Joyce Marcus

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Joyce Marcus is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joyce Marcus has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 29 papers in Paleontology and 17 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Joyce Marcus's work include Latin American history and culture (47 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (29 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers). Joyce Marcus is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (47 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (29 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers). Joyce Marcus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Joyce Marcus's co-authors include Kent V. Flannery, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Norman Hammond, William J. Folan, Patricia Rieff Anawalt, Frances F. Berdan, María del Rosario Domínguez Carrasco, James B. Stoltman, Wendy Miller and Robert G. Moyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Joyce Marcus

82 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Cloud People : Diverg... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. The Cloud People : Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec Civilizations
    1983 214 citations Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Joyce Marcus 1.8k 1.0k 841 531 411 89 2.7k
Richard E. Blanton 1.8k 1.0× 801 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 431 0.8× 459 1.1× 72 2.9k
Jeremy A. Sabloff 1.6k 0.9× 503 0.5× 858 1.0× 406 0.8× 438 1.1× 85 2.5k
Kent V. Flannery 2.4k 1.4× 705 0.7× 1.4k 1.7× 697 1.3× 786 1.9× 57 3.9k
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel 1.4k 0.8× 607 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 345 0.6× 366 0.9× 50 2.1k
Gordon R. Willey 1.6k 0.9× 484 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 435 0.8× 450 1.1× 107 2.5k
Prudence M. Rice 2.5k 1.4× 821 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 570 1.1× 1.4k 3.5× 111 4.0k
Stephen A. Kowalewski 1.3k 0.7× 502 0.5× 717 0.9× 305 0.6× 282 0.7× 62 1.8k
Stephen Houston 1.2k 0.6× 911 0.9× 539 0.6× 256 0.5× 370 0.9× 89 2.2k
John V. Murra 915 0.5× 595 0.6× 701 0.8× 315 0.6× 224 0.5× 69 1.9k
Norman Hammond 1.5k 0.8× 541 0.5× 780 0.9× 495 0.9× 468 1.1× 141 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joyce Marcus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joyce Marcus

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marcus, Joyce. (2024). The Burials of Cerro Azul, Peru. 1 indexed citations
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Stemp, W. James, et al.. (2021). THE PRECERAMIC AND EARLY CERAMIC PERIODS IN BELIZE AND THE CENTRAL MAYA LOWLANDS. Ancient Mesoamerica. 32(3). 416–438. 5 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (2018). Studying Figurines. Journal of Archaeological Research. 27(1). 1–47. 12 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (2012). The Formation of Political Hierarchies and the Loss of Autonomy. 11(2). 74–78. 3 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce & Jeremy A. Sabloff. (2008). The ancient city : new perspectives on urbanism in the old and new world. 128 indexed citations
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Sharer, Robert J., Andrew K. Balkansky, James H. Burton, et al.. (2006). On the Logic of Archaeological Inference: Early Formative Pottery and the Evolution of Mesoamerican Societies. Latin American Antiquity. 17(1). 90–103. 34 indexed citations
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Stoltman, James B., Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery, James H. Burton, & Robert G. Moyle. (2005). Petrographic evidence shows that pottery exchange between the Olmec and their neighbors was two-way. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(32). 11213–11218. 53 indexed citations
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Flannery, Kent V., Andrew K. Balkansky, Gary M. Feinman, et al.. (2005). Implications of new petrographic analysis for the Olmec “mother culture” model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(32). 11219–11223. 29 indexed citations
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Flannery, Kent V. & Joyce Marcus. (2003). The origin of war: New 14 C dates from ancient Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(20). 11801–11805. 52 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (2000). Los calendarios prehispánicos. Arqueología mexicana. 7(41). 12–19. 1 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1995). Writing, Literacy, and Performance in the New and Old Worlds. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 5(2). 325–331. 4 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1995). Where is Lowland Maya archaeology headed?. Journal of Archaeological Research. 3(1). 3–53. 28 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1989). Archeology: Maya Iconography. Elizabeth P. Benson and Gillett G. Griffin, eds. American Anthropologist. 91(3). 785–785. 1 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1987). Prehistoric Fishermen in the Kingdom of Huarco. American Scientist. 75(4). 393–401. 14 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1987). The Inscriptions of Calakmul. 19 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1978). Archaeology and religion: A comparison of the Zapotec and Maya. World Archaeology. 10(2). 172–191. 21 indexed citations
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Flannery, Kent V. & Joyce Marcus. (1976). Formative Oaxaca and the Zapotec Cosmos. 64(4). 374–383. 42 indexed citations
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Marcus, Joyce. (1976). Emblem and State in the Classic Maya Lowlands: An Epigraphic Approach to Territorial Organization. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 89 indexed citations

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