Morgan Schmidt

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Morgan Schmidt is a scholar working on History, General Health Professions and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Morgan Schmidt has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in History, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Morgan Schmidt's work include Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (10 papers), Indigenous Health and Education (7 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers). Morgan Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (10 papers), Indigenous Health and Education (7 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers). Morgan Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Angola. Morgan Schmidt's co-authors include Michael Heckenberger, Judith Russell, Bruna Franchetto, Afukaka Kuikuro, Carlos Fausto, Edithe Pereira, Helena Pinto Lima, Eduardo Góes Neves, Claide de Paula Moraes and Samuel L. Goldberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

Morgan Schmidt

10 papers receiving 844 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.

Amazonia 1492: Pristine Forest or Cultural Parkland?

2003 323 citations Michael Heckenberger, Afukaka Kuikuro et al. Science profile →
Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation

2024 38 citations Carolina Levis, Bernardo M. Flores et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Morgan Schmidt United States	8	522	329	239	155	134	11	911
Denise Pahl Schaan Brazil	16	643 1.2×	183 0.6×	260 1.1×	164 1.1×	166 1.2×	45	903
Umberto Lombardo Switzerland	21	562 1.1×	158 0.5×	162 0.7×	294 1.9×	247 1.8×	39	1.0k
Afukaka Kuikuro United States	3	345 0.7×	207 0.6×	149 0.6×	108 0.7×	71 0.5×	5	572
Jonas Gregório de Souza Brazil	17	521 1.0×	159 0.5×	119 0.5×	268 1.7×	210 1.6×	42	1.0k
Jennifer Watling Brazil	14	544 1.0×	156 0.5×	174 0.7×	205 1.3×	328 2.4×	27	878
S. Yoshi Maezumi United Kingdom	18	380 0.7×	559 1.7×	91 0.4×	257 1.7×	216 1.6×	37	1.4k
Stéphen Rostain France	12	302 0.6×	139 0.4×	90 0.4×	173 1.1×	126 0.9×	42	598
André Braga Junqueira Brazil	19	431 0.8×	474 1.4×	175 0.7×	65 0.4×	268 2.0×	40	1.2k
Mark Robinson United Kingdom	18	441 0.8×	157 0.5×	104 0.4×	379 2.4×	155 1.2×	39	1.3k
Anna Roosevelt United States	15	704 1.3×	209 0.6×	315 1.3×	455 2.9×	166 1.2×	41	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Morgan Schmidt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Morgan Schmidt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morgan Schmidt

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Levis, Carolina, Bernardo M. Flores, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, et al.. (2024). Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(5). 866–879. 38 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Goldberg, Samuel L., Morgan Schmidt, Michael Heckenberger, et al.. (2024). Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory. Nature Sustainability. 7(10). 1304–1312.

3.

Watling, Jennifer, et al.. (2023). Assessing charcoal and phytolith signals for pre-Columbian land-use based on modern indigenous activity areas in the Upper Xingu, Amazonia. The Holocene. 33(10). 1176–1185. 2 indexed citations

4.

Goldberg, Samuel L., Morgan Schmidt, & J. Taylor Perron. (2021). Fast Response of Amazon Rivers to Quaternary Climate Cycles. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(11). 15 indexed citations

5.

Schmidt, Morgan, et al.. (2019). O Holoceno inferior e a antropogênese amazônica na longa história indígena da Amazônia oriental (Carajás, Pará, Brasil). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas. 14(2). 291–326. 10 indexed citations

6.

Lima, Helena Pinto, et al.. (2016). Results from Pilot Archaeological Fieldwork at the Carrazedo Site, Lower Xingu River, Amazonia. Latin American Antiquity. 27(3). 318–339. 7 indexed citations

7.

Schmidt, Morgan, et al.. (2013). Dark earths and the human built landscape in Amazonia: a widespread pattern of anthrosol formation. Journal of Archaeological Science. 42. 152–165. 92 indexed citations

8.

Schmidt, Morgan. (2013). Amazonian Dark Earths: pathways to sustainable development in tropical rainforests?. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas. 8(1). 11–38. 29 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, Judith Russell, Carlos Fausto, et al.. (2008). Pre-Columbian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes, and the Future of the Amazon. Science. 321(5893). 1214–1217. 209 indexed citations

10.

Heckenberger, Michael, et al.. (2007). The legacy of cultural landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon: implications for biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 362(1478). 197–208. 186 indexed citations

11.

Heckenberger, Michael, Afukaka Kuikuro, Judith Russell, et al.. (2003). Amazonia 1492: Pristine Forest or Cultural Parkland?. Science. 301(5640). 1710–1714. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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