Richard G. Roberts

34.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
370 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

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Richard G. Roberts is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard G. Roberts has authored 370 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Atmospheric Science, 129 papers in Anthropology and 112 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Richard G. Roberts's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (130 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (122 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (107 papers). Richard G. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (130 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (122 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (107 papers). Richard G. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Richard G. Roberts's co-authors include R. F. Galbraith, Jon Olley, Zenobia Jacobs, A. D. Martin, Hiroyuki Yoshida, W.J. Stirling, Andrew Murray, G.M. Laslett, R. S. Thorne and Lee J. Arnold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard G. Roberts

357 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS*

1999 2.1k citations Richard G. Roberts, Jon Olley et al. profile →
Statistical aspects of equivalent dose and error calculation and display in OSL dating: An overview and some recommendations

2012 559 citations Richard G. Roberts et al. profile →
New ages for human occupation and climatic change at Lake Mungo, Australia

2003 487 citations Jon Olley, Richard G. Roberts et al. Nature profile →
Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behavior and Dispersal

2008 393 citations Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts et al. profile →
Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia

2004 273 citations Richard G. Roberts, Chris Turney et al. Nature profile →
Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia

2019 136 citations Zenobia Jacobs, Bo Li et al. Nature profile →
Pleistocene sediment DNA reveals hominin and faunal turnovers at Denisova Cave

2021 67 citations Elena I. Zavala, Zenobia Jacobs et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard G. Roberts Australia	81	9.3k	7.5k	7.0k	5.3k	3.0k	370	22.1k
J. van der Plicht Netherlands	60	9.6k 1.0×	4.9k 0.7×	7.0k 1.0×	634 0.1×	3.0k 1.0×	426	16.7k
L.K. Fifield Australia	58	6.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.3×	1.8k 0.3×	914 0.2×	652 0.2×	358	12.9k
Jan Heinemeier Denmark	53	4.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.1×	2.7k 0.4×	357 0.1×	1.3k 0.4×	202	9.0k
A. J. T. Jull United States	63	7.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.3×	3.3k 0.5×	96 0.0×	1.0k 0.3×	387	13.3k
Georges Bonani Switzerland	52	13.5k 1.4×	2.9k 0.4×	3.6k 0.5×	85 0.0×	911 0.3×	209	17.1k
John Hellström Australia	54	7.6k 0.8×	2.6k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	93 0.0×	1.2k 0.4×	238	14.0k
Malcolm T. McCulloch Australia	98	9.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.2×	3.9k 0.6×	149 0.0×	963 0.3×	376	32.0k
Samuel Epstein United States	66	8.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.2×	6.2k 0.9×	124 0.0×	1.0k 0.3×	163	29.5k
Göran Possnert Sweden	53	4.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.2×	1.7k 0.2×	177 0.0×	730 0.2×	316	13.6k
John Imbrie United States	42	10.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.3×	2.5k 0.4×	128 0.0×	328 0.1×	92	14.9k

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Jacobs, Zenobia, Elena I. Zavala, Bo Li, et al.. (2025). Pleistocene chronology and history of hominins and fauna at Denisova Cave. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4738–4738. 1 indexed citations

Morley, Mike W., et al.. (2022). Late Pleistocene shell midden microstratigraphy indicates a complex history of human–environment interactions in the uplands of northern Vietnam. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1849). 20200493–20200493. 6 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Kasih Norman, Sean Ulm, et al.. (2021). Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2440–2440. 34 indexed citations

Zavala, Elena I., Zenobia Jacobs, Benjamin Vernot, et al.. (2021). Pleistocene sediment DNA reveals hominin and faunal turnovers at Denisova Cave. Nature. 595(7867). 399–403. 67 indexed citations breakdown →

Колобова, К. А., Richard G. Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs, et al.. (2020). Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(6). 2879–2885. 66 indexed citations

Morley, Mike W., et al.. (2019). The Pleistocene geoarchaeology and geochronology of Con Moong Cave, North Vietnam: Site formation processes and hominin activity in the humid tropics. Geoarchaeology. 35(1). 72–97. 20 indexed citations

Деревянко, А. П., С. В. Маркин, К. А. Колобова, et al.. (2018). Multidisciplinary Studies of Chagyrskaya Cave – A Middle Paleolithic Site in Altai. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 11 indexed citations

Saltré, Frédérik, Marta Rodríguez‐Rey, Barry W. Brook, et al.. (2016). Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10511–10511. 106 indexed citations

Clarkson, Chris, Mike Smith, Ben Marwick, et al.. (2015). The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): A site in northern Australia with early occupation. Journal of Human Evolution. 83. 46–64. 94 indexed citations

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Storey, Michael, Richard G. Roberts, & Michael Haslam. (2015). A 74 or 75 ka Age for the Toba Super-eruption? Resolving the Debate.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Gliganic, Luke A., Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts, Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo, & Audax Mabulla. (2012). New ages for Middle and Later Stone Age deposits at Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of quartz and feldspar grains. Journal of Human Evolution. 62(4). 533–547. 125 indexed citations

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Haile, James, Duane Froese, R. D. E. MacPhee, et al.. (2009). Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(52). 22352–22357. 186 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Zenobia & Richard G. Roberts. (2009). Catalysts for Stone Age innovations. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 2(2). 191–193. 44 indexed citations

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Martin, A. D., Richard G. Roberts, W.J. Stirling, & R. S. Thorne. (2004). Parton distributions incorporating QED contributions. 152 indexed citations

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Watchman, Alan, et al.. (2003). 2002 progress report of the EIP Project. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 70. 3 indexed citations

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Martin, A. D., Richard G. Roberts, W.J. Stirling, & R. S. Thorne. (2002). NNLO global parton analysis. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 172 indexed citations

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Holdaway, Richard N., Richard G. Roberts, Nancy Beavan, Jon Olley, & Trevor H. Worthy. (2002). Optical dating of quartz sediments and accelerator mass spectrometry ¹⁴ C dating of bone gelatin and moa eggshell: A comparison of age estimates for non‐archaeological deposits in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32(3). 463–505. 29 indexed citations

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Martin, A. D., W.James Stirling, & Richard G. Roberts. (1993). MRS parton distributions. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 11–26.

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Roberts, Richard G., R. Jones, & Mike Smith. (1990). Early dates at Malakunanja II: A reply to Bowdler. Australian Archaeology. 94–97. 14 indexed citations

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Roberts, Richard G., et al.. (1988). Ore deposit models. 76 indexed citations

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