429–441. 5 indexed citations

Negash, Enquye W., Zeresenay Alemseged, René Bobe, et al.. (2020). Dietary trends in herbivores from the Shungura Formation, southwestern Ethiopia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 21921–21927. 26 indexed citations

Wynn, Jonathan G., Zeresenay Alemseged, René Bobe, et al.. (2020). Isotopic evidence for the timing of the dietary shift toward C ₄ foods in eastern African Paranthropus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 21978–21984. 28 indexed citations

Duvert, Clément, Lindsay B. Hutley, Jason Beringer, et al.. (2020). Net landscape carbon balance of a tropical savanna: Relative importance of fire and aquatic export in offsetting terrestrial production. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 5899–5913. 15 indexed citations

Duvert, Clément, Lindsay B. Hutley, Christian Birkel, et al.. (2020). Seasonal Shift From Biogenic to Geogenic Fluvial Carbon Caused by Changing Water Sources in the Wet‐Dry Tropics. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(2). 24 indexed citations

Alemseged, Zeresenay, Jonathan G. Wynn, Denis Geraads, et al.. (2020). Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2480–2480. 23 indexed citations

Wynn, Jonathan G., Clément Duvert, Michael I. Bird, et al.. (2020). Land transformation in tropical savannas preferentially decomposes newly added biomass, whether C₃ or C₄ derived. Ecological Applications. 30(8). e02192–e02192. 10 indexed citations

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Duvert, Clément, Jonathan G. Wynn, Niels C. Munksgaard, et al.. (2019). Groundwater‐Derived DIC and Carbonate Buffering Enhance Fluvial CO₂ Evasion in Two Australian Tropical Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(2). 312–327. 49 indexed citations

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Robu, Marius, et al.. (2019). Palaeoecology and palaeoclimatic context of Romanian Carpathian MIS 3 cave bears using stable isotopes (δ13C and δ18O). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 534. 109288–109288. 2 indexed citations

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Perşoiu, Aurel, Bogdan P. Onac, Jonathan G. Wynn, et al.. (2017). Holocene winter climate variability in Central and Eastern Europe. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1196–1196. 88 indexed citations

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Rowan, John, et al.. (2017). Late Pliocene environmental change during the transition from Australopithecus to Homo. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(6). 159–159. 44 indexed citations

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Wynn, Jonathan G., Kaye E. Reed, Matt Sponheimer, et al.. (2016). Dietary flexibility of Australopithecus afarensis in the face of paleoecological change during the middle Pliocene: Faunal evidence from Hadar, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 99. 93–106. 34 indexed citations

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Negash, Enquye W., Zeresenay Alemseged, Jonathan G. Wynn, & Zelalem K. Bedaso. (2015). Paleodietary reconstruction using stable isotopes and abundance analysis of bovids from the Shungura Formation of South Omo, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 88. 127–136. 20 indexed citations

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Cerling, Thure E., Naomi E. Levin, Anthony N. Macharia, et al.. (2010). Paleo-shade: woody cover, stable isotopes, soil temperature, and soil organic matter in tropical ecosystems (Invited). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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McPherron, Shannon P., Zeresenay Alemseged, Curtis W. Marean, et al.. (2010). Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature. 466(7308). 857–860. 407 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wynn, Jonathan G., Gregory J. Retallack, & Theodore J. Fremd. (2002). Long-term, High-frequency Terrestrial Paleoclimatic Record from Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes of Pedogenic Carbonate from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene John Day Formation at Longview Ranch, Central Oregon (28.7-23.6 Ma).. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Retallack, Gregory J., Jonathan G. Wynn, Brenda R. Benefit, & Monte L. McCrossin. (2002). Paleosols and paleoenvironments of the middle Miocene, Maboko Formation, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 42(6). 659–703. 45 indexed citations

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Wynn, Jonathan G.. (2000). Paleosols, stable carbon isotopes, and paleoenvironmental interpretation of Kanapoi, Northern Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 39(4). 411–432. 112 indexed citations

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