Peter Beaumont

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Beaumont is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Beaumont has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Anthropology, 25 papers in Archeology and 23 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Peter Beaumont's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (25 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (19 papers). Peter Beaumont is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (25 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (19 papers). Peter Beaumont collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Peter Beaumont's co-authors include J. C. Vogel, J. J. Wymer, Ronald Singer, Rainer Grün, Maria Perla Colombini, Paola Villa, Jeannette Jacqueline Łucejko, Ilaria Degano, Francesco d’Errico and Gifford H. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Beaumont

87 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Middle Stone Age at K... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 2012 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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 Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa
    1984 351 citations Peter Beaumont, J. J. Wymer et al. The South African Archaeological Bulletin profile →
  2. Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa
    2012 290 citations Peter Beaumont et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter Beaumont 1.9k 1.5k 885 699 621 93 3.0k
Geoff Bailey 2.7k 1.4× 3.1k 2.0× 322 0.4× 1.9k 2.7× 1.4k 2.2× 142 5.1k
Michael Chazan 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 473 0.5× 685 1.0× 497 0.8× 85 2.4k
Marco Madella 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 1.2× 172 0.2× 617 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 132 3.6k
Fred Wendorf 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 231 0.3× 755 1.1× 564 0.9× 98 2.3k
Fekri A. Hassan 671 0.3× 947 0.6× 118 0.1× 748 1.1× 659 1.1× 84 2.2k
Marion K. Bamford 1.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.5× 454 0.5× 484 0.7× 1.4k 2.2× 163 4.7k
Peter Veth 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 333 0.4× 614 0.9× 755 1.2× 139 2.6k
Francesco Berna 2.5k 1.3× 2.4k 1.6× 358 0.4× 1.3k 1.9× 1.0k 1.6× 63 3.7k
Richard A. Gould 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 428 0.5× 797 1.1× 159 0.3× 85 2.8k
Sean Ulm 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 142 0.2× 700 1.0× 1.1k 1.8× 152 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Beaumont

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Beaumont

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Beaumont. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Beaumont 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 Peter Beaumont. Peter Beaumont 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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Beaumont, Peter & Robert G. Bednarik. (2013). TRACING THE EMERGENCE OF PALAEOART IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 30(1). 33. 23 indexed citations
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McNabb, John & Peter Beaumont. (2011). A Report on the Archaeological Assemblages from Excavations by Peter Beaumont at Canteen Koppie, Northern Cape, South Africa. BAR Publishing eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter & J. C. Vogel. (2006). On a timescale for the past million years of human history in central South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 102. 217–228. 127 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter, Paul Longley, & David Maguire. (2004). Geographic information portals––a UK perspective. Computers Environment and Urban Systems. 29(1). 49–69. 34 indexed citations
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Grün, Rainer, Peter Beaumont, Phillip V. Tobias, & Stephen M. Eggins. (2003). On the age of Border Cave 5 human mandible. Journal of Human Evolution. 45(2). 155–167. 81 indexed citations
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Grün, Rainer & Peter Beaumont. (2001). Border Cave revisited: a revised ESR chronology. Journal of Human Evolution. 40(6). 467–482. 136 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter. (2000). Water for peace in the Middle East: the sacrifice of irrigated agriculture in Israel?. Arab world geographer. 3(2). 97–112. 1 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter, et al.. (1997). A calibration of the lamb airflow classification model to predict past precipitation in Wales. International Journal of Climatology. 17(13). 1397–1420. 4 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter. (1993). Climate and hydrology. 16–38. 4 indexed citations
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Miller, Gifford H., Peter Beaumont, A. J. T. Jull, & Beverly J. Johnson. (1992). Pleistocene geochronology and palaeothermometry from protein diagenesis in ostrich eggshells: implications for the evolution of modern humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 337(1280). 149–157. 55 indexed citations
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Grün, Rainer, Peter Beaumont, & Christopher B. Stringer. (1990). ESR dating evidence for early modern humans at Border Cave in South Africa. Nature. 344(6266). 537–539. 77 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter, et al.. (1989). Khattara and other forms of gravity-fed irrigation in Morocco.. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 29(3). 195–209. 2 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter, et al.. (1989). Aflaj renewal in Araqi: a village case study from Oman.. 62-B(1). 237–256. 9 indexed citations
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McLachlan, KD, Peter Beaumont, & Michael E. Bonine. (1989). The kariz in the Herat basin, Afghanistan.. 257–265. 2 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter, et al.. (1989). Qanats in the Najafabad valley.. 119–135. 2 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter & M. Steven Shackley. (1986). Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Central Namib Desert. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 41(144). 100–100. 13 indexed citations
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Rightmire, G. Philip, Peter Beaumont, Alan Bilsborough, et al.. (1979). Implications of Border Cave Skeletal Remains for Later Pleistocene Human Evolution [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(1). 23–35. 54 indexed citations
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Beaumont, Peter. (1977). Water in Kuwait. Geography. 62(3). 187–197. 2 indexed citations
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Parker, Gordon, et al.. (1976). THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2(3). 103–106. 2 indexed citations
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Vogel, J. C. & Peter Beaumont. (1972). Revised Radiocarbon Chronology for the Stone Age in South Africa. Nature. 237(5349). 50–51. 47 indexed citations

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