Sam Lin

2.1k total citations
52 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sam Lin is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Lin has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Anthropology, 36 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Sam Lin's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (42 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers). Sam Lin is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (42 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers). Sam Lin collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Sam Lin's co-authors include Harold L. Dibble, Željko Režek, David R. Braun, Matthew Douglass, Shannon P. McPherron, Раду Йовита, Simon Holdaway, Yaw‐Wen Kuo, Deborah I. Olszewski and William Archer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sam Lin

52 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
Sam Lin Australia 21 991 909 406 235 138 52 1.5k
Patrick Schmidt Germany 24 902 0.9× 852 0.9× 391 1.0× 404 1.7× 114 0.8× 103 1.9k
William Archer Germany 20 1.1k 1.1× 796 0.9× 370 0.9× 287 1.2× 106 0.8× 57 1.3k
Martha Tappen United States 15 1.3k 1.3× 980 1.1× 715 1.8× 32 0.1× 496 3.6× 27 2.2k
Josep María Vergès Spain 27 1.5k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 1.1k 2.6× 72 0.3× 122 0.9× 93 2.2k
Leore Grosman Israel 22 822 0.8× 820 0.9× 541 1.3× 150 0.6× 224 1.6× 59 1.3k
Matthew Douglass United States 18 543 0.5× 494 0.5× 170 0.4× 161 0.7× 98 0.7× 38 903
Раду Йовита Germany 22 1.1k 1.1× 917 1.0× 473 1.2× 163 0.7× 106 0.8× 53 1.5k
Kazuo Aoyama Japan 20 394 0.4× 845 0.9× 211 0.5× 107 0.5× 43 0.3× 57 1.2k
Clive Orton United Kingdom 16 442 0.4× 612 0.7× 417 1.0× 110 0.5× 160 1.2× 38 1.2k
Chris Clarkson Australia 32 2.4k 2.5× 1.9k 2.1× 1.1k 2.8× 340 1.4× 171 1.2× 115 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Lin 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 Sam Lin. Sam Lin 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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Lin, Sam, et al.. (2024). Directional thermal emission and display using pixelated non-imaging micro-optics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4544–4544. 29 indexed citations
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Peng, Fei, et al.. (2023). Initial Upper Paleolithic in North China: New data from Shuidonggou locality 9. Archaeological Research in Asia. 36. 100484–100484. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peiqi, Nicolas Zwyns, Fei Peng, et al.. (2022). After the blades: The late MIS3 flake-based technology at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0274777–e0274777. 5 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam, Željko Režek, David R. Braun, et al.. (2022). The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0262920–e0262920. 3 indexed citations
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Schotsmans, Eline M.J., Sam Lin, Milena Vasić, et al.. (2022). New insights on commemoration of the dead through mortuary and architectural use of pigments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 4055–4055. 12 indexed citations
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Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Kasih Norman, Sean Ulm, et al.. (2021). Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2440–2440. 34 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam & L. S. Premo. (2021). Forager Mobility and Lithic Discard Probability Similarly Affect the Distance of Raw Material Discard from Source. American Antiquity. 86(4). 845–863. 7 indexed citations
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McPherron, Shannon P., William Archer, Tamara Dogandžić, et al.. (2020). Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241714–e0241714. 16 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam & João Marreiros. (2020). Quina Retouch Does Not Maintain Edge Angle Over Reduction. Lithic Technology. 46(1). 45–59. 12 indexed citations
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Režek, Željko, Harold L. Dibble, Shannon P. McPherron, David R. Braun, & Sam Lin. (2018). Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(4). 628–633. 55 indexed citations
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Kuo, Yaw‐Wen, et al.. (2018). Design of a Wireless Sensor Network-Based IoT Platform for Wide Area and Heterogeneous Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal. 18(12). 5187–5197. 104 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam, et al.. (2016). A Core Reduction Experiment Finds No Effect of Original Stone Size and Reduction Intensity on Flake Debris Size Distribution. American Antiquity. 81(3). 562–575. 14 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam, Shannon P. McPherron, & Harold L. Dibble. (2015). Establishing statistical confidence in Cortex Ratios within and among lithic assemblages: a case study of the Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France. Journal of Archaeological Science. 59. 89–109. 36 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam, Željko Režek, David R. Braun, & Harold L. Dibble. (2013). On the utility and economization of unretouched flakes: The effects of exterior platform angle and platform depth. American Antiquity. 78(4). 724–745. 58 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam, Željko Režek, David R. Braun, & Harold L. Dibble. (2013). On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes: The Effects of Exterior Platform Angle and Platform Depth. American Antiquity. 78(4). 724–745. 68 indexed citations
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Dibble, Harold L., Vera Aldeias, Zenobia Jacobs, et al.. (2013). On the industrial attributions of the Aterian and Mousterian of the Maghreb. Journal of Human Evolution. 64(3). 194–210. 67 indexed citations
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Lin, Sam, Matthew Douglass, Simon Holdaway, & Bruce Floyd. (2009). The application of 3D laser scanning technology to the assessment of ordinal and mechanical cortex quantification in lithic analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science. 37(4). 694–702. 81 indexed citations
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Fraundorf, P., et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Characterization of Srilankite Nanowires. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 8(3). 1481–1488. 7 indexed citations

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