Paul Roscoe

1.5k total citations
59 papers, 752 citations indexed

About

Paul Roscoe is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Roscoe has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 752 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 21 papers in Anthropology and 17 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Paul Roscoe's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (26 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (11 papers). Paul Roscoe is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (26 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (11 papers). Paul Roscoe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Argentina. Paul Roscoe's co-authors include Gary M. Feinman, David M. Carballo, Daniel H. Sandweiss, C. Fred T. Andrus, Elizabeth J. Reitz, Alice R. Kelley, Kirk A. Maasch, Christopher Boehm, David Lipset and Donald V. Kurtz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Paul Roscoe

57 papers receiving 643 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Roscoe United States	13	284	279	221	187	81	59	752
Christian E. Peterson United States	12	206 0.7×	449 1.6×	125 0.6×	217 1.2×	44 0.5×	18	743
Grant McCall United States	17	412 1.5×	318 1.1×	186 0.8×	92 0.5×	108 1.3×	72	954
Linda A. Newson United Kingdom	14	279 1.0×	255 0.9×	205 0.9×	123 0.7×	84 1.0×	59	954
Richard A. Cosgrove United States	14	287 1.0×	242 0.9×	186 0.8×	125 0.7×	22 0.3×	50	697
Anna Marie Prentiss United States	14	281 1.0×	386 1.4×	118 0.5×	67 0.4×	28 0.3×	39	681
David E. Stuart Guatemala	5	248 0.9×	276 1.0×	248 1.1×	58 0.3×	37 0.5×	8	764
Robert Tonkinson Australia	18	421 1.5×	116 0.4×	286 1.3×	245 1.3×	158 2.0×	54	1.1k
P. Bion Griffin United States	8	187 0.7×	308 1.1×	88 0.4×	339 1.8×	103 1.3×	20	712
Elsa M. Redmond United States	17	312 1.1×	550 2.0×	89 0.4×	179 1.0×	60 0.7×	37	891
Charles S. Spencer United States	18	361 1.3×	702 2.5×	151 0.7×	222 1.2×	89 1.1×	46	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Roscoe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Roscoe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Roscoe

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Bogaard, Amy, Pablo Cruz, Mattia Fochesato, et al.. (2025). Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(16). e2400694122–e2400694122. 5 indexed citations

Thompson, Amy E., Jessica Munson, Scott G. Ortman, et al.. (2025). Assessing neighborhoods, wealth differentials, and perceived inequality in preindustrial societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(16). e2400699121–e2400699121. 5 indexed citations

Arkush, Elizabeth, Paul Roscoe, Jennifer Birch, & Ben Raffield. (2025). Problematizing ‘alliance’ in anthropological archaeology. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 79. 101706–101706. 2 indexed citations

Birch, Jennifer, Ben Raffield, Elizabeth Arkush, et al.. (2025). Breaking Down the “Barbarian” Trope: Strategic Military Coordination in Decentralized Collectives. Journal of Archaeological Research. 34(1). 63–105.

Roscoe, Paul. (2023). Social Substitutability and the Emergence of War and Segmental, Multilevel Society. Human Nature. 34(4). 621–643. 1 indexed citations

Roscoe, Paul, et al.. (2019). Social Signaling and the Warrior-Big-Man among the Western Dani. Human Nature. 30(2). 176–191. 3 indexed citations

Dominy, Nathaniel J., et al.. (2018). New Guinea bone daggers were engineered to preserve social prestige. Royal Society Open Science. 5(4). 172067–172067. 8 indexed citations

Roscoe, Paul & Margaret Mead. (2018). The Mountain Arapesh. 1 indexed citations

Roscoe, Paul. (2011). Dead Birds: The “Theater” of War among the Dugum Dani. American Anthropologist. 113(1). 56–70. 7 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (2009). On the ‘Pacification’ of the European Neolithic: ethnographic analogy and the neglect of history. World Archaeology. 41(4). 578–588. 7 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (2008). The Comparative Method: The Comparative Method. Religion Compass. 2(4). 734–753. 4 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (2004). Latitudinal trends in hunter-gatherer diets and the ‘tropical exception’. 2004(3). 1–11. 1 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul, et al.. (2003). On New Guinea Hunters and Gatherers. Current Anthropology. 44(2). 269–271. 5 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (1996). War and Society in Sepik New Guinea. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2(4). 645–645. 26 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul, Christopher Boehm, Carol R. Ember, et al.. (1993). Practice and Political Centralisation: A New Approach to Political Evolution [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 34(2). 111–140. 55 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (1992). Warfare, terrain, and political expansion. Human Ecology. 20(1). 1–20. 4 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (1990). The Bow and Spreadnet: Ecological Origins of Hunting Technology. American Anthropologist. 92(3). 691–701. 11 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (1989). The Pig and the Long Yam: The Expansion of a Sepik Cultural Complex. Ethnology. 28(3). 219–219. 12 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (1988). the far side of Hurun: the management of Melanesian millenarian movements. American Ethnologist. 15(3). 515–529. 5 indexed citations

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Roscoe, Paul. (1987). Of Canoes and Castaways: Reassessing the Population of Tongareva (Penrhyn Island) at Contact. Pacific studies. 11(1). 43–61. 2 indexed citations

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