Robert Sala

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Robert Sala is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Sala has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Anthropology, 46 papers in Paleontology and 29 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Robert Sala's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (49 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers). Robert Sala is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (49 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers). Robert Sala collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Morocco. Robert Sala's co-authors include Eudald Carbonell, Marina Mosquera, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez, Andreu Ollé, Josep María Vergès, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Antonio Rosas, Déborah Barsky and Juan Carlos Díez Fernández-Lomana and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert Sala

57 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Lower Pleistocene Hominids and Artifacts from Atapuerca-T... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300
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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. Lower Pleistocene Hominids and Artifacts from Atapuerca-TD6 (Spain)
    1995 354 citations Eudald Carbonell, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro et al. 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 Sala Spain 33 2.3k 2.0k 1.3k 491 235 62 2.7k
Christopher J. Bae United States 29 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 553 1.1× 171 0.7× 114 2.7k
Josep Vallverdú Spain 28 2.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 525 1.1× 197 0.8× 111 2.3k
Andreu Ollé Spain 35 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 400 0.8× 183 0.8× 112 3.2k
Josep María Vergès Spain 27 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 363 0.7× 159 0.7× 93 2.2k
Marco Peresani Italy 32 3.1k 1.4× 2.7k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 682 1.4× 209 0.9× 200 3.7k
Nick Barton United Kingdom 27 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 512 1.0× 231 1.0× 56 2.4k
Marina Mosquera Spain 28 2.5k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 338 0.7× 156 0.7× 73 3.0k
Clive Finlayson Spain 27 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 724 0.5× 735 1.5× 327 1.4× 94 2.2k
Marie‐Hélène Moncel France 39 3.7k 1.6× 3.1k 1.6× 2.1k 1.6× 668 1.4× 269 1.1× 169 4.3k
Jean‐Paul Raynal France 22 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 733 0.6× 487 1.0× 194 0.8× 145 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Sala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Sala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duval, Mathieu, Toshiyuki Fujioka, J. M. Parés, et al.. (2025). New chronological constraints for the Plio-Pleistocene section of Dhar Iroumyane (Morocco) and the associated fossil locality of Guefaït-4. Quaternary Science Reviews. 369. 109610–109610. 1 indexed citations
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Barsky, Déborah, Robert Sala, Amèlia Bargalló, et al.. (2025). Identifying a Knapping Signature for Lower Paleolithic Spheroid Reduction. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 8(1). 1 indexed citations
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Muller, Antoine, Déborah Barsky, Robert Sala, et al.. (2023). The limestone spheroids of ‘Ubeidiya: intentional imposition of symmetric geometry by early hominins?. Royal Society Open Science. 10(9). 230671–230671. 11 indexed citations
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Agustı́, Jordi, Pedro Piñero, Hamid Haddoumi, et al.. (2022). Guefaït-1 (eastern Morocco), a new stage in the evolution of the late Miocene (Vallesian) small mammalian faunas of Northern Africa. Historical Biology. 35(9). 1637–1655. 1 indexed citations
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Alba, David M., Antonio Rodríguez‐Hidalgo, Jan van der Made, et al.. (2021). New macaque fossil remains from Morocco. Journal of Human Evolution. 153. 102951–102951. 9 indexed citations
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Madurell‐Malapeira, Joan, Antonio Rodríguez‐Hidalgo, Hamid Haddoumi, et al.. (2021). First small-sized Dinofelis: Evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of North Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 265. 107028–107028. 10 indexed citations
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Barsky, Déborah, Amèlia Bargalló, Josep María Vergès, et al.. (2020). Subspheroids in the lithic assemblage of Barranco León (Spain): Recognizing the late Oldowan in Europe. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0228290–e0228290. 32 indexed citations
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Parés, Josep M., César Álvarez, Alfonso Benito‐Calvo, et al.. (2020). Magnetostratigraphy of the Sedimentary Fill of the Aïn Beni Mathar-Guefaït Basin (High Plateau, E Morocco). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020.
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Álvarez, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez, et al.. (2018). The use of “second rate” raw materials during Middle Palaeolithic. Technological and functional analysis of two sites in north-eastern Iberia. L Anthropologie. 122(4). 626–653. 6 indexed citations
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Barsky, Déborah, et al.. (2018). The emergence and significance of heavy-duty scrapers in ancient stone toolkits. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17(3). 201–219. 24 indexed citations
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Pérez, Leopoldo, Alfred Sanchis Serra, Cristo M. Hernández Gómez, et al.. (2016). Hearths and bones: An experimental study to explore temporality in archaeological contexts based on taphonomical changes in burnt bones. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 11. 287–309. 50 indexed citations
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Carbonell, Eudald, Déborah Barsky, Robert Sala, & Vincenzo Celiberti. (2015). Structural continuity and technological change in Lower Pleistocene toolkits. Quaternary International. 393. 6–18. 33 indexed citations
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Parés, Josep M., et al.. (2015). New magnetostratigraphic and numerical age of the Fuente Nueva-3 site (Guadix-Baza basin, Spain). Quaternary International. 389. 224–234. 33 indexed citations
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Hermida, Arturo de Lombera, Amèlia Bargalló, Marcos Terradillos Bernal, et al.. (2015). The lithic industry of Sima del Elefante (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) in the context of Early and Middle Pleistocene technology in Europe. Journal of Human Evolution. 82. 95–106. 69 indexed citations
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Agustı́, Jordi, Hugues‐Alexandre Blain, Iván Lozano‐Fernández, et al.. (2015). Chronological and environmental context of the first hominin dispersal into Western Europe: The case of Barranco León (Guadix-Baza Basin, SE Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 87. 87–94. 36 indexed citations
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Soler, Bruno Gómez de, Gerard Campeny, Jan van der Made, et al.. (2012). A new key locality for the Pliocene vertebrate record of Europe: the Camp dels Ninots maar (NE Spain). Geologica Acta. 10(1). 1–17. 76 indexed citations
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Carbonell, Eudald, Marina Mosquera, Andreu Ollé, et al.. (2003). Les premiers comportements funéraires auraient-ils pris place à Atapuerca, il y a 350 000 ans ?. L Anthropologie. 107(1). 1–14. 42 indexed citations

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