Robyn Pickering

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robyn Pickering is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robyn Pickering has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Anthropology, 34 papers in Paleontology and 28 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Robyn Pickering's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (42 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers). Robyn Pickering is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (42 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers). Robyn Pickering collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Switzerland. Robyn Pickering's co-authors include Jan D. Kramers, Jon Woodhead, Lee R. Berger, John Hellström, Andy I.R. Herries, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchill, Manfred Mudelsee, Okan Tüysüz and R. Lawrence Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robyn Pickering

53 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Timing and climatic impact of Greenland interstadials rec... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 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. Timing and climatic impact of Greenland interstadials recorded in stalagmites from northern Turkey
    2009 362 citations Manfred Mudelsee, Robyn Pickering 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
Robyn Pickering South Africa 21 1.1k 989 809 359 258 55 1.8k
Mark White United Kingdom 29 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 885 1.1× 447 1.2× 317 1.2× 65 1.9k
Simon G. Lewis United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 877 1.1× 513 1.4× 279 1.1× 51 1.8k
Maurice Taieb France 23 881 0.8× 647 0.7× 899 1.1× 203 0.6× 363 1.4× 53 1.8k
Richard I. Macphail United Kingdom 21 774 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 686 0.8× 501 1.4× 191 0.7× 49 1.6k
Paul Goldberg United States 29 1.8k 1.6× 1.8k 1.9× 1.3k 1.6× 1.0k 2.9× 373 1.4× 55 2.9k
Pascal Bertran France 29 1.2k 1.0× 823 0.8× 1.5k 1.8× 437 1.2× 616 2.4× 121 2.5k
Ash Parton United Kingdom 25 1.1k 1.0× 960 1.0× 684 0.8× 888 2.5× 129 0.5× 46 1.7k
Abdullah Alsharekh Saudi Arabia 26 1.0k 0.9× 981 1.0× 597 0.7× 919 2.6× 103 0.4× 62 1.7k
Paul S. Breeze United Kingdom 25 1.1k 1.0× 956 1.0× 614 0.8× 834 2.3× 103 0.4× 47 1.7k
Nadine Tisnérat‐Laborde France 25 622 0.5× 609 0.6× 980 1.2× 365 1.0× 311 1.2× 65 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Robyn Pickering

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robyn Pickering

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robyn Pickering

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robyn Pickering. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robyn Pickering 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 Robyn Pickering. Robyn Pickering 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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Kibii, Job M., et al.. (2025). Taung and beyond: The mining history, geology and taphonomy of Australopithecus in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 121(1/2).
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Pickering, Robyn, et al.. (2025). The large mammal fossil fauna of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: a review. PeerJ. 13. e18946–e18946.
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Pickering, Robyn, et al.. (2024). Preprints, press releases and fossils in space: What is happening in South African human evolution research?. South African Journal of Science. 120(3/4). 1 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn, Benjamin J. Schoville, Helen Green, et al.. (2022). Tufas indicate prolonged periods of water availability linked to human occupation in the southern Kalahari. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0270104–e0270104. 6 indexed citations
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Wilkins, Jayne, Benjamin J. Schoville, Robyn Pickering, et al.. (2021). Innovative Homo sapiens behaviours 105,000 years ago in a wetter Kalahari. Nature. 592(7853). 248–252. 49 indexed citations
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Deininger, Michael, Frank McDermott, Francisco W. Cruz, et al.. (2020). Inter-hemispheric synchroneity of Holocene precipitation anomalies controlled by Earth’s latitudinal insolation gradients. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5447–5447. 25 indexed citations
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Wilkins, Jayne, Benjamin J. Schoville, Kyle S. Brown, et al.. (2020). Fabric Analysis and Chronology at Ga-Mohana Hill North Rockshelter, Southern Kalahari Basin: Evidence for In Situ, Stratified Middle and Later Stone Age Deposits. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 3(3). 336–361. 16 indexed citations
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Roux, Petrus le, et al.. (2020). Lead and strontium isotopes as palaeodietary indicators in the Western Cape of South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 116(5/6). 6 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn. (2018). Geology and uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating of the South African Paranthropus-bearing cave deposits. 1 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn, Andy I.R. Herries, Jon Woodhead, et al.. (2018). U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases. Nature. 565(7738). 226–229. 68 indexed citations
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Rosenberger, Alfred L., et al.. (2015). 1.32 ± 0.11 Ma age for underwater remains constrain antiquity and longevity of the Dominican primate Antillothrix bernensis. Journal of Human Evolution. 88. 85–96. 12 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn, et al.. (2011). Contemporary flowstone development links early hominin bearing cave deposits in South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 306(1-2). 23–32. 86 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn & Jan D. Kramers. (2010). Re-appraisal of the stratigraphy and determination of new U-Pb dates for the Sterkfontein hominin site, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 59(1). 70–86. 115 indexed citations
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Pickering, Travis Rayne, Robyn Pickering, C. K. Brain, et al.. (2009). Newly discovered fossil- and artifact-bearing deposits, uranium-series ages, and Plio-Pleistocene hominids at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 57(6). 688–696. 26 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn, P. John Hancox, Julia A. Lee‐Thorp, et al.. (2007). Stratigraphy, U-Th chronology, and paleoenvironments at Gladysvale Cave: insights into the climatic control of South African hominin-bearing cave deposits. Journal of Human Evolution. 53(5). 602–619. 71 indexed citations
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Hall, Grant, et al.. (2006). An Acheulean handaxe from Gladysvale Cave site, Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 102. 103–105. 10 indexed citations
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Pickering, Robyn. (2006). Regional geology, setting and sedimentology of Sibudu Cave. Southern African humanities. 18(1). 123–129. 30 indexed citations

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