Simon Hillson

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Simon Hillson is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Hillson has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Archeology, 17 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Simon Hillson's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (39 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers). Simon Hillson is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (39 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers). Simon Hillson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Simon Hillson's co-authors include Louise Humphrey, Charles FitzGerald, Tania King, Daniel J. Antoine, Helen M. Flinn, M. Christopher Dean, Erik Trinkaus, Caroline Grigson, Chris Stringer and Sofia N. Wasterlain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Hillson

54 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Dental Anthropology 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2005 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Dental Anthropology
    1996 688 citations Simon Hillson Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Teeth
    2005 353 citations Simon Hillson Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers

Simon Hillson
Clark Spencer Larsen United States
Richard S. Meindl United States
Israël Hershkovitz Israel
Louise Humphrey United Kingdom
Shelley R. Saunders Canada
John R. Lukacs United States
Helen M. Liversidge United Kingdom
M. Christopher Dean United Kingdom
Simon Mays United Kingdom
Christy G. Turner United States
Clark Spencer Larsen United States
Simon Hillson
Citations per year, relative to Simon Hillson Simon Hillson (= 1×) peers Clark Spencer Larsen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Hillson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Hillson

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All Works

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Kullmer, Ottmar, et al.. (2021). A dental revolution: The association between occlusion and chewing behaviour. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0261404–e0261404. 9 indexed citations
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Rando, Carolyn, Simon Hillson, & Daniel J. Antoine. (2013). Changes in mandibular dimensions during the mediaeval to post-mediaeval transition in London: A possible response to decreased masticatory load. Archives of Oral Biology. 59(1). 73–81. 26 indexed citations
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Pilloud, Marin A. & Simon Hillson. (2012). Brief communication: The use of alternative dental measurements on deciduous teeth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 149(2). 299–306. 7 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, et al.. (2012). Tooth wear, Neanderthal facial morphology and the anterior dental loading hypothesis. Journal of Human Evolution. 62(3). 367–376. 45 indexed citations
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Wasterlain, Sofia N., Eugénia Cunha, & Simon Hillson. (2011). Periodontal disease in a Portuguese identified skeletal sample from the late nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 145(1). 30–42. 30 indexed citations
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Higham, Thomas, Tim Compton, Chris Stringer, et al.. (2011). The earliest evidence for anatomically modern humans in northwestern Europe. Nature. 479(7374). 521–524. 183 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, Simon A. Parfitt, Silvia M. Bello, Mark B. Roberts, & Chris Stringer. (2010). Two hominin incisor teeth from the middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove, Sussex, England. Journal of Human Evolution. 59(5). 493–503. 45 indexed citations
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FitzGerald, Charles & Simon Hillson. (2009). Deciduous Tooth Growth in an Ancient Greek Infant Cemetery. PubMed. 13. 178–183. 14 indexed citations
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Irish, Joel D., G. Richard Scott, Edward F. Harris, et al.. (2008). Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 175 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, et al.. (2007). Tooth use in Aboriginal Australia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 13 indexed citations
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King, Tania, Louise Humphrey, & Simon Hillson. (2005). Linear enamel hypoplasias as indicators of systemic physiological stress: Evidence from two known age‐at‐death and sex populations from postmedieval London. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128(3). 547–559. 136 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, Charles FitzGerald, & Helen M. Flinn. (2004). Alternative dental measurements: Proposals and relationships with other measurements. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 126(4). 413–426. 135 indexed citations
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FitzGerald, Charles & Simon Hillson. (2002). Dental reduction in Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene hominids.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, et al.. (1998). Benjamin Franklin, William Hewson and the Craven Street bones. Archaeology International. 2(0). 3 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon, et al.. (1997). Relationship of enamel hypoplasia to the pattern of tooth crown growth: A discussion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 104(1). 89–103. 270 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon. (1991). Mechanisms of human dental reduction. A case study from post-pleistocene nubia. Journal of Archaeological Science. 18(4). 507–508. 1 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon. (1986). Archaeology and the study of teeth. Endeavour. 10(3). 145–149. 9 indexed citations
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Hillson, Simon. (1979). Diet and dental disease. World Archaeology. 11(2). 147–162. 117 indexed citations

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