Luke Auld-Thomas

414 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 255 citations indexed

About

Luke Auld-Thomas is a scholar working on Space and Planetary Science, Conservation and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke Auld-Thomas has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 255 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Space and Planetary Science, 2 papers in Conservation and 1 paper in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Luke Auld-Thomas's work include Archaeological Research and Protection (3 papers), Conservation Techniques and Studies (2 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (1 paper). Luke Auld-Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Archaeological Research and Protection (3 papers), Conservation Techniques and Studies (2 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (1 paper). Luke Auld-Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Guatemala and Slovakia. Luke Auld-Thomas's co-authors include Marcello A. Canuto, Francisco Estrada-Belli, Stephen Houston, Thomas G. Garrison, Tibor Lieskovský, Alexandre Tokovinine, Juan Carlos Fernández-Diaz, Milan Kováč, Damien B. Marken and Philippe Nondédéo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Luke Auld-Thomas

4 papers receiving 251 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala

2018 231 citations Marcello A. Canuto, Francisco Estrada-Belli et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luke Auld-Thomas United States	3	147	117	89	59	44	4	255
Damien B. Marken United States	3	139 0.9×	109 0.9×	81 0.9×	57 1.0×	44 1.0×	4	238
Timothy Murtha United States	11	135 0.9×	135 1.2×	79 0.9×	61 1.0×	56 1.3×	36	300
Whittaker Schroder United States	9	150 1.0×	72 0.6×	126 1.4×	73 1.2×	53 1.2×	19	240
Kathryn Reese‐Taylor Canada	7	102 0.7×	117 1.0×	42 0.5×	33 0.6×	31 0.7×	18	212
Adrian S. Z. Chase United States	9	94 0.6×	95 0.8×	43 0.5×	33 0.6×	34 0.8×	21	189
Parker VanValkenburgh United States	11	84 0.6×	106 0.9×	51 0.6×	28 0.5×	40 0.9×	32	258
Philippe Nondédéo France	10	169 1.1×	255 2.2×	88 1.0×	57 1.0×	60 1.4×	28	433
Alexandre Tokovinine United States	9	162 1.1×	233 2.0×	103 1.2×	61 1.0×	67 1.5×	23	426
Flory Pinzón United States	10	144 1.0×	266 2.3×	70 0.8×	42 0.7×	57 1.3×	15	386
Ivan Šprajc Slovenia	11	97 0.7×	213 1.8×	36 0.4×	20 0.3×	30 0.7×	45	318

Countries citing papers authored by Luke Auld-Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luke Auld-Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luke Auld-Thomas

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

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Auld-Thomas, Luke, et al.. (2024). Running out of empty space: environmental lidar and the crowded ancient landscape of Campeche, Mexico. Antiquity. 98(401). 1340–1358. 2 indexed citations

2.

Canuto, Marcello A., et al.. (2023). Gini coefficient at La Corona: The impacts of variation in analytical unit and aggregation scale. Ancient Mesoamerica. 34(3). 5 indexed citations

3.

Canuto, Marcello A. & Luke Auld-Thomas. (2021). Taking the high ground: A model for lowland Maya settlement patterns. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 64. 101349–101349. 17 indexed citations

4.

Canuto, Marcello A., Francisco Estrada-Belli, Thomas G. Garrison, et al.. (2018). Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala. Science. 361(6409). 231 indexed citations breakdown →

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