Justin W. Adams

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Justin W. Adams is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin W. Adams has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Paleontology, 33 papers in Anthropology and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Justin W. Adams's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (33 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (11 papers). Justin W. Adams is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (33 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (11 papers). Justin W. Adams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and South Africa. Justin W. Adams's co-authors include Paul G. McMenamin, Michelle R. Quayle, Colin R. McHenry, Andy I.R. Herries, Kah Heng Alexander Lim, Stephen J. Goldie, Alistair R. Evans, Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, Darren Curnoe and Matthew R. McCurry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Justin W. Adams

70 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The production of anatomical teaching resources using three‐dimensional (3D) printing technology

2014 469 citations Paul G. McMenamin, Justin W. Adams et al. Anatomical Sciences Education profile →
Use of 3D printed models in medical education: A randomized control trial comparing 3D prints versus cadaveric materials for learning external cardiac anatomy

2015 312 citations Kah Heng Alexander Lim, Stephen J. Goldie et al. Anatomical Sciences Education profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justin W. Adams Australia	24	906	639	604	510	275	73	2.0k
Colin R. McHenry Australia	29	487 0.5×	335 0.5×	1.3k 2.2×	234 0.5×	641 2.3×	60	2.8k
Joan T. Richtsmeier United States	46	370 0.4×	621 1.0×	614 1.0×	490 1.0×	277 1.0×	151	6.3k
Paul C. Dechow United States	42	451 0.5×	701 1.1×	734 1.2×	423 0.8×	181 0.7×	118	5.3k
C. David L. Thomas Australia	31	572 0.6×	817 1.3×	737 1.2×	240 0.5×	439 1.6×	70	3.6k
Haviva M. Goldman United States	21	361 0.4×	323 0.5×	139 0.2×	77 0.2×	58 0.2×	31	1.3k
Stefan Schlager Germany	20	138 0.2×	168 0.3×	198 0.3×	226 0.4×	40 0.1×	47	1.1k
Donald H. Enlow United States	32	145 0.2×	315 0.5×	382 0.6×	304 0.6×	136 0.5×	73	3.4k
Andrew J. Nelson Canada	20	309 0.3×	118 0.2×	203 0.3×	109 0.2×	276 1.0×	84	1.9k
Valerie B. DeLeon United States	20	113 0.1×	194 0.3×	245 0.4×	160 0.3×	177 0.6×	70	1.7k
Timothy G. Bromage United States	38	201 0.2×	168 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	1.8k 3.4×	686 2.5×	174	4.5k

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Panagiotopoulou, Olga, Justin W. Adams, David P. Hocking, et al.. (2025). Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology. Current Biology. 35(3). 455–467.e6. 3 indexed citations

Park, Travis, et al.. (2025). An immature toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Australia and insights into mammalodontid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) morphology, systematics, and ontogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204(4).

Evans, Alistair R., et al.. (2021). Functional ecological convergence between the thylacine and small prey-focused canids. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 58–58. 11 indexed citations

Herries, Andy I.R., Justin W. Adams, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, et al.. (2019). Integrating palaeocaves into palaeolandscapes: An analysis of cave levels and karstification history across the Gauteng Malmani dolomite, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 220. 310–334. 7 indexed citations

Blackwood, Alexander F., et al.. (2019). Combining legacy data with new drone and DGPS mapping to identify the provenance of Plio-Pleistocene fossils from Bolt’s Farm, Cradle of Humankind (South Africa). PeerJ. 7. e6202–e6202. 9 indexed citations

Wells, Rod, et al.. (2019). The extraordinary osteology and functional morphology of the limbs in Palorchestidae, a family of strange extinct marsupial giants. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221824–e0221824. 18 indexed citations

Herries, Andy I.R., Justin W. Adams, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, et al.. (2017). Integrating palaeocaves into palaeolandscapes: Age estimates for the Drimolen hominin bearing palaeocave system and an analysis of cave levels and karstification history across the Gauteng Malmani dolomite, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1 indexed citations

Adams, Justin W., et al.. (2017). The vertebrate heart: an evolutionary perspective. Journal of Anatomy. 231(6). 787–797. 53 indexed citations

Adams, Justin W., et al.. (2016). Macromammalian faunas, biochronology and palaeoecology of the early Pleistocene Main Quarry hominin-bearing deposits of the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa. PeerJ. 4. e1941–e1941. 29 indexed citations

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Tallman, Melissa, et al.. (2016). Using geometric shape for subfamily level taxonomic attribution in mixed, unassociated fossil cercopithecoid postcranial samples. 1 indexed citations

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Lim, Kah Heng Alexander, et al.. (2015). Use of 3D printed models in medical education: A randomized control trial comparing 3D prints versus cadaveric materials for learning external cardiac anatomy. Anatomical Sciences Education. 9(3). 213–221. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, Justin W., et al.. (2015). Newly discovered in situ primates and mammals from the early Pleistocene Haasgat deposits, South Africa. 1 indexed citations

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Adams, Justin W., et al.. (2015). First description of in situ primate and faunal remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Drimolen Makondo palaeocave infill, Gauteng, South Africa. Palaeontologia Electronica. 21 indexed citations

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Herries, Andy I.R. & Justin W. Adams. (2013). Clarifying the context, dating and age range of the Gondolin hominins and Paranthropus in South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(5). 676–681. 38 indexed citations

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Adams, Justin W., et al.. (2013). New faunal stable carbon isotope data from the Haasgat HGD assemblage, South Africa, including the first reported values for Papio angusticeps and Cercopithecoides haasgati. Journal of Human Evolution. 64(6). 693–698. 14 indexed citations

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Adams, Justin W.. (2012). A revised listing of fossil mammals from the Haasgat cave system ex situ deposits (HGD), South Africa. Palaeontologia Electronica. 22 indexed citations

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Adams, Justin W., et al.. (2009). The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) cervical vertebral column: a heuristic example in understanding evolutionary processes?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155(3). 736–757. 32 indexed citations

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Štrkalj, Goran, et al.. (2005). Robert Broom's first reconstruction of the adult Australopithecus [1]. South African Journal of Science. 101. 217–218. 2 indexed citations

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Adams, Justin W.. (2005). A Methodology for the Intraspecific Assessment of Heterogeneously Worn Hypsodont Teeth Using Computerized Tomography. 3(4). 161–173. 3 indexed citations

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Adams, Justin W., et al.. (1998). Modelling Paleoindian dispersals (Paleoecology and human populations). UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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