Nicholas Toth

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

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Nicholas Toth is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Toth has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Anthropology, 19 papers in Paleontology and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Toth's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (14 papers). Nicholas Toth is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (14 papers). Nicholas Toth collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Nicholas Toth's co-authors include Kathy Schick, Lawrence H. Keeley, Dietrich Stout, Thierry Chaminade, E. Sue Savage‐Rumbaugh, Rose A. Sevcik, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Tim D. White, Jackson K. Njau and Harald Stollhofen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Toth

55 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Paleoindian Cave Dwellers in the Amazon: The Peopling of the Americas

1996 335 citations Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick et al. profile →
The oldowan reassessed: A close look at early stone artifacts

1985 325 citations Nicholas Toth Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Toth United States	29	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	652	433	56	3.2k
Kathy Schick United States	23	1.3k 0.8×	869 0.7×	900 0.8×	472 0.7×	243 0.6×	47	2.4k
Dietrich Stout United States	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	997 0.8×	461 0.7×	835 1.9×	54	3.6k
Ignacio de la Torre United Kingdom	36	2.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.7×	113 0.3×	127	3.5k
Phillip V. Tobias South Africa	38	2.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.8×	1.4k 2.1×	223 0.5×	157	4.5k
Sileshi Semaw United States	17	1.6k 0.9×	987 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	590 0.9×	102 0.2×	34	2.3k
Leslie C. Aiello United Kingdom	28	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	862 1.3×	248 0.6×	65	4.7k
J. A. J. Gowlett United Kingdom	32	1.9k 1.1×	588 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	780 1.2×	129 0.3×	73	3.0k
Stephen J. Lycett United Kingdom	42	2.7k 1.5×	852 0.7×	2.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	145 0.3×	95	3.9k
Berhane Asfaw United States	32	3.6k 2.1×	2.2k 1.7×	2.8k 2.4×	1.3k 2.0×	149 0.3×	54	5.2k
Thomas Wynn United States	31	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	657 0.6×	368 0.6×	564 1.3×	77	3.0k

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McHenry, Lindsay J., Ian G. Stanistreet, Harald Stollhofen, et al.. (2024). Wide & deep learning for predicting relative mineral compositions of sediment cores solely based on XRF scans, a case study from Pleistocene Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100088–100088. 1 indexed citations

Smedley, Rachel, Ian G. Stanistreet, Harald Stollhofen, et al.. (2023). Age-depth model for uppermost Ndutu Beds constrains Middle Stone Age technology and climate-induced paleoenvironmental changes at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Journal of Human Evolution. 186. 103465–103465. 2 indexed citations

McHenry, Lindsay J., Ian G. Stanistreet, Harald Stollhofen, et al.. (2020). Lake conditions and detrital sources of Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania, reconstructed using X-ray Diffraction analysis of cores. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 556. 109855–109855. 19 indexed citations

Karty, Jonathan A., Angela M. Hansen, Katherine H. Freeman, et al.. (2020). Biogeochemical evidence from OGCP Core 2A sediments for environmental changes preceding deposition of Tuff IB and climatic transitions in Upper Bed I of the Olduvai Basin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 555. 109824–109824. 7 indexed citations

Stollhofen, Harald, Ian G. Stanistreet, Nicholas Toth, et al.. (2020). Olduvai's oldest Oldowan. Journal of Human Evolution. 150. 102910–102910. 15 indexed citations

Stanistreet, Ian G., Thomas A. Hughes, Harald Stollhofen, et al.. (2020). Changing depocentre environments of Palaeolake Olduvai and carbonates as marker horizons for hiatuses and lake-level extremes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 560. 110032–110032. 14 indexed citations

Karty, Jonathan A., Angela M. Hansen, Katherine H. Freeman, et al.. (2019). Biogeochemical evidence for environmental changes of Pleistocene Lake Olduvai during the transitional sequence of OGCP core 2A that encompasses Tuff IB (~1.848 Ma). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 532. 109267–109267. 10 indexed citations

Toth, Nicholas & Kathy Schick. (2019). Why did the Acheulean happen? Experimental studies into the manufacture and function of Acheulean artifacts. L Anthropologie. 123(4-5). 724–768. 31 indexed citations

Schick, Kathy & Nicholas Toth. (2017). Acheulean Industries of the Early and Middle Pleistocene, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. L Anthropologie. 121(5). 451–491. 23 indexed citations

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Whiten, Andrew, Kathy Schick, & Nicholas Toth. (2009). The evolution and cultural transmission of percussive technology: integrating evidence from palaeoanthropology and primatology. Journal of Human Evolution. 57(4). 420–435. 71 indexed citations

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Pickering, Travis Rayne, Tim D. White, & Nicholas Toth. (2000). Brief communication: Cutmarks on a Plio-Pleistocene hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 111(4). 579–584. 44 indexed citations

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Marzke, Mary W., Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick, et al.. (1998). EMG study of hand muscle recruitment during hard hammer percussion manufacture of Oldowan tools. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 105(3). 315–332. 104 indexed citations

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Sahnouni, Mohamed, Kathy Schick, & Nicholas Toth. (1997). An Experimental Investigation into the Nature of Faceted Limestone “Spheroids” in the Early Palaeolithic. Journal of Archaeological Science. 24(8). 701–713. 67 indexed citations

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Toth, Nicholas, Kathy Schick, E. Sue Savage‐Rumbaugh, Rose A. Sevcik, & Duane M. Rumbaugh. (1993). Pan the Tool-Maker: Investigations into the Stone Tool-Making and Tool-Using Capabilities of a Bonobo (Pan paniscus). Journal of Archaeological Science. 20(1). 81–91. 225 indexed citations

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Toth, Nicholas, et al.. (1992). Die letzten Steinaxtmacher. 92–98. 1 indexed citations

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White, Tim D., Nicholas Toth, Philip G. Chase, et al.. (1991). The Question of Ritual Cannibalism at Grotta Guattari [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 32(2). 118–138. 36 indexed citations

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White, Tim D. & Nicholas Toth. (1989). Engis: Preparation damage, not ancient cutmarks. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78(3). 361–367. 41 indexed citations

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Toth, Nicholas. (1987). The First Technology. Scientific American. 256(4). 112–121. 45 indexed citations

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Toth, Nicholas. (1985). Archaeological evidence for preferential right-handedness in the lower and middle pleistocene, and its possible implications. Journal of Human Evolution. 14(6). 607–614. 258 indexed citations

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Toth, Nicholas. (1982). The stone technologies of early hominids at Koobi Fora, Kenya : an experimental approach. UMI Dissertation Information Service eBooks. 100 indexed citations

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