Richard E. Leakey

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Richard E. Leakey is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard E. Leakey has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Paleontology, 38 papers in Anthropology and 34 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard E. Leakey's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (37 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (34 papers). Richard E. Leakey is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (37 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (34 papers). Richard E. Leakey collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. Richard E. Leakey's co-authors include Alan Walker, M. G. Leakey, Roger Lewin, John Harris, M. H. Day, John G. Fleagle, Bernard Wood, Frank H. Brown, Meave G. Leakey and Frederick E. Grine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard E. Leakey

81 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Early Homo erectus skeleton from west Lake Turkana, Kenya 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Early Homo erectus skeleton from west Lake Turkana, Kenya
    1985 280 citations Richard E. Leakey, Alan Walker et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard E. Leakey Kenya 42 2.6k 2.3k 1.7k 912 782 85 4.3k
Henry M. McHenry United States 37 2.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 2.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 671 0.9× 76 4.8k
F. Clark Howell United States 31 2.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 792 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 591 0.8× 77 3.3k
Phillip V. Tobias South Africa 38 2.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 379 0.5× 157 4.5k
Berhane Asfaw United States 32 3.6k 1.4× 2.8k 1.2× 2.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 590 0.8× 54 5.2k
Milford H. Wolpoff United States 34 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 970 0.6× 2.0k 2.2× 465 0.6× 118 4.4k
David Pilbeam United States 43 2.3k 0.9× 3.5k 1.5× 2.3k 1.3× 547 0.6× 1.4k 1.8× 95 5.8k
Leslie C. Aiello United Kingdom 28 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 862 0.9× 656 0.8× 65 4.7k
Gen Suwa Japan 40 4.3k 1.7× 3.5k 1.5× 2.7k 1.5× 1.6k 1.8× 895 1.1× 108 6.7k
Ian Tattersall United States 35 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 795 0.9× 760 1.0× 186 5.2k
Robin Dennell United Kingdom 33 3.4k 1.3× 3.2k 1.4× 767 0.4× 2.3k 2.5× 596 0.8× 100 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard E. Leakey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard E. Leakey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cerling, Thure E., Fredrick K. Manthi, Emma Mbua, et al.. (2013). Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(26). 10501–10506. 157 indexed citations
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Reed, Kaye E., John G. Fleagle, & Richard E. Leakey. (2013). The Paleobiology of Australopithecus. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 129 indexed citations
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Grine, Frederick E., John G. Fleagle, & Richard E. Leakey. (2009). The first humans : origin and early evolution of the genus Homo : contributions from the third Stony Brook Human Evolution Symposium and Workshop, October 3-October 7, 2006. Springer eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Heinrich, Ronald E., M. D. Rose, Richard E. Leakey, & Alan Walker. (1993). Hominid radius from the middle Pliocene of Lake Turkana, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 92(2). 139–148. 53 indexed citations
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Brown, Barbara E., Alan Walker, Carol V. Ward, & Richard E. Leakey. (1993). New Australopithecus boisei calvaria from East Lake Turkana, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 91(2). 137–159. 37 indexed citations
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Leakey, M. G., et al.. (1991). Similarities in Aegyptopithecus and Afropithecus Facial Morphology. Folia Primatologica. 56(2). 65–85. 27 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E., Peter H. Raven, Edward O. Wilson, et al.. (1989). Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. Journal of Paleontology. 63(6). 944–944. 3 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E., M. G. Leakey, & Alan Walker. (1988). Morphology of Turkanapithecus kalakolensis from Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 76(3). 277–288. 40 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E., M. G. Leakey, & Alan Walker. (1988). Morphology of Afropithecus turkanensis from Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 76(3). 289–307. 99 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E. & Alan Walker. (1985). Homo Erectus Unearthed. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 168(5). 624–629. 11 indexed citations
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Gabel, Creighton, Richard E. Leakey, & Roger Lewin. (1979). People of the Lake: Mankind and Its Beginnings. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 12(3). 566–566. 47 indexed citations
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Leakey, Meave G. & Richard E. Leakey. (1978). The fossil hominids and an introduction to their context, 1968-1974. Oxford University Press eBooks. 53 indexed citations
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Walker, Alan & Richard E. Leakey. (1978). The Hominids of East Turkana. Scientific American. 239(2). 54–67. 78 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E.. (1976). New hominid fossils from the Koobi Fora formation in Northern Kenya. Nature. 261(5561). 574–576. 45 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E. & Bernard Wood. (1974). A hominid mandible from East Rudolf, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 41(2). 245–249. 9 indexed citations
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Day, M. H. & Richard E. Leakey. (1974). New evidence of the genus Homo from East Rudolf, Kenya (III). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 41(3). 367–380. 45 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E.. (1973). Further Evidence of Lower Pleistocene Hominids from East Rudolf, North Kenya, 1972. Nature. 242(5394). 170–173. 64 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E., et al.. (1972). New australopithecines from East Rudolf, Kenya (II). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 36(2). 235–251. 91 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E., et al.. (1971). New australopithecines from East Rudolf, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 35(2). 175–186. 41 indexed citations
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Leakey, Richard E.. (1970). In search of man's past at lake Rudolf. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 137(5). 712–732. 2 indexed citations

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