Paul O’Higgins

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
196 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Paul O’Higgins is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul O’Higgins has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Geometry and Topology, 49 papers in Paleontology and 45 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Paul O’Higgins's work include Morphological variations and asymmetry (83 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (44 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (44 papers). Paul O’Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Morphological variations and asymmetry (83 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (44 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (44 papers). Paul O’Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. Paul O’Higgins's co-authors include Michael J. Fagan, Charles Oxnard, Nicholas Jones, Andrea Cardini, Neil Curtis, Markus Bastir, Susan E. Evans, Daniel Franklin, Flora Gröning and Antonio Rosas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Paul O’Higgins

185 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

The study of morphological variation in the hominid fossi... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 50 100 150 200 250

Peers

Paul O’Higgins
Dennis E. Slice United States
Philipp Gunz Germany
Daniel E. Lieberman United States
Callum F. Ross United States
Christopher B. Ruff United States
Bernard Wood United States
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All Works

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Cardini, Andrea, Giulio Melone, Paul O’Higgins, & Diego Fontaneto. (2024). Exploring motion using geometric morphometrics in microscopic aquatic invertebrates: ‘modes’ and movement patterns during feeding in a bdelloid rotifer model species. Movement Ecology. 12(1). 50–50.
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Shui, Wuyang, Antonio Profico, & Paul O’Higgins. (2023). A Comparison of Semilandmarking Approaches in the Analysis of Size and Shape. Animals. 13(7). 1179–1179. 12 indexed citations
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García‐Martínez, Daniel, Markus Bastir, Chiara Villa, et al.. (2020). Late subadult ontogeny and adult aging of the human thorax reveals divergent growth trajectories between sexes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10737–10737. 8 indexed citations
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Cardini, Andrea, Paul O’Higgins, & F. James Rohlf. (2019). Seeing Distinct Groups Where There are None: Spurious Patterns from Between-Group PCA. Evolutionary Biology. 46(4). 303–316. 80 indexed citations
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Bastir, Markus, Wolfgang Recheis, Alon Barash, et al.. (2013). 3D analysis of human ribcage ontogeny. 4 indexed citations
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Jones, Marc E. H., et al.. (2011). Hard tissue anatomy of the cranial joints in Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia): sutures, kinesis, and skull mechanics. Palaeontologia Electronica. 51 indexed citations
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Kupczik, Kornelius, et al.. (2009). The role of sutures in modulating strain distribution within the skull of Macaca fascicularis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 138. 3 indexed citations
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Fagan, Michael J., et al.. (2009). Variation in Mandibular Morphology Within Late Homo and its Relevance to Masticatory Load Resistance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29. 1 indexed citations
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Rook, Lorenzo, et al.. (2009). Changing faces: an examination of robust craniofacial features in Macaca majori and implications for the hominid fossil record. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1 indexed citations
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Milne, Nick, et al.. (2009). The role of the zygomaticomaxillary suture in modulating strain distribution within the skull of Macaca fascicularis. HOMO. 60(3). 281–281. 2 indexed citations
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Franklin, Daniel, Paul O’Higgins, & Charles Oxnard. (2008). Sexual dimorphism in the mandible of indigenous South Africans: A geometric morphometric approach. South African Journal of Science. 104. 101–106. 33 indexed citations
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Franklin, Daniel, Paul O’Higgins, Charles Oxnard, & Ian R. Dadour. (2007). Sexual dimorphism and population variation in the adult mandible. Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology. 3(1). 15–22. 21 indexed citations
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Moazen, Mehran, Neil Curtis, Paul O’Higgins, & Michael J. Fagan. (2007). Musculoskeletal modelling and finite element analysis of lizard skulls. Journal of Morphology. 268(12). 2 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Paul, et al.. (2003). 3D morphometrics and the evolution of bipedality. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Bry, Lynn, et al.. (2000). The use of high-frequency ultrasound imaging to measure nerve movements that occur during limb movements in healthy volunteers and in patients with non-specific arm pain. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Paul. (2000). Advances in approaches to the study of morphological variation in the hominid fossil record: Biology, landmarks and geometry. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Paul & Martin J. Cohn. (2000). Development, growth and evolution : implications for the study of the hominid skeleton. Academic Press eBooks. 76 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Paul, et al.. (1991). A Study of Facial Growth in the Sooty Mangabey Cercocebus atys. Folia Primatologica. 56(2). 86–94. 23 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Paul, et al.. (1990). The common law tradition : essays in Irish legal history. 1 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Paul. (1989). Developments in Cranial Morphometrics. Folia Primatologica. 53(1-4). 101–124. 9 indexed citations

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