Philip J. Hopley

760 total citations
26 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Philip J. Hopley is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip J. Hopley has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Paleontology, 19 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Philip J. Hopley's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). Philip J. Hopley is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). Philip J. Hopley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Philip J. Hopley's co-authors include Alf G. Latham, J. D. Marshall, Andy I.R. Herries, Mark Maslin, Graham P. Weedon, Kevin L. Kuykendall, Paul J. Valdes, Brian F. Kuhn, Ian Ross and Daniel J. Lunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Philip J. Hopley

25 papers receiving 451 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip J. Hopley United Kingdom 13 288 280 232 113 57 26 461
Shi‐Xia Yang China 11 322 1.1× 353 1.3× 244 1.1× 45 0.4× 36 0.6× 31 573
Luís B. Piló Brazil 10 296 1.0× 224 0.8× 152 0.7× 121 1.1× 31 0.5× 14 502
Roberto Bracco Boksar Uruguay 14 170 0.6× 122 0.4× 212 0.9× 124 1.1× 16 0.3× 30 467
Elizabeth H. Reed Australia 12 195 0.7× 189 0.7× 179 0.8× 118 1.0× 16 0.3× 28 352
Aníbal Juan Figini Argentina 8 290 1.0× 198 0.7× 159 0.7× 144 1.3× 16 0.3× 15 416
Marzia Breda Italy 13 492 1.7× 498 1.8× 265 1.1× 205 1.8× 41 0.7× 22 686
Matthew L. Cupper Australia 13 208 0.7× 202 0.7× 256 1.1× 135 1.2× 18 0.3× 17 559
Pennilyn Higgins United States 10 275 1.0× 132 0.5× 141 0.6× 209 1.8× 18 0.3× 18 434
Yosief Libsekal Eritrea 13 200 0.7× 223 0.8× 49 0.2× 67 0.6× 95 1.7× 24 372
Garry Rushworth United Kingdom 9 168 0.6× 143 0.5× 165 0.7× 67 0.6× 23 0.4× 10 366

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip J. Hopley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vermeesch, Pieter, Philip J. Hopley, Nick M.W. Roberts, & Randall R. Parrish. (2025). Geochronology of Taung and other southern African australopiths. California Digital Library.
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Hopley, Philip J., Thure E. Cerling, Lars Werdelin, et al.. (2022). Stable isotope analysis of carnivores from the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Evidence for temporally-mixed fossil assemblages. Quaternary International. 650. 12–27. 3 indexed citations
3.
Wilson, David J., Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, Gary Tarbuck, et al.. (2021). Seasonal variability in silicate weathering signatures recorded by Li isotopes in cave drip-waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 312. 194–216. 12 indexed citations
4.
Macho, Gabriele A., Cinzia Fornai, Christine Tardieu, et al.. (2020). The partial skeleton StW 431 from Sterkfontein - Is it time to rethink the Plio-Pleistocene hominin diversity in South Africa?. PubMed. 98. 73–88. 4 indexed citations
5.
Maxwell, Simon, Philip J. Hopley, Paul Upchurch, & Christophe Soligo. (2018). Sporadic sampling not climatic forcing drives early hominin diversity. 1 indexed citations
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Maxwell, Simon, Philip J. Hopley, Paul Upchurch, & Christophe Soligo. (2018). Sporadic sampling, not climatic forcing, drives observed early hominin diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(19). 4891–4896. 23 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., Graham P. Weedon, Chris Brierley, et al.. (2018). Orbital precession modulates interannual rainfall variability, as recorded in an Early Pleistocene speleothem. Geology. 46(8). 731–734. 9 indexed citations
8.
Merceron, Gildas, et al.. (2018). Using springbok (Antidorcas) dietary proxies to reconstruct inferred palaeovegetational changes over 2 million years in Southern Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 23. 1014–1028. 10 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Brian F., Andy I.R. Herries, Gilbert J. Price, et al.. (2017). Renewed investigations at Taung; 90 years after the discovery of Australopithecus africanus. Figshare. 3 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., et al.. (2016). Fossil Carder Bee's Nest from the Hominin Locality of Taung, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0161198–e0161198. 3 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., et al.. (2015). Identification of fossilized eggshells from the Taung hominin locality, Taung, Northwest Province, South Afric. Palaeontologia Electronica. 3 indexed citations
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Daley, Tim, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Jonathan A. Holmes, et al.. (2011). The 8200yr BP cold event in stable isotope records from the North Atlantic region. Global and Planetary Change. 79(3-4). 288–302. 79 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J. & Mark Maslin. (2010). Climate-averaging of terrestrial faunas: an example from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa. Paleobiology. 36(1). 32–50. 31 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., J. D. Marshall, & Alf G. Latham. (2009). Speleothem preservation and diagenesis in South African hominin sites implications for paleoenvironments and geochronology. Geoarchaeology. 24(5). 519–547. 20 indexed citations
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Atkinson, T. C., Tim Daley, Elizabeth H. Fisher, et al.. (2008). Isotope records of Early Holocene climate in Europe: Data – model comparisons. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
16.
Lunt, Daniel J., Ian Ross, Philip J. Hopley, & Paul J. Valdes. (2007). Modelling Late Oligocene C4 grasses and climate. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 251(2). 239–253. 29 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., Graham P. Weedon, J. D. Marshall, et al.. (2007). High- and low-latitude orbital forcing of early hominin habitats in South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 256(3-4). 419–432. 32 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., J. D. Marshall, Graham P. Weedon, et al.. (2007). Orbital forcing and the spread of C4 grasses in the late Neogene: stable isotope evidence from South African speleothems. Journal of Human Evolution. 53(5). 620–634. 54 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., Alf G. Latham, & J. D. Marshall. (2005). Palaeoenvironments and palaeodiets of mid-Pliocene micromammals from Makapansgat Limeworks, South Africa: A stable isotope and dental microwear approach. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 233(3-4). 235–251. 60 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J.. (2001). Plesiosaur spinal pathology: the first fossil occurrence of Schmorl's nodes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21(2). 253–260. 12 indexed citations

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