Michael Westaway

3.0k total citations
39 papers, 429 citations indexed

About

Michael Westaway is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Westaway has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 429 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Michael Westaway's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (13 papers). Michael Westaway is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (13 papers). Michael Westaway collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Michael Westaway's co-authors include Phillip C. Edwards, John Meadows, Rainer Grün, Calógero M. Santoro, Gilbert J. Price, Fiona Bertuch, J. Tyler Faith, Eline D. Lorenzen, Geraldine Jacobsen and Julien Louys and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Westaway

35 papers receiving 406 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Westaway Australia 11 247 158 119 100 98 39 429
Francisco Javier Aceituno Bocanegra Colombia 16 268 1.1× 187 1.2× 151 1.3× 131 1.3× 96 1.0× 41 572
Steven T. Goldstein Germany 14 292 1.2× 346 2.2× 111 0.9× 94 0.9× 60 0.6× 32 575
Lisa Yeomans Denmark 12 271 1.1× 179 1.1× 222 1.9× 91 0.9× 48 0.5× 35 448
Anneke Janzen United States 14 268 1.1× 274 1.7× 132 1.1× 92 0.9× 48 0.5× 27 446
W. Prummel Hungary 13 343 1.4× 223 1.4× 266 2.2× 200 2.0× 63 0.6× 62 738
David Beresford‐Jones United Kingdom 16 388 1.6× 241 1.5× 123 1.0× 128 1.3× 185 1.9× 40 652
José R. Oliver United Kingdom 6 241 1.0× 193 1.2× 62 0.5× 64 0.6× 75 0.8× 10 369
Sheila Hamilton‐Dyer United Kingdom 13 309 1.3× 117 0.7× 191 1.6× 223 2.2× 94 1.0× 35 548
Daniel Loponte Argentina 16 354 1.4× 343 2.2× 168 1.4× 217 2.2× 44 0.4× 94 664
Chad Yost United States 12 287 1.2× 234 1.5× 103 0.9× 81 0.8× 57 0.6× 32 473

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Westaway

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Westaway

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Westaway

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All Works

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Lowe, Kelsey M., et al.. (2023). Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western Queensland. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15(3). 2 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael, Nathan Wright, Alison Crowther, et al.. (2023). Transdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Past Australian Aboriginal Foodways. 2(1). 47–74.
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Chanson, Hubert, et al.. (2022). Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 58(1). 91–114. 8 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael, et al.. (2021). What Can Australia Do To Prevent Human Rights Abuses in West Papua?. Japan focus. 19(7). 1 indexed citations
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Wasef, Sally, et al.. (2020). Insights Into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices: Perspectives From Ancient DNA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 5 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael. (2019). The first hominin fleet. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(7). 999–1000. 9 indexed citations
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Price, Gilbert J., Julien Louys, J. Tyler Faith, Eline D. Lorenzen, & Michael Westaway. (2018). Big data little help in megafauna mysteries. Nature. 558(7708). 23–25. 36 indexed citations
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Martin, Richard J., et al.. (2018). Truth-Telling in the Wake of European Contact: Historical Investigation of Aboriginal Skeletal Remains from Normanton. Archaeologies. 14(3). 412–442. 6 indexed citations
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McAllister, Peter, et al.. (2015). The blood and the bone: The collection of human remains and frontier violence in colonial-era Queensland. 17. 115. 3 indexed citations
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Cupper, Matthew L., Alan Greig, Michael Westaway, et al.. (2015). Skeletal arsenic of the pre-Columbian population of Caleta Vitor, northern Chile. Journal of Archaeological Science. 58. 31–45. 29 indexed citations
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Carlson, Kristian J., et al.. (2013). Joint Loads in Marsupial Ankles Reflect Habitual Bipedalism versus Quadrupedalism. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58811–e58811. 10 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael, et al.. (2013). The Willandra Fossil Trackway: Assessment of ground penetrating radar survey results and additional OSL dating at a unique Australian site. Australian Archaeology. 76(1). 84–89. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Amy, F. Donald Pate, Calógero M. Santoro, et al.. (2012). Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Azapa 71 and Pica-8, Northern Chile: An Assessment of Human Diet and Landscape use in the Late Holocene. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 35. 52–80. 18 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael & Colin P. Groves. (2009). The mark of Ancient Java is on none of them. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 44(2). 84–95. 8 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael, et al.. (2009). A new test of the sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 44(2). 77–83. 5 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael. (2006). The Pleistocene Human Remains Collection from the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, Australia, and Its Role in Understanding Modern Human Origins(Part One Collection Building). 34. 127–138. 2 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael & Peter Hiscock. (2005). The Extinction of Rigour: A Comment on 'The Extinction of the Australian Pygmies' by Keith Windschuttle and Tim Gillin. Aboriginal History Journal. 29. 142. 3 indexed citations
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Westaway, Michael. (2003). National Archaeology Week. Australian Archaeology. 52–53. 2 indexed citations

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