Sean S. Downey

2.4k citations
30 papers · 1.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 17
Topics
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers)Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 papers)Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers)

In The Last Decade

Sean S. Downey

27 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Sean S. Downey
Comparison fields: 5 of 121
  • Paleontology 607
  • Anthropology 404
  • Atmospheric Science 307
  • Genetics 259
  • Geography, Planning and Development 241
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Countries citing papers authored by Sean S. Downey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean S. Downey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean S. Downey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean S. Downey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean S. Downey 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 Sean S. Downey. Sean S. Downey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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About Sean S. Downey

Sean S. Downey is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Paleontology and Anthropology, having authored 30 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (607 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (241 citations) and Anthropology (404 citations). Sean S. Downey has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Indonesia. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Shennan, Kevan Edinborough, Tim Kerig, Sue Colledge, Katie Manning, Mark Thomas, Adrian Timpson, Murray P. Cox, J. Stephen Lansing and Herawati Sudoyo. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

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