Robert Layton

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Robert Layton is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Layton has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Paleontology and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Layton's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10 papers). Robert Layton is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10 papers). Robert Layton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. Robert Layton's co-authors include Peter Rowley‐Conwy, Peter J. Ucko, Jon Altman, Phyllis C. Lee, Catherine Panter‐Brick, Pamela Swadling, Karen B. Strier, S. Peter Henzi, Filippo Aureli and Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Layton

68 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Fission‐Fusion Dynamics 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert Layton 879 690 566 464 425 80 2.7k
Irven DeVore 467 0.5× 759 1.1× 283 0.5× 313 0.7× 439 1.0× 15 2.1k
Rebecca Bliege Bird 953 1.1× 794 1.2× 832 1.5× 352 0.8× 1.3k 3.0× 68 4.9k
Polly Wiessner 1.4k 1.5× 549 0.8× 1.1k 1.9× 100 0.2× 1.0k 2.4× 49 3.3k
Mark Collard 2.4k 2.7× 1.0k 1.5× 2.4k 4.2× 188 0.4× 701 1.6× 137 4.9k
Elizabeth Cashdan 485 0.6× 748 1.1× 359 0.6× 140 0.3× 898 2.1× 49 3.2k
Carol R. Ember 489 0.6× 749 1.1× 397 0.7× 174 0.4× 1.5k 3.6× 104 3.4k
Jerome O’Connell 991 1.1× 841 1.2× 682 1.2× 162 0.3× 690 1.6× 40 3.3k
Dwight Read 508 0.6× 417 0.6× 451 0.8× 165 0.4× 370 0.9× 113 1.9k
Barry S. Hewlett 418 0.5× 1.5k 2.1× 300 0.5× 199 0.4× 1.5k 3.6× 79 4.7k
Douglas W. Bird 1.1k 1.3× 482 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 216 0.5× 719 1.7× 61 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Layton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Layton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Layton, Robert. (2020). Arthur Baker. 6(3-4). 331–354.
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Layton, Robert & Peter Rowley‐Conwy. (2013). Wild things in the north? Hunter-gatherers and the tyranny of the colonial perspective.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 3 indexed citations
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Larson, Greger, Philip A. Stephens, Jamshid J. Tehrani, & Robert Layton. (2013). Exapting exaptation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 28(9). 497–498. 25 indexed citations
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Rowley‐Conwy, Peter & Robert Layton. (2011). Foraging and farming as niche construction: stable and unstable adaptations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 366(1566). 849–862. 144 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert, et al.. (2010). Tradition and innovation in the traditional arts of Shandong Province, China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Morphy, Howard & Robert Layton. (2010). Choosing Among Alternatives: Cultural Transformations & Social Change in Aboriginal Australia & French Jura 1. Mankind. 13(1). 56–73. 2 indexed citations
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Bentley, R. Alexander, Robert Layton, & Jamshid J. Tehrani. (2009). Kinship, Marriage, and the Genetics of Past Human Dispersals. Human Biology. 81(2-3). 159–179. 29 indexed citations
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Sauvet, Georges, et al.. (2006). La structure iconographique d'un art rupestre est-elle une clef pour son interprétation ? Zephyrus 59 : 195-208.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 5 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (2006). Order and Anarchy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (2003). Representing and translating people’s place in the landscape of northern Australia. 132–153. 8 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (2000). Anthropology and history in Franche-Comté : a critique of social theory. Oxford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (2000). Anthropology and History in Franche-Comté. 12 indexed citations
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Ucko, Peter J. & Robert Layton. (1999). The archaeology and anthropology of landscape : shaping your landscape. Routledge eBooks. 120 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (1996). A guide to the concerto. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (1995). A guide to the symphony. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Greenfield, Edward, et al.. (1995). The Penguin guide to compact discs yearbook 1997/8. Penguin Books.
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Layton, Robert, Robert Foley, Elizabeth Williams, et al.. (1991). The Transition Between Hunting and Gathering and the Specialized Husbandry of Resources: A Socio-ecological Approach [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 32(3). 255–274. 78 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert. (1990). ‘A COMPANION TO THE CONCERTO’. Music and Letters. 71(3). 477–b.
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Layton, Robert & Phyllis C. Lee. (1987). The Comparative Socio-Ecology of Mammals and Man. Anthropology Today. 3(4). 22–22. 30 indexed citations
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Layton, Robert, et al.. (1984). The Anthropology of Art. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 18(2). 103–103. 1 indexed citations

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