Rainer Grün

18.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
259 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Rainer Grün is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Grün has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Paleontology, 106 papers in Anthropology and 81 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Grün's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (106 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (105 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (80 papers). Rainer Grün is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (106 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (105 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (80 papers). Rainer Grün collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Rainer Grün's co-authors include Chris Stringer, Henry P. Schwarcz, Stephen M. Eggins, Maxime Aubert, G. J. Hennig, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, Peter Beaumont, Lois Taylor, Mathieu Duval and Malcolm T. McCulloch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Grün

256 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behavior and Dispersal

2008 393 citations Rainer Grün et al. profile →
The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age

2017 274 citations Rainer Grün, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau et al. Nature profile →
Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiens

2007 230 citations Tanya M. Smith, Paul Tafforeau et al. profile →
The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

2017 193 citations Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Eric M. Roberts et al. eLife profile →
Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia

2019 173 citations Rainer Grün, Chris Stringer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Grün Australia	58	6.4k	6.1k	3.8k	3.4k	1.8k	259	11.0k
Henry P. Schwarcz Canada	74	4.2k 0.7×	8.2k 1.3×	4.4k 1.2×	5.2k 1.5×	5.8k 3.2×	346	17.5k
Christophe Falguères France	51	5.0k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	817 0.5×	227	7.5k
Richard G. Roberts Australia	81	7.5k 1.2×	7.0k 1.2×	3.0k 0.8×	9.3k 2.8×	2.7k 1.5×	370	22.1k
J. van der Plicht Netherlands	60	4.9k 0.8×	7.0k 1.1×	3.0k 0.8×	9.6k 2.8×	4.1k 2.3×	426	16.7k
A.G. Wintle United Kingdom	62	4.8k 0.8×	5.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	16.1k 4.8×	2.7k 1.5×	194	20.3k
G.A.T. Duller United Kingdom	60	3.4k 0.5×	3.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	10.0k 3.0×	1.9k 1.0×	223	13.3k
R.E.M. Hedges United Kingdom	68	5.6k 0.9×	11.6k 1.9×	6.8k 1.8×	2.0k 0.6×	6.7k 3.7×	283	17.4k
Jean‐Jacques Bahain France	49	5.0k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	704 0.4×	252	7.3k
Matthew J. Collins United Kingdom	65	3.3k 0.5×	5.3k 0.9×	5.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.3×	2.5k 1.4×	272	13.8k
Thomas Higham United Kingdom	69	8.7k 1.4×	10.4k 1.7×	6.1k 1.6×	4.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.7×	318	16.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Grün

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Devriese, Lot A., et al.. (2024). How do patients with head and neck cancer and low skeletal muscle mass experience cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy? A qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer. 32(11). 751–751. 1 indexed citations

James, Hannah F., Malte Willmes, Rachel Wood, et al.. (2022). A large-scale environmental strontium isotope baseline map of Portugal for archaeological and paleoecological provenance studies. Journal of Archaeological Science. 142. 105595–105595. 24 indexed citations

Guilarte, Verónica, et al.. (2022). ESR dating of quartz grains: Evaluating the performance of various cryogenic systems for dosimetric purpose. Radiation Measurements. 155. 106802–106802. 6 indexed citations

Grün, Rainer, Alistair Pike, Frank McDermott, et al.. (2020). Dating the skull from Broken Hill, Zambia, and its position in human evolution. Nature. 580(7803). 372–375. 54 indexed citations

Smith, Tanya M., Christine Austin, Daniel R. Green, et al.. (2018). Wintertime stress, nursing, and lead exposure in Neanderthal children. Science Advances. 4(10). eaau9483–eaau9483. 70 indexed citations

Dirks, Paul H.G.M., Eric M. Roberts, Hannah L. Hilbert‐Wolf, et al.. (2017). The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. eLife. 6. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

Willmes, Malte, Ian Moffat, Rainer Grün, et al.. (2013). The IRHUM database - bioavailable strontium isotope ratios of France for geochemical fingerprinting. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations

Raynal, Jean-Paul, David Lefèvre, Jean‐Pierre Texier, et al.. (2011). Contextes et âge des nouveaux restes dentaires humains du Pléistocène moyen de la carrière Thomas I à Casablanca (Maroc). Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. 108(4). 645–669. 9 indexed citations

Pike, Alistair, Stephen M. Eggins, Rainer Grün, & Francis Thackeray. (2004). U-series dating of TP1, an almost complete human skeleton from Tuinplaas (Springbok Flats), South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 100. 381–383. 16 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer & Steve Robertson. (2001). Dose evaluation on a fossil tooth using multiple and single powder aliquots as well as a fragment. Ancient TL. 19(1). 5–11. 3 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer. (2000). alternative model for open system U-series/ESR age calculations: (closed system U-series)-ESR, CSUS-ESR. Ancient TL. 18(1). 1–4. 45 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer, et al.. (1993). Collection of ESR samples from the interior of mammoth teeth causing minimal damage. Ancient TL. 11(2). 45–46. 3 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer, et al.. (1992). Simulations of saturating exponential ESR/TL dose response curves - weighting of intensity values by inverse variance. Ancient TL. 10(3). 50–56. 21 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer & E. J. Rhodes. (1991). On the selection of dose points for saturating exponential ESR/TL dose response curves. Ancient TL. 9(3). 40–46. 11 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer, et al.. (1991). ESR behaviour of the paramagnetic centre at g=2.0018 in tooth enamel. Ancient TL. 9(2). 14–18. 1 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer & Clark Fenton. (1990). Internal dose rates of quartz grains separated from fault gouge. Ancient TL. 8(3). 26–28. 3 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer. (1990). Dose Response of the Paramagnetic Centre at g = 2.0007 in Corals. Ancient TL. 8(3). 20–22. 20 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer. (1987). Alpha dose attenuation in thin layers. Ancient TL. 5(3). 6–8. 8 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer. (1986). Beta dose attenuation in thin layers. Ancient TL. 4(1). 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer. (1986). ESR-DATING OF A FLOWSTONE CORE FROM COVA DE SA BASSA BLANCA (Mallorca, Spain). Endins: publicació d'espeleologia. 19–23. 3 indexed citations

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