Paul Fernandes

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Paul Fernandes is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Fernandes has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Anthropology, 20 papers in Archeology and 18 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Paul Fernandes's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers) and Archaeological and Geological Studies (13 papers). Paul Fernandes is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers) and Archaeological and Geological Studies (13 papers). Paul Fernandes collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Paul Fernandes's co-authors include Jean‐Paul Raynal, Marie‐Hélène Moncel, M. Gema Chacón, Camille Daujeard, Rosalia Gallotti, Rainer Grün, Mathieu Rué, Denis Geraads, Jean‐Jacques Hublin and Bruce Hardy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Paul Fernandes

56 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age
    2017 274 citations Daniel Richter, Rainer Grün et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Fernandes France 18 893 737 513 176 75 61 1.2k
Ludovic Slimak France 17 678 0.8× 610 0.8× 466 0.9× 156 0.9× 48 0.6× 59 915
Mark J. Sier Spain 15 689 0.8× 526 0.7× 349 0.7× 316 1.8× 72 1.0× 30 953
Sacha Jones United Kingdom 15 649 0.7× 505 0.7× 435 0.8× 300 1.7× 48 0.6× 22 948
Alain Queffelec France 17 648 0.7× 524 0.7× 423 0.8× 220 1.3× 56 0.7× 59 1.1k
Parth R. Chauhan India 12 555 0.6× 492 0.7× 275 0.5× 125 0.7× 88 1.2× 28 686
Henry de Lumley France 22 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.5× 808 1.6× 283 1.6× 114 1.5× 77 1.6k
Ron Shimelmitz Israel 17 697 0.8× 662 0.9× 433 0.8× 89 0.5× 80 1.1× 44 866
S. N. Collcutt United Kingdom 16 759 0.8× 602 0.8× 501 1.0× 270 1.5× 55 0.7× 19 1.1k
Abdeljalil Bouzouggar Morocco 19 1.0k 1.1× 825 1.1× 761 1.5× 253 1.4× 91 1.2× 43 1.5k
André Debénath France 20 915 1.0× 706 1.0× 620 1.2× 219 1.2× 73 1.0× 52 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Fernandes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Fernandes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Fernandes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Fernandes 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 Paul Fernandes. Paul Fernandes 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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Moncel, Marie‐Hélène, Juan Marín, Paul Fernandes, et al.. (2025). Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France). Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 8(1).
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Fernandes, Paul, et al.. (2024). Vade-mecum pour la caractérisation pétroarchéologique des silicites. Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra). 12. 1–122.
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Moncel, Marie‐Hélène, M. Gema Chacón, Maïlys Richard, et al.. (2024). Site Settlement Patterns During MIS 3 in the Southeast of France: the Lithic Assemblages of Two Phases of Occupation (Levels 4.1 and 4.2) at the Abri du Maras. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Moncel, Marie‐Hélène, et al.. (2023). Fréquentations des réseaux karstiques profonds par Néanderthal. Nouveaux exemples à la grotte de Saint-Marcel (Ardèche, France). Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2 indexed citations
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Raynal, Jean-Paul, et al.. (2023). Early North African Acheulean techno-economic systems at Thomas Quarry I - L1 (Casablanca, Morocco).. PubMed. 101. 63–121. 4 indexed citations
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Gallotti, Rosalia, Giovanni Muttoni, David Lefèvre, et al.. (2021). First high resolution chronostratigraphy for the early North African Acheulean at Casablanca (Morocco). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15340–15340. 18 indexed citations
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Delvigne, Vincent, et al.. (2020). Taphonomic methods and a database to establish the origin of sedimentary silicified rocks from the Middle-recent Gravettian open-air site of La Picardie (Indre-et-Loire, France). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 32. 102369–102369. 9 indexed citations
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Moncel, Marie‐Hélène, Paul Fernandes, Malte Willmes, Hannah F. James, & Rainer Grün. (2019). Rocks, teeth, and tools: New insights into early Neanderthal mobility strategies in South-Eastern France from lithic reconstructions and strontium isotope analysis. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0214925–e0214925. 21 indexed citations
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Richter, Daniel, Rainer Grün, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, et al.. (2017). The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age. Nature. 546(7657). 293–296. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rué, Mathieu, et al.. (2016). Regards croisés sur la station aurignacienne de Brignol (Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, France). Paléo. 27. 11–42. 8 indexed citations
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Moncel, Marie‐Hélène, et al.. (2014). Fragmented reduction processes: Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour in the Abri du Maras shelter, southeastern France. Quaternary International. 350. 180–204. 49 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Paul & Jean‐Paul Raynal. (2010). Silex : une pétroarchéologie refondée.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1. 68–81. 5 indexed citations
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Raynal, Jean‐Paul, Paul Fernandes, Carmen Santagata, et al.. (2006). ESPACE MINERAL ET ESPACE DE SUBSISTANCE AU PALEOLITHIQUE MOYEN DANS LE SUD DU MASSIF CENTRAL FRANÇAIS : LES SITES DE SAINTE-ANNE I (HAUTE LOIRE) ET DE PAYRE (ARDECHE). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 5. 141–159. 2 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Paul & Jean‐Paul Raynal. (2006). Pétroarchéologie du silex : un retour aux sources. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 5(6). 829–837. 61 indexed citations
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Raynal, Jean‐Paul, Carmen Santagata, Paul Fernandes, et al.. (2005). Paléolithique moyen dans le Sud du Massif central : les données du Velay (Haute-Loire, France). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 173–201. 12 indexed citations
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Jatene, Fábio Biscegli, et al.. (1996). Uso de grampeadores mecanicos em resseccao broncopulmonar. Jornal de Pneumologia. 22(6). 2 indexed citations

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