Patrick Semal

5.5k total citations
56 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Patrick Semal is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Semal has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Archeology, 26 papers in Anthropology and 16 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Semal's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (26 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (23 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers). Patrick Semal is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (26 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (23 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers). Patrick Semal collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United States. Patrick Semal's co-authors include Isabelle Crevecœur, Hélène Rougier, Hervé Bocherens, Jonathan Brecko, Christoph Wißing, Mietje Germonpré, Yuichi I. Naito, Bruno Maureille, Thomas Higham and J. van der Plicht and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Semal

50 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Semal Belgium 18 622 498 466 171 130 56 1.1k
Fabrice Demeter France 19 622 1.0× 454 0.9× 416 0.9× 165 1.0× 104 0.8× 52 974
Frédéric Santos France 17 413 0.7× 334 0.7× 731 1.6× 61 0.4× 214 1.6× 58 1.1k
Adeline Le Cabec Germany 17 757 1.2× 536 1.1× 633 1.4× 149 0.9× 133 1.0× 44 1.4k
Mark Hübbe United States 24 643 1.0× 650 1.3× 721 1.5× 230 1.3× 306 2.4× 91 1.5k
Antonio Profico Italy 19 386 0.6× 419 0.8× 285 0.6× 127 0.7× 114 0.9× 85 921
Francesco Mallegni Italy 20 943 1.5× 800 1.6× 911 2.0× 105 0.6× 299 2.3× 78 1.5k
Laura Shackelford United States 15 428 0.7× 254 0.5× 361 0.8× 112 0.7× 82 0.6× 36 831
Michaël Coquerelle Spain 13 464 0.7× 321 0.6× 430 0.9× 95 0.6× 146 1.1× 23 886
Darren Curnoe Australia 20 888 1.4× 730 1.5× 516 1.1× 285 1.7× 186 1.4× 74 1.6k
Yousuke Kaifu Japan 22 993 1.6× 642 1.3× 854 1.8× 66 0.4× 82 0.6× 60 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Semal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Semal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crevecœur, Isabelle, Patrick Semal, Mateja Hajdinjak, et al.. (2025). Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 40741–40741.
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French, Lisa, et al.. (2024). Systematic Design of a Natural Sciences Collections Digitisation Dashboard. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 1 indexed citations
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Abrams, Grégory, Thibaut Devièse, Stéphane Pirson, et al.. (2023). Investigating the co-occurrence of Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium through direct radiocarbon dating of bone implements. Journal of Human Evolution. 186. 103471–103471. 8 indexed citations
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Petr, Martin, Mateja Hajdinjak, Qiaomei Fu, et al.. (2020). The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes. Science. 369(6511). 1653–1656. 68 indexed citations
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Wißing, Christoph, Hélène Rougier, Chris Baumann, et al.. (2019). Stable isotopes reveal patterns of diet and mobility in the last Neandertals and first modern humans in Europe. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4433–4433. 57 indexed citations
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Williams, Frank, et al.. (2019). Dietary reconstruction of Spy I using dental microwear texture analysis. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18(8). 1083–1094. 5 indexed citations
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Semal, Patrick, et al.. (2019). Improving 3D photogrammetry models through spectral imaging: Tooth enamel as a case study. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0220949–e0220949. 13 indexed citations
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Valk, Tom van der, Edson Sandoval‐Castellanos, Damien Caillaud, et al.. (2018). Significant loss of mitochondrial diversity within the last century due to extinction of peripheral populations in eastern gorillas. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6551–6551. 26 indexed citations
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Chapman, Tara, Benoît Beyer, Victor Sholukha, et al.. (2017). How different are the Kebara 2 ribs to modern humans?. PubMed. 95. 183–201. 10 indexed citations
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Brecko, Jonathan, et al.. (2016). Low cost 3D imaging: a first look for field archaeology..
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Crevecœur, Isabelle, Alison S. Brooks, Isabelle Ribot, Els Cornelissen, & Patrick Semal. (2016). Late Stone Age human remains from Ishango (Democratic Republic of Congo): new insights on Late Pleistocene modern human diversity in Africa. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Naito, Yuichi I., Yoshito Chikaraishi, Dorothée G. Drucker, et al.. (2016). Ecological niche of Neanderthals from Spy Cave revealed by nitrogen isotopes of individual amino acids in collagen. Journal of Human Evolution. 93. 82–90. 75 indexed citations
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Chapman, Tara, Victor Sholukha, Patrick Semal, et al.. (2015). Femoral curvature variability in modern humans using three-dimensional quadric surface fitting. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 37(10). 1169–1177. 13 indexed citations
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Crevecœur, Isabelle, Matthew M. Skinner, Shara E. Bailey, et al.. (2014). First Early Hominin from Central Africa (Ishango, Democratic Republic of Congo). PLoS ONE. 9(1). e84652–e84652. 20 indexed citations
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Pirson, Stéphane, et al.. (2013). The stratigraphy of Spy cave. A review of the available lithostratigraphic and archaeostratigraphic information. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 5 indexed citations
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Chapman, Tara, Philippe Lefèvre, Patrick Semal, et al.. (2013). Sex determination using the Probabilistic Sex Diagnosis (DSP: Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste) tool in a virtual environment. Forensic Science International. 234. 189.e1–189.e8. 44 indexed citations
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Rougier, Hélène, Isabelle Crevecœur, Cédric Beauval, et al.. (2012). New data from an old site : Neandertals at Goyet (Belgium) and their mortuary behavior. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 147. 252–253. 9 indexed citations
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Semal, Patrick, Hélène Rougier, Isabelle Crevecœur, et al.. (2008). New data on the late Neandertals: Direct dating of the Belgian Spy fossils. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 138(4). 421–428. 108 indexed citations
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Semal, Patrick, et al.. (2001). Sur la biométrie des mandibules et des dents humaines d’Ishango (LSA, République démocratique du Congo). Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris. 13(1-2). 3 indexed citations
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Polet, Caroline, et al.. (2000). La stature des Néolithiques mosans.. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 70. 207–222. 5 indexed citations

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