Mark Collard

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Mark Collard is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Collard has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Paleontology, 67 papers in Anthropology and 26 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mark Collard's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (65 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (46 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers). Mark Collard is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (65 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (46 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers). Mark Collard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Mark Collard's co-authors include Bernard Wood, Briggs Buchanan, Michael J. O’Brien, Jamshid J. Tehrani, Stephen Shennan, Paul O’Higgins, Kevan Edinborough, Stephen J. Lycett, Krist Vaesen and Edward Slingerland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Collard

130 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Human Genus 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400
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. The Human Genus
    1999 447 citations Bernard Wood, Mark Collard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Collard Canada 43 2.4k 2.4k 1.0k 873 830 137 4.9k
Stephen J. Lycett United Kingdom 42 2.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 852 0.8× 585 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 95 3.9k
Michael J. O’Brien United States 41 2.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 432 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 814 1.0× 208 5.1k
Robert Foley United Kingdom 33 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 631 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 116 6.6k
Leslie C. Aiello United Kingdom 28 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 1.7× 281 0.3× 862 1.0× 65 4.7k
Berhane Asfaw United States 32 3.6k 1.5× 2.8k 1.2× 2.2k 2.1× 222 0.3× 1.3k 1.5× 54 5.2k
Ian Tattersall United States 35 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 2.2k 2.1× 410 0.5× 795 1.0× 186 5.2k
Briggs Buchanan United States 31 2.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 179 0.2× 469 0.5× 875 1.1× 164 3.2k
David R. Braun United States 37 3.4k 1.4× 2.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 207 0.2× 1.3k 1.5× 118 4.5k
Phillip V. Tobias South Africa 38 2.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 297 0.3× 1.4k 1.6× 157 4.5k
Gen Suwa Japan 40 4.3k 1.8× 3.5k 1.5× 2.7k 2.6× 233 0.3× 1.6k 2.0× 108 6.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Collard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Collard

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All Works

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Carleton, W. Christopher, et al.. (2022). Does the Locally-Adaptive Model of Archaeological Potential (LAMAP) work for hunter-gatherer sites? A test using data from the Tanana Valley, Alaska. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0265597–e0265597. 2 indexed citations
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McKerracher, Luseadra, Pablo A. Nepomnaschy, Rachel MacKay Altman, Daniel Sellen, & Mark Collard. (2020). Breastfeeding Duration and the Social Learning of Infant Feeding Knowledge in Two Maya Communities. Human Nature. 31(1). 43–67. 4 indexed citations
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Dobney, Keith, et al.. (2019). 3D shape analyses of extant primate and fossil hominin vertebrae support the ancestral shape hypothesis for intervertebral disc herniation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 226–226. 7 indexed citations
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Carleton, W. Christopher, David A. Campbell, & Mark Collard. (2018). Radiocarbon dating uncertainty and the reliability of the PEWMA method of time-series analysis for research on long-term human-environment interaction. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191055–e0191055. 6 indexed citations
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Elliott, Marina, Helen K. Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, & Mark Collard. (2015). Estimating body mass from post-cranial remains : An evaluation using a large known-mass sample of modern humans. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2 indexed citations
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Munson, Jessica, Viviana Amati, Mark Collard, & Martha J. Macri. (2014). Classic Maya Bloodletting and the Cultural Evolution of Religious Rituals: Quantifying Patterns of Variation in Hieroglyphic Texts. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107982–e107982. 24 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark & Edward Slingerland. (2012). Creating consilience : integrating the sciences and the humanities. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 63 indexed citations
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Elliott, Marina & Mark Collard. (2012). Going head to head: FORDISC vs CRANID in the determination of ancestry from craniometric data. 2 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark, et al.. (2012). A reassessment of the applicability of Bergmann’s Rule to humans.
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Collard, Mark, et al.. (2011). Estimating Surface Area in Early Hominins. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16107–e16107. 2 indexed citations
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Cross, Alan R., Mark Collard, & Andrew J. Nelson. (2008). Body Segment Differences in Surface Area, Skin Temperature and 3D Displacement and the Estimation of Heat Balance during Locomotion in Hominins. PLoS ONE. 3(6). e2464–e2464. 26 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark, et al.. (2006). Mapping our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory. UCL Discovery (University College London). 43 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark & Stephen J. Lycett. (2005). Comment: Plio‐Pleistocene Hominid limb proportions: evolutionary reversals or estimation errors?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark, et al.. (2005). Causes of toolkit variation among hunter-gatherers: a test of four competing hypotheses. UCL Discovery (University College London). 29(1). 1–19. 89 indexed citations
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Lycett, Stephen J. & Mark Collard. (2005). Do homoiologies impede phylogenetic analyses of the fossil hominids? An assessment based on extant papionin craniodental morphology. Journal of Human Evolution. 49(5). 618–642. 34 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark, et al.. (2002). A Roman burial from Cramond (Edinburgh) rediscovered. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 130. 525–535. 1 indexed citations
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Howell, F. Clark, David S. Strait, Ian Tattersall, et al.. (2002). Systematics of Humankind. Palma 2000: an international working group on systematics in human paleontology. Zona arqueológica. 399–400. 1 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark & Bernard Wood. (2001). Homoplasy and the early hominid masticatory system: inferences from analyses of extant hominoids and papionins. Journal of Human Evolution. 41(3). 167–194. 58 indexed citations
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Collard, Mark, et al.. (1997). Archaeological evidence for 18th-century medical practice in the Old Town of Edinburgh: excavations at 13 Infirmary Street and Surgeons' Square. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 126. 929–941. 9 indexed citations

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