Robin Dennell

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Robin Dennell is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Dennell has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Anthropology, 58 papers in Paleontology and 32 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Robin Dennell's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (63 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (36 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (25 papers). Robin Dennell is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (63 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (36 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (25 papers). Robin Dennell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Spain. Robin Dennell's co-authors include George J. Armelagos, Mark Nathan Cohen, Wil Roebroeks, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, María Martinón‐Torres, H.M. Rendell, R. Coard, Michael D. Petraglia, Martin Hall and E. A. Hailwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robin Dennell

94 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture. 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 1986 250 500 750
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. Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture.
    1986 841 citations Robin Dennell et al. profile →
  2. Ancestors: The hard evidence
    1986 768 citations Robin Dennell Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robin Dennell United Kingdom 33 3.4k 3.2k 2.3k 767 678 100 5.3k
Avi Gopher Israel 45 3.6k 1.1× 3.7k 1.2× 2.9k 1.3× 556 0.7× 620 0.9× 182 6.6k
Richard Potts United States 43 4.3k 1.3× 3.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 2.1× 1.5k 2.2× 95 6.5k
Mary C. Stiner United States 45 5.8k 1.7× 5.2k 1.6× 3.7k 1.6× 654 0.9× 652 1.0× 98 7.6k
M.J. Morwood Australia 34 3.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 392 0.6× 77 4.4k
Nicholas J. Conard Germany 50 5.7k 1.7× 5.1k 1.6× 2.8k 1.2× 442 0.6× 1.4k 2.0× 233 7.7k
Pat Shipman United States 29 2.8k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 590 0.8× 172 0.3× 74 4.2k
Steven L. Kuhn United States 40 4.8k 1.4× 4.3k 1.3× 2.7k 1.2× 515 0.7× 523 0.8× 112 5.9k
Clive Gamble United Kingdom 32 2.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 472 0.6× 891 1.3× 112 4.8k
Curtis W. Marean United States 48 6.3k 1.9× 4.9k 1.5× 3.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.9× 124 8.0k
Alison S. Brooks United States 24 2.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 629 0.8× 448 0.7× 50 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Dennell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Dennell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Dennell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ge, Junyi, Yong‐Jiang Huang, Jia Liu, et al.. (2025). 300,000-year-old wooden tools from Gantangqing, southwest China. Science. 389(6755). 78–83. 2 indexed citations
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Zan, Jinbo, Julien Louys, Robin Dennell, et al.. (2024). Mid-Pleistocene aridity and landscape shifts promoted Palearctic hominin dispersals. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10279–10279. 7 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (2020). From Arabia to the Pacific : How Our Species Colonised Asia. 11 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zhaoyu, Robin Dennell, Weiwen Huang, et al.. (2018). Hominin occupation of the Chinese Loess Plateau since about 2.1 million years ago. Nature. 559(7715). 608–612. 135 indexed citations
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Gao, Xing & Robin Dennell. (2014). Late Pleistocene and Palaeolithic studies in Northeast Asia. Quaternary International. 347. 1–4. 6 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin & Michael D. Petraglia. (2012). The dispersal of Homo sapiens across southern Asia: how early, how often, how complex?. Quaternary Science Reviews. 47. 15–22. 63 indexed citations
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Martinón‐Torres, Marcos, et al.. (2010). The Hominin colonisation of Europe in the Early and Middle Pleistocene: a review. 111–122. 1 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (2010). Early Homo sapiens in China. Nature. 468(7323). 512–513. 32 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin, et al.. (2005). Locality 642, an Upper Siwalik (Pinjor Stage) fossil accumulation in the Pabbi Hills, Pakistan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50(1). 83–92. 8 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin, R. Coard, & Alan Turner. (2005). The biostratigraphy and magnetic polarity zonation of the Pabbi Hills, northern Pakistan: An Upper Siwalik (Pinjor Stage) Upper Pliocene–Lower Pleistocene fluvial sequence. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 234(2-4). 168–185. 67 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (2004). Hominid Dispersals and Asian Biogeography during the Lower and Early Middle Pleistocene, c. 2.0-0.5 Mya. Asian perspectives. 43(2). 205–226. 45 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (2003). Dispersal and colonisation, long and short chronologies: how continuous is the Early Pleistocene record for hominids outside East Africa?. Journal of Human Evolution. 45(6). 421–440. 184 indexed citations
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Zvelebil, Marek, et al.. (1998). Harvesting the sea, farming the forest : the emergence of Neolithic societies in the Balitic Region. 1 indexed citations
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Ganjoo, R. K. & Robin Dennell. (1986). On Lower Palaeolithic Artefacts From Pakistan. Current Anthropology. 27(2). 152–153. 1 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (1986). Ancestors: The hard evidence. Journal of Archaeological Science. 13(4). 391–391. 768 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dennell, Robin. (1985). Plants and ancient man. Journal of Archaeological Science. 12(3). 245–246. 67 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (1978). Archaeobotany and Early Farming in Europe. 31(1). 8–13. 1 indexed citations
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Legge, A. J., et al.. (1973). Recent Excavations at Nahal Oren, Israel. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 39. 75–99. 97 indexed citations
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Dennell, Robin. (1970). Seeds from a medieval sewer in Woolster Street, Plymouth. Economic Botany. 24(2). 151–154. 8 indexed citations

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