Rolf Quam

3.7k total citations
58 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rolf Quam is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Quam has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Anthropology, 37 papers in Archeology and 28 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Rolf Quam's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (40 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (26 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers). Rolf Quam is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (40 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (26 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers). Rolf Quam collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Rolf Quam's co-authors include Juan Luís Arsuaga, Ignacio Martı́nez, José Miguel Carretero, Carlos Lorenzo, Laura Rodríguez, Ana Gràcia, Rebeca García‐González, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, Asier Gómez‐Olivencia and Eudald Carbonell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Quam

58 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rolf Quam Spain 23 1.2k 885 845 188 145 58 1.6k
Bruno Maureille France 29 2.1k 1.8× 1.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.8× 204 1.1× 216 1.5× 142 2.8k
John Hawks United States 22 1.1k 0.9× 765 0.9× 823 1.0× 337 1.8× 153 1.1× 92 2.1k
Marie Soressi Germany 28 2.0k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 1.7k 2.0× 145 0.8× 223 1.5× 79 2.6k
David Degusta United States 15 661 0.6× 363 0.4× 602 0.7× 277 1.5× 256 1.8× 24 1.3k
David W. Frayer United States 28 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.5× 927 1.1× 367 2.0× 198 1.4× 72 2.5k
Lucinda Backwell South Africa 25 2.1k 1.8× 1.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.9× 394 2.1× 186 1.3× 57 2.6k
José Miguel Carretero Spain 33 2.2k 1.9× 2.0k 2.3× 1.6k 1.9× 350 1.9× 228 1.6× 113 3.3k
Asier Gómez‐Olivencia Spain 24 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 996 1.2× 136 0.7× 185 1.3× 113 1.9k
Yonas Beyene Japan 21 1.7k 1.4× 623 0.7× 1.3k 1.6× 895 4.8× 300 2.1× 32 2.4k
Lynne A. Schepartz United States 20 479 0.4× 490 0.6× 339 0.4× 169 0.9× 76 0.5× 56 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rolf Quam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rolf Quam

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martı́nez, Ignacio, et al.. (2025). Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade. Nature Communications. 16(1). 972–972. 1 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, José Miguel Carretero, Rebeca García‐González, et al.. (2024). The child who lived: Down syndrome among Neanderthals?. Science Advances. 10(26). eadn9310–eadn9310. 2 indexed citations
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Martı́nez, Ignacio, et al.. (2023). The ear of the Sima de los Huesos hominins (Atapuerca, Spain). The Anatomical Record. 307(7). 2410–2424. 5 indexed citations
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Sala, Nohemi, Ignacio Martı́nez, Carlos Lorenzo, et al.. (2023). Taphonomic skeletal disturbances in the Sima de los Huesos postcranial remains. The Anatomical Record. 307(7). 2437–2450. 7 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, et al.. (2023). The Neandertal nature of the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos mandibles. The Anatomical Record. 307(7). 2343–2393. 9 indexed citations
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Martı́nez, Ignacio, et al.. (2023). Fusion of the occipitomastoidal synchondrosis as a developmental marker in the Sima de los Huesos Crania (Atapuerca, Spain). The Anatomical Record. 307(7). 2425–2436. 2 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, et al.. (2022). Reassessment of the human mandible from Banyoles (Girona, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 174. 103291–103291. 7 indexed citations
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Martı́nez, Ignacio, Rolf Quam, Juan Luís Arsuaga, et al.. (2020). The cochlea of the Aroeira 3 Middle Pleistocene cranium—a comparative study. Journal of Human Evolution. 148. 102887–102887. 2 indexed citations
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Martı́nez, Ignacio, et al.. (2019). The cochlea of the Sima de los Huesos hominins (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): New insights into cochlear evolution in the genus Homo. Journal of Human Evolution. 136. 102641–102641. 14 indexed citations
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Gómez‐Olivencia, Asier, et al.. (2018). La Ferrassie 1: New perspectives on a “classic” Neandertal. Journal of Human Evolution. 117. 13–32. 22 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, Ignacio Martı́nez, Manuel Rosa-Zurera, et al.. (2015). Early hominin auditory capacities. Science Advances. 1(8). e1500355–e1500355. 29 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, Carlos Lorenzo, Ignacio Martı́nez, Ana Gracia‐Téllez, & Juan Luís Arsuaga. (2015). The bony labyrinth of the middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 90. 1–15. 28 indexed citations
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Arsuaga, Juan Luís, Ignacio Martı́nez, Ana Gracia‐Téllez, & Rolf Quam. (2015). Phylogenetic analysis of the Sima de los Huesos hominins and evolutionary patterns in the Middle Pleistocene. 2 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Laura, José Miguel Carretero, Rebeca García‐González, et al.. (2015). Fossil hominin radii from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 90. 55–73. 14 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, Montserrat Sanz, Joan Daura, et al.. (2015). The Neandertals of northeastern Iberia: New remains from the Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona). Journal of Human Evolution. 81. 13–28. 14 indexed citations
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Sanz, Montserrat, et al.. (2011). A Neanderthal Lower Incisor from Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona, Spain). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Sección geológica. 105(1). 25–30. 6 indexed citations
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Carretero, José Miguel, Laura Rodríguez, Rebeca García‐González, et al.. (2011). Stature estimation from complete long bones in the Middle Pleistocene humans from the Sima de los Huesos, Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 62(2). 242–255. 83 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf & Yoel Rak. (2007). Auditory ossicles from southwest Asian Mousterian sites. Journal of Human Evolution. 54(3). 414–433. 46 indexed citations
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Martı́nez, Ignacio, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Rolf Quam, et al.. (2007). Human hyoid bones from the middle Pleistocene site of the Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 54(1). 118–124. 63 indexed citations
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Daura, Joan, Montserrat Sanz, M. Eulàlia Subirà, et al.. (2005). A Neandertal mandible from the Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 49(1). 56–70. 50 indexed citations

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