Olga Soffer

1.7k total citations
23 papers, 823 citations indexed

About

Olga Soffer is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olga Soffer has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 823 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Paleontology and 8 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Olga Soffer's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (3 papers). Olga Soffer is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (3 papers). Olga Soffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Germany. Olga Soffer's co-authors include J. M. Adovasio, Bohuslav Klíma, David C. Hyland, Jiřı́ Svoboda, Pamela B. Vandiver, Michael Shott, Clive Gamble, Martin Street, Andrei Velichko and Jiřı́ Svoboda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Scientific American and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Olga Soffer

22 papers receiving 732 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olga Soffer United States 15 584 553 299 100 89 23 823
Matthew Boulanger United States 14 482 0.8× 508 0.9× 197 0.7× 75 0.8× 102 1.1× 52 678
David S. Brose United States 13 566 1.0× 535 1.0× 307 1.0× 109 1.1× 54 0.6× 49 904
Peter Bleed United States 15 831 1.4× 789 1.4× 334 1.1× 175 1.8× 89 1.0× 38 1.1k
Ruth Tringham United States 14 583 1.0× 685 1.2× 497 1.7× 124 1.2× 43 0.5× 37 1.1k
Jeffrey R. Ferguson United States 13 395 0.7× 423 0.8× 188 0.6× 110 1.1× 61 0.7× 50 696
Richard G. Milo United States 10 689 1.2× 521 0.9× 355 1.2× 224 2.2× 80 0.9× 10 875
Geeske H. J. Langejans South Africa 13 478 0.8× 464 0.8× 248 0.8× 141 1.4× 71 0.8× 28 648
Hugues Plisson France 16 756 1.3× 625 1.1× 493 1.6× 94 0.9× 107 1.2× 55 952
K. Paddayya India 9 431 0.7× 355 0.6× 186 0.6× 107 1.1× 54 0.6× 30 537
Jonathan Haas United States 17 403 0.7× 596 1.1× 295 1.0× 93 0.9× 78 0.9× 41 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olga Soffer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Olga Soffer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Olga Soffer 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 Olga Soffer. Olga Soffer 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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Soffer, Olga & Clive Gamble. (2026). The World at 18 000 BP.
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Soffer, Olga, et al.. (2016). The Invisible Sex. 3 indexed citations
3.
Soffer, Olga & J. M. Adovasio. (2014). “Their Fingers Were too Fat to Weave”: Ancient Textiles and Academic Politics Today. North American Archaeologist. 35(4). 419–437. 2 indexed citations
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Adovasio, J. M., et al.. (2014). Perishable Fiber Artifacts and Paleoindians: New Implications. North American Archaeologist. 35(4). 331–352. 17 indexed citations
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Adovasio, J. M., et al.. (2007). The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 37 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga. (2003). Benefit of foresight. 2003(2). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Adovasio, J. M., et al.. (2001). Perishable industries from Dolní Věstonice I: New insights intothe nature and origin of the Gravettian.. Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 12 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga, J. M. Adovasio, & David C. Hyland. (2000). The “Venus” Figurines. Current Anthropology. 41(4). 511–537. 113 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga, J. M. Adovasio, David C. Hyland, Bohuslav Klíma, & Jiřı́ Svoboda. (1998). Perishable technologies and the genesis of the EasternGravettian.. 36. 43–68. 22 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga, et al.. (1997). Cultural stratigraphy at Mezhirich, an Upper Palaeolithic site in Ukraine with multiple occupations. Antiquity. 71(271). 48–62. 32 indexed citations
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Adovasio, J. M., Olga Soffer, & Bohuslav Klíma. (1996). Upper Palaeolithic fibre technology: interlaced woven finds from Pavlov I, Czech Republic, c. 26,000 years ago. Antiquity. 70(269). 526–534. 87 indexed citations
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Shott, Michael, et al.. (1995). From Kostenki to Clovis: Upper Paleolithic--Paleo-Indian Adaptations. Journal of Field Archaeology. 22(2). 248–248. 59 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga, et al.. (1993). The pyrotechnology of performance art: Moravian venuses andwolverines.. 259–275. 6 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga, et al.. (1993). From Kostenki to Clovis. 39 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga & Clive Gamble. (1990). The world at 18000 BP: volume 1, high latitudes. 14 indexed citations
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Gamble, Clive & Olga Soffer. (1990). The world at 18000 BP: volume 2, low latitudes. 20 indexed citations
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Vandiver, Pamela B., Olga Soffer, Bohuslav Klíma, & Jiřı́ Svoboda. (1990). Venuses and wolverines: The origins of ceramic technology, ca26,000 B.P.. 13–81. 10 indexed citations
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Vandiver, Pamela B., Olga Soffer, Bohuslav Klíma, & Jiřı́ Svoboda. (1989). The Origins of Ceramic Technology at Dolni Věstonice, Czechoslovakia. Science. 246(4933). 1002–1008. 142 indexed citations
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Soffer, Olga. (1989). Storage, sedentism and the Eurasian Palaeolithic record. Antiquity. 63(241). 719–732. 75 indexed citations
20.
Soffer, Olga. (1987). The Pleistocene Old World. 48 indexed citations

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