Margit Berner

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 870 citations indexed

About

Margit Berner is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Margit Berner has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 870 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Archeology, 8 papers in Anthropology and 4 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Margit Berner's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (19 papers), Paleopathology and ancient diseases (8 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers). Margit Berner is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (19 papers), Paleopathology and ancient diseases (8 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers). Margit Berner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Czechia and United States. Margit Berner's co-authors include Vladimı́r Sládek, Gabriele A. Macho, Christopher B. Ruff, Markku Niskanen, Brigitte Holt, Eliška Schuplerová, Martin Hora, Evan Garofalo, Heather M. Garvin and Sirpa Niinimäki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Margit Berner

23 papers receiving 832 citations

Hit Papers

Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 50 100 150
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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. Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene
    2012 175 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  2. Gradual decline in mobility with the adoption of food production in Europe
    2015 124 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Margit Berner Austria 12 585 345 246 126 104 26 870
Vladimı́r Sládek Czechia 16 657 1.1× 327 0.9× 226 0.9× 170 1.3× 136 1.3× 43 942
Sébastien Villotte France 17 933 1.6× 436 1.3× 250 1.0× 119 0.9× 153 1.5× 68 1.4k
Robert G. Tague United States 18 517 0.9× 362 1.0× 195 0.8× 251 2.0× 129 1.2× 34 1.1k
Valentina Mariotti Italy 22 1.0k 1.7× 325 0.9× 237 1.0× 93 0.7× 232 2.2× 53 1.5k
Vincenzo Formicola Italy 20 735 1.3× 546 1.6× 378 1.5× 82 0.7× 118 1.1× 33 1.1k
Fotios Alexandros Karakostis Germany 14 364 0.6× 392 1.1× 235 1.0× 130 1.0× 104 1.0× 43 720
Damiano Marchi Italy 20 451 0.8× 445 1.3× 373 1.5× 252 2.0× 45 0.4× 55 1.1k
Laura Shackelford United States 15 361 0.6× 428 1.2× 254 1.0× 71 0.6× 82 0.8× 36 831
Heather M. Garvin United States 19 927 1.6× 334 1.0× 268 1.1× 191 1.5× 313 3.0× 48 1.3k
Daniel Turbón Spain 20 659 1.1× 238 0.7× 295 1.2× 82 0.7× 339 3.3× 61 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Margit Berner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margit Berner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margit Berner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Margit Berner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Margit Berner 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 Margit Berner. Margit Berner 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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Rebay‐Salisbury, Katharina, et al.. (2025). More Error than Minority: Gendered Burial Practices Align with Peptide-based Sex Identification in Early Bronze Age Burials in Central Europe. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 35(3). 456–471. 3 indexed citations
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Schattke, Constanze, et al.. (2023). Re-telling the story of Selk’nam ancestors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 49–69.
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Berner, Margit, et al.. (2021). Technical note: A novel method for gentle and non-destructive removal of flesh from bones. Forensic Science International. 323. 110778–110778. 5 indexed citations
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Berner, Margit, et al.. (2021). Challenging definitions and diagnostic approaches for ancient rare diseases: The case of poliomyelitis. International Journal of Paleopathology. 33. 113–127. 6 indexed citations
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Junno, Juho‐Antti, Markku Niskanen, Heli Maijanen, et al.. (2017). The effect of age and body composition on body mass estimation of males using the stature/bi-iliac method. Journal of Human Evolution. 115. 122–129. 11 indexed citations
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Sládek, Vladimı́r, Christopher B. Ruff, Margit Berner, et al.. (2016). The impact of subsistence changes on humeral bilateral asymmetry in Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene Europe. Journal of Human Evolution. 92. 37–49. 57 indexed citations
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Binder, Michaela, et al.. (2016). Scientific analysis of a calcified object from a post-medieval burial in Vienna, Austria. International Journal of Paleopathology. 14. 24–30. 5 indexed citations
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Junno, Juho‐Antti, Markku Niskanen, Brigitte Holt, et al.. (2015). The effect of age on body mass estimation using the stature/bi-iliac method. 1 indexed citations
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Alt, Kurt W., Marion Benz, Wolfgang Müller, et al.. (2013). Earliest Evidence for Social Endogamy in the 9,000-Year-Old-Population of Basta, Jordan. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65649–e65649. 23 indexed citations
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Berner, Margit, Vladimı́r Sládek, Christopher B. Ruff, et al.. (2012). Variation in sexual dimorphism of postcranial robusticity and body proportions in European Holocene populations. ASEP. 3 indexed citations
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Sládek, Vladimı́r, et al.. (2009). Technical note: The effect of midshaft location on the error ranges of femoral and tibial cross‐sectional parameters. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 141(2). 325–332. 35 indexed citations
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Sládek, Vladimı́r, et al.. (2007). Human manipulative behavior in the Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Humeral bilateral asymmetry. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 133(1). 669–681. 46 indexed citations
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Sládek, Vladimı́r, et al.. (2006). Mobility in Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Femoral cross‐sectional geometry. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 130(3). 320–332. 56 indexed citations
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Ruff, Christopher B., Brigitte M. Holt, Vladimı́r Sládek, et al.. (2006). Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean “Iceman”. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(1). 91–101. 81 indexed citations
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Hoogewerff, Jurian, Wolfgang Papesch, Martin Králík, et al.. (2001). The Last Domicile of the Iceman from Hauslabjoch: A Geochemical Approach Using Sr, C and O Isotopes and Trace Element Signatures. Journal of Archaeological Science. 28(9). 983–989. 47 indexed citations
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Macho, Gabriele A. & Margit Berner. (1994). Enamel thickness and the helicoidal occlusal plane. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 94(3). 327–337. 59 indexed citations
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Macho, Gabriele A. & Margit Berner. (1993). Enamel thickness of human maxillary molars reconsidered. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 92(2). 189–200. 96 indexed citations
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Berner, Margit. (1992). The Early Bronze Age graveyard in Franzhausen I, Lower Austria - 2. Demographic analysis. Anthropologischer Anzeiger. 50(1-2). 13–26. 4 indexed citations

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