Sergio Almécija

2.8k total citations
80 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sergio Almécija is a scholar working on Paleontology, Social Psychology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio Almécija has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Paleontology, 50 papers in Social Psychology and 35 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Sergio Almécija's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (60 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (50 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (35 papers). Sergio Almécija is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (60 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (50 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (35 papers). Sergio Almécija collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Italy. Sergio Almécija's co-authors include David M. Alba, Salvador Moyà‐Solà, William L. Jungers, Josep M. Robles, Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar, Meike Köhler, Ashley S. Hammond, Jeroen B. Smaers, Marta Pina and Josep Fortuny and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sergio Almécija

78 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergio Almécija Spain 25 1.2k 1.0k 824 289 251 80 1.8k
Masato Nakatsukasa Japan 26 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 550 0.7× 396 1.4× 268 1.1× 122 2.2k
David R. Begun Canada 31 1.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 392 1.4× 268 1.1× 87 2.4k
Laura MacLatchy United States 22 819 0.7× 746 0.7× 475 0.6× 260 0.9× 143 0.6× 45 1.4k
Adam D. Gordon United States 26 497 0.4× 799 0.8× 648 0.8× 293 1.0× 169 0.7× 48 1.8k
Christophe Soligo United Kingdom 20 758 0.6× 452 0.4× 391 0.5× 282 1.0× 356 1.4× 40 1.5k
Carol V. Ward United States 29 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 180 0.6× 376 1.5× 81 2.9k
Kristian J. Carlson United States 31 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.8× 183 0.6× 595 2.4× 91 2.9k
Tracy L. Kivell Germany 28 867 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 117 0.4× 562 2.2× 106 2.5k
Jay Kelley United States 27 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 681 0.8× 508 1.8× 135 0.5× 55 1.9k
Meike Köhler Spain 31 2.4k 2.0× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 518 1.8× 351 1.4× 84 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sergio Almécija

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sergio Almécija's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sergio Almécija with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sergio Almécija more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sergio Almécija

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sergio Almécija. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sergio Almécija. The network helps show where Sergio Almécija may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio Almécija

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sergio Almécija. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sergio Almécija 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 Sergio Almécija. Sergio Almécija 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
1.
Catalano, Santiago A., Ignacio H. Escapa, Kelsey D. Pugh, et al.. (2025). PlaceMyFossils: An Integrative Approach to Analyze and Visualize the Phylogenetic Placement of Fossils Using Backbone Trees. Systematic Biology. 74(4). 672–684. 1 indexed citations
2.
Püschel, Thomas A., et al.. (2025). A Dryopithecine Talus From Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès‐Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): Morphometric Affinities and Evolutionary Implications for Hominoid Locomotion. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 186(4). e70043–e70043. 1 indexed citations
3.
Harper, Christine M., Caley M. Orr, Sergio Almécija, et al.. (2025). Whole‐bone shape of hominoid manual proximal phalanges. The Anatomical Record. 309(2). 245–270.
4.
Zanolli, Clément, Matthew M. Skinner, Josep Fortuny, et al.. (2024). Molar enamel–dentine junction shape of Pliobates cataloniae and other Iberian pliopithecoids. Journal of Human Evolution. 195. 103581–103581. 2 indexed citations
5.
Smith, Christopher M., et al.. (2024). First evolutionary insights into the human otolithic system. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1244–1244.
6.
Almécija, Sergio, Kelsey D. Pugh, Christopher M. Smith, et al.. (2024). Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1391–1391. 1 indexed citations
7.
8.
Almécija, Sergio, Melissa Tallman, Hesham Sallam, et al.. (2019). Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4778–4778. 12 indexed citations
9.
Hammond, Ashley S., et al.. (2019). Insights into the lower torso in late Miocene hominoidOreopithecus bambolii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 278–284. 17 indexed citations
10.
Zanolli, Clément, David R. Begun, Sergio Almécija, et al.. (2019). A deformation-based geometric morphometric analysis of the vestibular apparatus in the Miocene apes Hispanopithecus laietanus and Rudapithecus hungaricus. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
11.
Almécija, Sergio, et al.. (2019). Pelvic shape variation among gorilla subspecies: Phylogenetic and ecological signals. Journal of Human Evolution. 137. 102684–102684. 4 indexed citations
12.
Thompson, Nathan E., et al.. (2018). Preliminary 3-D kinematic data of wild mountain gorilla terrestrial locomotion: Using lab-based methods in ape environments. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2 indexed citations
13.
Alba, David M., Salvador Moyà‐Solà, Daniel DeMiguel, et al.. (2018). Ape quest in the Vallès-Penedès Basin (2014–2017): Fieldwork results and prospects for the future. 2 indexed citations
14.
Pina, Marta, Sergio Almécija, Christopher B. Ruff, David M. Alba, & Salvador Moyà‐Solà. (2015). The plesiomorphic condition of the great ape femur: biomechanical evidence from the IPS41724 femur (middle Miocene, NE Iberian Peninsula). 1 indexed citations
15.
Almécija, Sergio, et al.. (2015). Functional aspects of metatarsal head shape in humans, apes, and Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution. 86. 136–146. 19 indexed citations
16.
17.
Alba, David M., Josep Fortuny, Clément Zanolli, et al.. (2013). New dental remains of Anoiapithecus and the first appearance datum of hominoids in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(5). 573–584. 26 indexed citations
18.
Pina, Marta, David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Josep Fortuny, & Salvador Moyà‐Solà. (2012). Locomotor inferences in Hispanopithecus laietanus on the basis of its femoral neck cortical thickness. 1 indexed citations
19.
Almécija, Sergio. (2009). Evolution of the hand in Miocene apes: implications for the appearance of the human hand. Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). 1 indexed citations
20.
Alba, David M., Jordi Galindo, Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar, et al.. (2007). La intervenció paleontològica a la nova fase del dipòsit controlat de Can Mata, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Anoia: campanyes 2002-2003, 2004 i 2005. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 2006(2006). 7–33. 5 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Masato Nakatsukasa Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David R. Begun Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Laura MacLatchy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Adam D. Gordon Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christophe Soligo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Carol V. Ward Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kristian J. Carlson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tracy L. Kivell Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jay Kelley Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Meike Köhler
Rankless by CCL
2026