Jonathan S. Reeves

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 530 citations indexed

About

Jonathan S. Reeves is a scholar working on Anthropology, Social Psychology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan S. Reeves has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 530 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Anthropology, 17 papers in Social Psychology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan S. Reeves's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (17 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Jonathan S. Reeves is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (17 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Jonathan S. Reeves collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Portugal. Jonathan S. Reeves's co-authors include David R. Braun, Lydia V. Luncz, Tomos Proffitt, Shannon P. McPherron, Claudio Tennie, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Matthew Magnani, Matthew Douglass, Whittaker Schroder and Vera Aldeias and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan S. Reeves

29 papers receiving 522 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.

Earliest known Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlight early technological diversity

2019 118 citations David R. Braun, William Archer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan S. Reeves Germany	13	369	246	207	112	105	33	530
Elia Organista Spain	12	551 1.5×	313 1.3×	163 0.8×	285 2.5×	135 1.3×	23	653
Colin G. Menter South Africa	12	434 1.2×	310 1.3×	176 0.9×	251 2.2×	113 1.1×	25	592
Florent Détroit France	15	578 1.6×	375 1.5×	88 0.4×	428 3.8×	83 0.8×	37	902
Lucía Cobo‐Sánchez Spain	14	428 1.2×	236 1.0×	106 0.5×	245 2.2×	105 1.0×	27	500
Željko Režek Germany	16	722 2.0×	623 2.5×	102 0.5×	263 2.3×	34 0.3×	25	903
Tamara Dogandžić Germany	14	459 1.2×	379 1.5×	101 0.5×	241 2.2×	31 0.3×	21	628
William Archer Germany	20	1.1k 2.9×	796 3.2×	213 1.0×	370 3.3×	98 0.9×	57	1.3k
Nira Alperson-Afil Israel	14	537 1.5×	421 1.7×	118 0.6×	240 2.1×	68 0.6×	21	686
Mari Carmen Arriaza Spain	17	632 1.7×	362 1.5×	110 0.5×	362 3.2×	212 2.0×	23	753
Andrea Zupancich Italy	15	525 1.4×	473 1.9×	99 0.5×	314 2.8×	53 0.5×	34	690

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Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Jonathan S. Reeves, et al.. (2025). Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers. Science Advances. 11(33). eadu5838–eadu5838.

Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2025). Machine Learning Applications in Archaeological Practices: A Review. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 8(1). 282–321.

Tennie, Claudio, et al.. (2024). Trade-Offs in Standardizing Raw Materials: Experimental Control in Live Knapping Studies. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 12(4). 390–415.

Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2023). Modeling Oldowan tool transport from a primate perspective. Journal of Human Evolution. 181. 103399–103399. 6 indexed citations

Proffitt, Tomos, Jonathan S. Reeves, Tiago Falótico, et al.. (2023). Identifying intentional flake production at the dawn of technology: A technological and 3D geometric morphometric study. Journal of Archaeological Science. 152. 105740–105740. 7 indexed citations

Reeves, Jonathan S., Amanda Tan, Suchinda Malaivijitnond, & Lydia V. Luncz. (2023). Simulation and social network analysis provide insight into the acquisition of tool behaviour in hybrid macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1995). 20222276–20222276. 3 indexed citations

Li, Li, Jonathan S. Reeves, Sam Lin, David R. Braun, & Shannon P. McPherron. (2023). Did Early Pleistocene hominins control hammer strike angles when making stone tools?. Journal of Human Evolution. 183. 103427–103427. 6 indexed citations

Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2022). Early knapping techniques do not necessitate cultural transmission. Science Advances. 8(27). eabo2894–eabo2894. 26 indexed citations

Masi, Shelly, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Aurore San‐Galli, et al.. (2022). Free hand hitting of stone-like objects in wild gorillas. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11981–11981. 4 indexed citations

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Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2021). Ecological perspectives on technological diversity at Kanjera South. Journal of Human Evolution. 158. 103029–103029. 20 indexed citations

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Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2021). A proof of concept for machine learning-based virtual knapping using neural networks. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 19966–19966. 8 indexed citations

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Bandini, Elisa, et al.. (2021). Clarifying Misconceptions of the Zone of Latent Solutions Hypothesis: A Response to Haidle and Schlaudt. Biological Theory. 16(2). 76–82. 5 indexed citations

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Reeves, Jonathan S., Tomos Proffitt, & Lydia V. Luncz. (2021). Modeling a primate technological niche. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23139–23139. 15 indexed citations

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McPherron, Shannon P., William Archer, Tamara Dogandžić, et al.. (2020). Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241714–e0241714. 16 indexed citations

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Douglass, Matthew, Benjamin Davies, David R. Braun, et al.. (2020). Deriving original nodule size of lithic reduction sets from cortical curvature: An application to monitor stone artifact transport from bipolar reduction. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 35. 102671–102671. 4 indexed citations

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Braun, David R., W. Andrew Barr, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al.. (2019). Comparative isotopic evidence from East Turkana supports a dietary shift within the genus Homo. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(7). 1048–1056. 39 indexed citations

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Phillips, Emily, Jonathan S. Reeves, Matthew Douglass, & David Braun. (2018). Taphonomic Comparisons of Stone Tool Transport: Surface vs. Excavated Collections. 1 indexed citations

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Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2018). Landscape Evolution, Digital Terrain Analysis, and the Integrity of Surface Assemblages: A Case Study from the Koobi Fora Formation. 1 indexed citations

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Roach, Neil T., Andrew Du, Kevin G. Hatala, et al.. (2018). Pleistocene animal communities of a 1.5 million-year-old lake margin grassland and their relationship to Homo erectus paleoecology. Journal of Human Evolution. 122. 70–83. 14 indexed citations

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Patterson, David B., David R. Braun, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al.. (2017). Landscape scale heterogeneity in the East Turkana ecosystem during the Okote Member (1.56–1.38 Ma). Journal of Human Evolution. 112. 148–161. 18 indexed citations

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