Penny Spikins

1.2k total citations
32 papers, 583 citations indexed

About

Penny Spikins is a scholar working on Anthropology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Penny Spikins has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 583 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Penny Spikins's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (6 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers). Penny Spikins is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (6 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers). Penny Spikins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and United States. Penny Spikins's co-authors include Andrew Needham, Barry Wright, Paul O’Higgins, Ricardo Miguel Godinho, Calvin Dytham, Lorna Tilley, Jennifer C. French, Derek Hodgson, Chantal Conneller and Mario Federico Rolfo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, eLife and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Penny Spikins

30 papers receiving 545 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Penny Spikins United Kingdom 17 245 205 124 86 80 32 583
Jacob A. Harris United States 16 218 0.9× 168 0.8× 127 1.0× 16 0.2× 90 1.1× 33 821
Budianto Hakim Indonesia 12 459 1.9× 243 1.2× 266 2.1× 45 0.5× 81 1.0× 47 868
Jennifer C. French United Kingdom 16 285 1.2× 240 1.2× 135 1.1× 216 2.5× 84 1.1× 30 860
Adhi Agus Oktaviana Indonesia 13 350 1.4× 186 0.9× 236 1.9× 37 0.4× 63 0.8× 39 687
Holly Dunsworth United States 13 199 0.8× 241 1.2× 97 0.8× 23 0.3× 279 3.5× 30 909
Priyatno Hadi Sulistyarto Indonesia 5 209 0.9× 111 0.5× 128 1.0× 34 0.4× 49 0.6× 11 418
Jonathan Michael Kaplan United States 14 189 0.8× 172 0.8× 46 0.4× 34 0.4× 52 0.7× 48 868
Benjamin Smith South Africa 15 278 1.1× 135 0.7× 209 1.7× 202 2.3× 72 0.9× 54 1.2k
Marcos García-Diez Spain 14 666 2.7× 515 2.5× 495 4.0× 74 0.9× 75 0.9× 55 1.1k
Neil Price Sweden 15 191 0.8× 331 1.6× 191 1.5× 14 0.2× 29 0.4× 53 767

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Fields of papers citing papers by Penny Spikins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Penny Spikins

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All Works

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Fuentes, Agustín, Jennifer C. French, John Hawks, Marc Kissel, & Penny Spikins. (2025). Social and emotional cognition in Pleistocene hominin evolution: The role of biocultural processes. Journal of Archaeological Science. 185. 106441–106441.
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Wright, Barry, et al.. (2021). Autism and engagement with material culture. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 47(1). 18–39. 4 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2021). Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Ecological Changes, Social Behaviour and Human Intergroup Tolerance 300,000 to 30,000 BP. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 28(1). 53–75. 22 indexed citations
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Wright, Barry, et al.. (2020). Should Autism Spectrum Conditions Be Characterised in a More Positive Way in Our Modern World?. Medicina. 56(5). 233–233. 27 indexed citations
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Mondanaro, Alessandro, Marina Melchionna, Mirko Di Febbraro, et al.. (2020). A Major Change in Rate of Climate Niche Envelope Evolution during Hominid History. iScience. 23(11). 101693–101693. 22 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2020). Not just a virtue: the evolution of self-control. Time and Mind. 13(2). 117–139. 8 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2018). Calculated or caring? Neanderthal healthcare in social context. World Archaeology. 50(3). 384–403. 33 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2018). Living to fight another day: The ecological and evolutionary significance of Neanderthal healthcare. Quaternary Science Reviews. 217. 98–118. 31 indexed citations
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Godinho, Ricardo Miguel, Penny Spikins, & Paul O’Higgins. (2018). Supraorbital morphology and social dynamics in human evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(6). 956–961. 35 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2018). The object of my affection: attachment security and material culture. Time and Mind. 11(1). 23–39. 18 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2018). How Do We Explain ‛Autistic Traits’ in European Upper Palaeolithic Art?. Open Archaeology. 4(1). 262–279. 7 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, Barry Wright, & Derek Hodgson. (2016). Are there alternative adaptive strategies to human pro-sociality? The role of collaborative morality in the emergence of personality variation and autistic traits. Time and Mind. 9(4). 289–313. 19 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny. (2012). Goodwill hunting? Debates over the ‘meaning’ of Lower Palaeolithic handaxe form revisited. World Archaeology. 44(3). 378–392. 37 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny, et al.. (2010). “When the last fires were put out” : ethnographic analogy and the symbolic use of fire in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 2 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny. (2009). Autism, the Integrations of ‘Difference’ and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 19(2). 179–201. 21 indexed citations
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Álvarez, Myrian, et al.. (2009). 'Durable Residues': Addressing the use of microwear, a case study from March Hill. Internet Archaeology. 1 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny. (2008). ‘The Bashful and the Boastful’. Journal of World Prehistory. 21(3-4). 173–193. 10 indexed citations
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Spikins, Penny. (2000). GIS Models of Past Vegetation: An Example from Northern England, 10,000–5000BP. Journal of Archaeological Science. 27(3). 219–234. 25 indexed citations

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