Robert Ascher

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 924 citations indexed

About

Robert Ascher is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Space and Planetary Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Ascher has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 924 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Anthropology, 6 papers in Paleontology and 3 papers in Space and Planetary Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Ascher's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (3 papers) and Archaeological Research and Protection (3 papers). Robert Ascher is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (3 papers) and Archaeological Research and Protection (3 papers). Robert Ascher collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Ascher's co-authors include Charles F. Hockett, Marcia Ascher, George Nagy, Charles H. Fairbanks, Stanley M. Garn, Björn Kurtén, Thurstan Shaw, Gordon W. Hewes, Weston La Barre and Frank Fernandez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and IEEE Transactions on Computers.

In The Last Decade

Robert Ascher

24 papers receiving 747 citations

Hit Papers

The Human Revolution 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 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 Human Revolution
    1992 333 citations Charles F. Hockett, Robert Ascher Current Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Ascher United States 13 375 317 168 131 106 30 924
André Leroi‐Gourhan France 19 793 2.1× 610 1.9× 420 2.5× 35 0.3× 105 1.0× 80 1.6k
Alexander Marshack United States 18 456 1.2× 334 1.1× 245 1.5× 37 0.3× 115 1.1× 44 1.1k
Fraser Neiman United States 10 266 0.7× 280 0.9× 73 0.4× 44 0.3× 160 1.5× 26 664
Marija Gimbutas United States 15 195 0.5× 324 1.0× 358 2.1× 23 0.2× 82 0.8× 60 963
Denise Schmandt‐Besserat United States 16 173 0.5× 250 0.8× 286 1.7× 22 0.2× 63 0.6× 47 817
Mark P. Leone United States 22 1.2k 3.1× 574 1.8× 414 2.5× 79 0.6× 514 4.8× 92 2.4k
Philip G. Chase United States 15 745 2.0× 597 1.9× 377 2.2× 28 0.2× 56 0.5× 28 1.1k
Whitney Davis United States 18 589 1.6× 470 1.5× 221 1.3× 29 0.2× 140 1.3× 75 1.5k
Christopher A. Miller United States 10 367 1.0× 299 0.9× 140 0.8× 25 0.2× 37 0.3× 29 771
Michael Shanks United States 20 837 2.2× 654 2.1× 613 3.6× 64 0.5× 197 1.9× 71 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Ascher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Ascher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ascher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Ascher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Ascher 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 Robert Ascher. Robert Ascher 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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Ascher, Robert. (1992). Films Are Dreams that Wander in the Light of Day. 1989. A video by Sylvia Sensiper.. American Anthropologist. 94(2). 524–525. 1 indexed citations
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Hockett, Charles F. & Robert Ascher. (1992). The Human Revolution. Current Anthropology. 33(S1). 7–45. 333 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ascher, Marcia & Robert Ascher. (1986). Ethnomathematics. History of Science. 24(2). 125–144. 30 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert. (1985). Sculpting Americans. 10(1). 16–17.
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Ascher, Robert, et al.. (1981). Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 43 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert, et al.. (1975). Use of an IQF-Like Query Language by Non-programmers.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 8 indexed citations
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Ascher, Marcia & Robert Ascher. (1972). Numbers and relations from ancient Andean quipus. Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 8(4). 288–320. 6 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert & Charles H. Fairbanks. (1971). Excavation of a slave cabin: Georgia, U.S.A.. Historical Archaeology. 5(1). 3–17. 52 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert, et al.. (1971). An Interactive System for Reading Unformatted Printed Text. IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-20(12). 1527–1543. 25 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert. (1970). Cues I: Design and Construction of an Experimental Archaeological Structure. American Antiquity. 35(2). 215–216. 3 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert. (1968). School of Thought in Archaeology: A Comment on Two Recent Papers. American Antiquity. 33(4). 506–507.
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Ascher, Robert & Marcia Ascher. (1965). Response : Stone Artifacts: Identification Problems. Science. 148(3667). 168–168. 1 indexed citations
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Ascher, Marcia & Robert Ascher. (1963). Chronological Ordering by Computer. American Anthropologist. 65(5). 1045–1052. 23 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert & Marcia Ascher. (1962). Interstellar Communication and Human Evolution. Nature. 193(4819). 940–941. 1 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert. (1961). 84. Function and Prehistoric Art. Man. 61. 73–73. 1 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert, et al.. (1960). Waterfall Cave, Southern Chihuahua, Mexico. American Antiquity. 26(2). 270–274. 8 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert. (1960). Archaeology and the Public Image. American Antiquity. 25(3). 402–403. 7 indexed citations
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Ascher, Robert. (1959). A Prehistoric Population Estimate Using Midden Analysis and Two Population Models. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 15(2). 168–178. 28 indexed citations

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