Roland Fletcher

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Roland Fletcher is a scholar working on Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Fletcher has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 17 papers in Space and Planetary Science and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Roland Fletcher's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (17 papers) and Cambodian History and Society (9 papers). Roland Fletcher is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (17 papers) and Cambodian History and Society (9 papers). Roland Fletcher collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and United States. Roland Fletcher's co-authors include Damian Evans, Christophe Pottier, Dan Penny, Brendan M. Buckley, Edward R. Cook, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Masaki Sano, Le Canh Nam, Michael E. Smith and Robin Coningham and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Roland Fletcher

43 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Uncovering archaeological landscapes at Angkor using lidar

2013 257 citations Damian Evans, Roland Fletcher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roland Fletcher Australia	18	664	553	403	355	355	44	1.7k
Jaime J. Awe United States	22	1.3k 2.0×	549 1.0×	478 1.2×	346 1.0×	156 0.4×	102	2.1k
Cameron A. Petrie United Kingdom	24	858 1.3×	256 0.5×	833 2.1×	329 0.9×	228 0.6×	89	2.0k
Sheryl Luzzadder‐Beach United States	23	1.3k 1.9×	345 0.6×	618 1.5×	198 0.6×	193 0.5×	71	2.0k
Timothy Beach United States	31	1.8k 2.8×	453 0.8×	780 1.9×	281 0.8×	231 0.7×	91	2.8k
Dan Penny Australia	21	472 0.7×	154 0.3×	896 2.2×	174 0.5×	369 1.0×	66	1.9k
Damian Evans France	20	499 0.8×	639 1.2×	79 0.2×	288 0.8×	187 0.5×	46	1.4k
Nicholas P. Dunning United States	30	2.0k 3.0×	461 0.8×	711 1.8×	281 0.8×	268 0.8×	89	2.8k
Keith M. Prufer United States	24	1000 1.5×	181 0.3×	842 2.1×	214 0.6×	217 0.6×	53	2.0k
Vernon L. Scarborough United States	24	1.2k 1.8×	186 0.3×	306 0.8×	200 0.6×	216 0.6×	72	1.9k
Jason Ur United States	23	855 1.3×	697 1.3×	103 0.3×	832 2.3×	48 0.1×	51	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Roland Fletcher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Fletcher

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fletcher, Roland, et al.. (2024). Risk and low-density dispersed urbanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 3 indexed citations

Fletcher, Roland, et al.. (2024). Negative Space: An Alternative Framework for Archaeoacoustics. Journal of Cognition. 7(1). 6–6. 1 indexed citations

Moffat, Ian, et al.. (2021). Deciphering a Timeline of Demise at Medieval Angkor, Cambodia Using Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 13(11). 2094–2094. 1 indexed citations

Evans, Damian, Scott G. Ortman, Miriam T. Stark, et al.. (2021). Diachronic modeling of the population within the medieval Greater Angkor Region settlement complex. Science Advances. 7(19). 21 indexed citations

Figueira, Will F., et al.. (2019). Neolithic Temples of Malta: 3D analysis points to novel roof reconstruction. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 13. e00095–e00095. 7 indexed citations

Penny, Dan, et al.. (2016). Claiming the hydraulic network of Angkor with Viṣṇu: A multidisciplinary approach including the analysis of archaeological remains, digital modelling and radiocarbon dating: With evidence for a 12th century renovation of the West Mebon. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 9. 275–292. 4 indexed citations

Lucero, Lisa J., Roland Fletcher, & Robin Coningham. (2015). From ‘collapse’ to urban diaspora: the transformation of low-density, dispersed agrarian urbanism. Antiquity. 89(347). 1139–1154. 73 indexed citations

O’Reilly, Dougald, et al.. (2015). The buried ‘towers’ of Angkor Wat. Antiquity. 89(348). 1420–1438. 12 indexed citations

Evans, Damian & Roland Fletcher. (2015). The landscape of Angkor Wat redefined. Antiquity. 89(348). 1402–1419. 48 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland, et al.. (2015). Angkor Wat: an introduction. Antiquity. 89(348). 1388–1401. 23 indexed citations

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Buckley, Brendan M., et al.. (2014). Monsoon extremes and society over the past millennium on mainland Southeast Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 95. 1–19. 109 indexed citations

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Buckley, Brendan M., Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Dan Penny, et al.. (2010). Climate as a contributing factor in the demise of Angkor, Cambodia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(15). 6748–6752. 421 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland. (2009). Social Theory and Archaeology: Diversity, Paradox and Potential. Mankind. 19(1). 65–75.

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Fletcher, Roland, Dan Penny, Damian Evans, et al.. (2008). The water management network of Angkor, Cambodia. Antiquity. 82(317). 658–670. 64 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland, Damian Evans, Ian Tapley, & A.K. Milne. (2008). [ARCHAEOLOGY IN CAMBODIA] Angkor: extent, settlement pattern and ecology. Preliminary results of an AIRSAR survey in September 2000. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 24(0). 1 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland, Damian Evans, & Matti Kummu. (2003). The Dynamics of Water Management of Angkor, Cambodia, 9th to 16th Century. 2 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland. (1991). Refutation and Tradition: An Uneasy Relationship. Australian Archaeology. 33(1). 59–62. 1 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland. (1986). Settlement archaeology: World‐wide comparisons. World Archaeology. 18(1). 59–83. 29 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Roland. (1986). Review. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 21(3). 195–195. 1 indexed citations

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Kolb, Charles C., Thomas H. Charlton, Warren R. DeBoer, et al.. (1985). Demographic Estimates in Archaeology: Contributions From Ethnoarchaeology on Mesoamerican Peasants [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 26(5). 581–599. 51 indexed citations

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