Simen Oestmo

625 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 413 citations indexed

About

Simen Oestmo is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simen Oestmo has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 413 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Anthropology, 6 papers in Archeology and 5 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Simen Oestmo's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers). Simen Oestmo is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers). Simen Oestmo collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. Simen Oestmo's co-authors include Kyle S. Brown, Benjamin J. Schoville, Zenobia Jacobs, Erich C. Fisher, Thalassa Matthews, Panagiotis Karkanas, Curtis W. Marean, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Jayne Wilkins and Curtis W. Marean and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Simen Oestmo

11 papers receiving 406 citations

Hit Papers

An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa
    2012 226 citations Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simen Oestmo United States 6 329 286 139 115 74 11 413
Katja Douze France 12 366 1.1× 281 1.0× 125 0.9× 139 1.2× 71 1.0× 19 411
Jerome P. Reynard South Africa 13 425 1.3× 360 1.3× 216 1.6× 127 1.1× 90 1.2× 21 482
Luca Pollarolo South Africa 11 454 1.4× 366 1.3× 229 1.6× 150 1.3× 88 1.2× 12 608
Martin Porr Australia 14 301 0.9× 224 0.8× 169 1.2× 106 0.9× 28 0.4× 33 458
Ramón Montes Spain 6 321 1.0× 268 0.9× 213 1.5× 70 0.6× 89 1.2× 7 477
Carole Fritz France 14 376 1.1× 264 0.9× 186 1.3× 136 1.2× 73 1.0× 48 589
Olivia Rivero Spain 14 328 1.0× 222 0.8× 189 1.4× 82 0.7× 64 0.9× 55 478
Agazi Negash Ethiopia 10 272 0.8× 193 0.7× 142 1.0× 107 0.9× 40 0.5× 20 377
Gilles Tosello France 14 315 1.0× 222 0.8× 170 1.2× 115 1.0× 69 0.9× 42 524
Francesco d’Errico France 10 551 1.7× 474 1.7× 333 2.4× 80 0.7× 74 1.0× 26 632

Countries citing papers authored by Simen Oestmo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simen Oestmo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simen Oestmo. 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 Simen Oestmo. The network helps show where Simen Oestmo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simen Oestmo

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

All Works

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Harris, Jacob A., et al.. (2020). A new approach to identify heat treated silcrete near Pinnacle Point, South Africa using 3D microscopy and Bayesian modeling. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 34. 102622–102622. 5 indexed citations
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Oestmo, Simen, Marco A. Janssen, & Hayley C. Cawthra. (2019). Applying Brantingham's neutral model of stone raw material procurement to the Pinnacle Point Middle Stone Age record, Western Cape, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 235. 105901–105901. 11 indexed citations
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Murray, J., et al.. (2018). Using Surface Roughness to Identify Heat Treatment in Lithic Technology. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Eugene I., Zenobia Jacobs, Minghua Ren, et al.. (2018). Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago. Nature. 555(7697). 511–515. 67 indexed citations
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Wilkins, Jayne, Kyle S. Brown, Simen Oestmo, et al.. (2017). Lithic technological responses to Late Pleistocene glacial cycling at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0174051–e0174051. 54 indexed citations
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Schoville, Benjamin J., Jayne Wilkins, Terrence B. Ritzman, Simen Oestmo, & Kyle S. Brown. (2017). The performance of heat-treated silcrete backed pieces in actualistic and controlled complex projectile experiments. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 14. 302–317. 25 indexed citations
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Oestmo, Simen, Marco A. Janssen, & Curtis W. Marean. (2014). The Effect of Spatial Clustering on Stone Raw Material Procurement. Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). 2 indexed citations
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Oestmo, Simen. (2013). Digital imaging technology and experimental archeology: a methodological framework for the identification and interpretation of fire modified rock (FMR). Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(12). 4429–4443. 18 indexed citations
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Oestmo, Simen. (2013). A Neutral Model of Stone Raw Material Procurement (Version 1). 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Kyle S., Curtis W. Marean, Zenobia Jacobs, et al.. (2012). An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa. Nature. 491(7425). 590–593. 226 indexed citations breakdown →

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