Kurt Rademaker

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kurt Rademaker is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Rademaker has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Paleontology, 25 papers in Anthropology and 16 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kurt Rademaker's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers). Kurt Rademaker is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers). Kurt Rademaker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Kurt Rademaker's co-authors include Daniel H. Sandweiss, Gordon Bromley, Sonia Zarrillo, Linda Perry, Dolores R. Piperno, Joerg M. Schaefer, Brenda L. Hall, Gisela Winckler, Christopher E. Miller and Claire Todd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Rademaker

34 papers receiving 979 citations

Hit Papers

Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chi... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers ( Capsicum spp. L.) in the Americas
    2007 282 citations Linda Perry, Ruth Dickau et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt Rademaker United States 16 441 376 299 192 170 38 1.0k
María Eugenia de Porras Chile 18 313 0.7× 364 1.0× 375 1.3× 59 0.3× 50 0.3× 42 812
Tengwen Long China 17 353 0.8× 208 0.6× 388 1.3× 216 1.1× 116 0.7× 32 850
Ferran Antolín Switzerland 19 568 1.3× 235 0.6× 185 0.6× 114 0.6× 101 0.6× 62 1.0k
Paola Torri Italy 16 398 0.9× 163 0.4× 499 1.7× 23 0.1× 152 0.9× 62 1.0k
Girolamo Fiorentino Italy 15 602 1.4× 162 0.4× 408 1.4× 104 0.5× 181 1.1× 55 1.1k
Marta Mazzanti Italy 16 555 1.3× 166 0.4× 631 2.1× 26 0.1× 239 1.4× 101 1.4k
Leonor Peña‐Chocarro Spain 23 797 1.8× 425 1.1× 281 0.9× 94 0.5× 217 1.3× 125 1.7k
Changzhu Jin China 22 1.1k 2.5× 997 2.7× 393 1.3× 58 0.3× 28 0.2× 85 1.5k
Isabel Figueiral France 22 552 1.3× 343 0.9× 545 1.8× 40 0.2× 514 3.0× 62 1.7k
Klaus Oeggl Austria 19 318 0.7× 166 0.4× 331 1.1× 41 0.2× 60 0.4× 57 770

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Rademaker

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All Works

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Rademaker, Kurt. (2024). Updated Peru archaeological radiocarbon database, 20,000–7000 14C BP. Quaternary International. 703. 32–48. 3 indexed citations
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Rademaker, Kurt, et al.. (2023). Obsidian in the Valley of Volcanoes, Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 51. 104173–104173.
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Zarrillo, Sonia, et al.. (2023). Fire as high-elevation cold adaptation: An evaluation of fuels and Terminal Pleistocene combustion in the Central Andes. Quaternary Science Reviews. 316. 108244–108244. 3 indexed citations
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Bromley, Gordon, et al.. (2023). Lateglacial Shifts in Seasonality Reconcile Conflicting North Atlantic Temperature Signals. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(1). 13 indexed citations
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Mandel, Rolfe D., et al.. (2022). Does the evidence at Arroyo del Vizcaíno (Uruguay) support the claim of human occupation 30,000 years ago?. PaleoAmerica. 8(4). 285–299. 7 indexed citations
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Chatters, James C., Ben A. Potter, Anna Marie Prentiss, et al.. (2021). Evaluating Claims of Early Human Occupation at Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico. PaleoAmerica. 8(1). 1–16. 12 indexed citations
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Bocherens, Hervé, et al.. (2017). Investigating mobility and highland occupation strategies during the Early Holocene at the Cuncaicha rock shelter through strontium and oxygen isotopes. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 19. 811–827. 15 indexed citations
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Moore, Katherine M. & Kurt Rademaker. (2016). Hunter’s Paradise or Hypoxic Wasteland? Recent Research in the Pucuncho Basin, Peru. 1 indexed citations
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Méndez, César, Kurt Rademaker, & Vivien G. Standen. (2015). TECNOLOGÍA LÍTICA TEMPRANA EN SUDAMÉRICA: SUPERANDO LAS TIPOLOGÍAS REGIONALES DE PUNTAS DE PROYECTIL. Chungara. 47(1). 3–5.
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Rademaker, Kurt, Gregory Hodgins, Katherine M. Moore, et al.. (2014). Paleoindian settlement of the high-altitude Peruvian Andes. Science. 346(6208). 466–469. 168 indexed citations
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Rademaker, Kurt, et al.. (2013). Multi-technique geochemical characterization of the Alca obsidian source, Peruvian Andes. Geology. 41(7). 779–782. 28 indexed citations
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Rademaker, Kurt. (2012). Early human settlement of the high-altitude Pucuncho Basin, Peruvian Andes. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University). 3 indexed citations
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Rademaker, Kurt, Gordon Bromley, & Daniel H. Sandweiss. (2012). Peru archaeological radiocarbon database, 13,000–7000 14C B.P.. Quaternary International. 301. 34–45. 32 indexed citations
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Sandweiss, Daniel H. & Kurt Rademaker. (2011). El poblamiento del sur peruano: costa y sierra. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. 275–293. 19 indexed citations
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Bromley, Gordon, Joerg M. Schaefer, Gisela Winckler, et al.. (2009). Relative timing of last glacial maximum and late-glacial events in the central tropical Andes. Quaternary Science Reviews. 28(23-24). 2514–2526. 51 indexed citations
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Perry, Linda, Ruth Dickau, Sonia Zarrillo, et al.. (2007). Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers ( Capsicum spp. L.) in the Americas. Science. 315(5814). 986–988. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perry, Linda, et al.. (2006). Early maize agriculture and interzonal interaction in southern Peru. Nature. 440(7080). 76–79. 97 indexed citations

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