Joseph B. Birdsell

1.7k total citations
29 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Joseph B. Birdsell is a scholar working on Genetics, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph B. Birdsell has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Anthropology and 4 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Joseph B. Birdsell's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (4 papers). Joseph B. Birdsell is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (4 papers). Joseph B. Birdsell collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Joseph B. Birdsell's co-authors include Jyai Allen, George A. Bartholomew, R. T. Simmons, Norman Barnett Tindale, Peter A. Parsons, Carleton S. Coon, Alice M. Brues, Irawati Karvé, Eugene Giles and J. Lawrence Angel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The American Naturalist and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Joseph B. Birdsell

29 papers receiving 838 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph B. Birdsell United States 15 428 290 211 186 171 29 1.0k
Ĭrving Rouse United States 18 419 1.0× 578 2.0× 302 1.4× 78 0.4× 250 1.5× 55 1.3k
Marvin Harris United States 13 275 0.6× 250 0.9× 108 0.5× 42 0.2× 94 0.5× 20 1.0k
W. W. Howells United States 24 654 1.5× 444 1.5× 69 0.3× 309 1.7× 614 3.6× 60 1.5k
R. Brian Ferguson United States 17 340 0.8× 204 0.7× 99 0.5× 62 0.3× 100 0.6× 61 1.2k
David R. Harris United Kingdom 18 499 1.2× 709 2.4× 266 1.3× 113 0.6× 266 1.6× 55 1.5k
Julian H. Steward United States 12 293 0.7× 211 0.7× 103 0.5× 43 0.2× 58 0.3× 49 1.1k
Philip E. L. Smith Canada 18 448 1.0× 519 1.8× 76 0.4× 60 0.3× 397 2.3× 63 1.1k
David R. Yesner United States 14 570 1.3× 634 2.2× 173 0.8× 52 0.3× 230 1.3× 34 1.3k
William S. Laughlin United States 16 302 0.7× 339 1.2× 85 0.4× 297 1.6× 257 1.5× 67 1.2k
William C. Sturtevant United States 12 292 0.7× 180 0.6× 55 0.3× 42 0.2× 98 0.6× 49 979

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph B. Birdsell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1993). Microevolutionary patterns in Aboriginal Australia : a gradient analysis of clines. Oxford University Press eBooks. 33 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1993). Microevolutionary patterns in Aboriginal Australia. 17 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1987). Some Reflections on Fifty Years in Biological Anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology. 16(1). 1–13. 3 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1979). Physical Anthropology in Australia Today. Annual Review of Anthropology. 8(1). 417–430. 2 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B. & Jyai Allen. (1977). The recalibration of a paradigm for the first peopling of greater Australia.. 113–167. 131 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1975). A Preliminary Report on New Research on Man-Land Relations in Aboriginal Australia. 30. 34–37. 3 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B., et al.. (1973). A Basic Demographic Unit [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 14(4). 337–356. 30 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1970). Local Group Composition Among the Australian Aborigines: A Critique of the Evidence From Fieldwork Conducted Since 1930. Current Anthropology. 11(2). 115–142. 72 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1967). PRELIMINARY DATA ON THE TRIHYBRID ORIGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 2(2). 100–155. 60 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B. & Munro S. Edmonson. (1966). On "A Measurement of Relative Racial Difference". Current Anthropology. 7(3). 359–360. 1 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1958). ON POPULATION STRUCTURE IN GENERALIZED HUNTING AND COLLECTING POPULATIONS. Evolution. 12(2). 189–205. 82 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1957). Some Population Problems Involving Pleistocene Man. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 22(0). 47–69. 144 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1956). Evolution, genetics, and man. By Theodosius Dobzhansky, 1955. John Wiley and Sons, New York, IX, 398 pp., $5.50. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 14(4). 665–668. 1 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1956). PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. The Distribution of the Human Blood Groups. A. E. Mourant. American Anthropologist. 58(1). 206–208. 1 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1953). Some Environmental and Cultural Factors Influencing the Structuring of Australian Aboriginal Populations. The American Naturalist. 87(834). 171–207. 162 indexed citations
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Bartholomew, George A. & Joseph B. Birdsell. (1953). Ecology and the Protohominids*. American Anthropologist. 55(4). 481–498. 130 indexed citations
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Simmons, R. T., et al.. (1952). A collaborative genetical survey in Marshall Islanders. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 10(1). 31–54. 18 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Joseph B.. (1952). On various levels of objectivity in genetical anthropology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 10(3). 355–362. 18 indexed citations
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