Simon Mays

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Simon Mays is a scholar working on Archeology, Surgery and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Mays has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Archeology, 27 papers in Surgery and 27 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Simon Mays's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (83 papers), Paleopathology and ancient diseases (39 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers). Simon Mays is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (83 papers), Paleopathology and ancient diseases (39 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers). Simon Mays collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Simon Mays's co-authors include Margaret Cox, Michael P. Richards, Benjamin T. Fuller, Megan B. Brickley, Rachel Ives, James Steele, Donald J. Ortner, G. Michael Taylor, Theya Molleson and Gordon Turner‐Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

Simon Mays

131 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Human Osteology : In Arch... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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. Human Osteology : In Archaeology and Forensic Science
    2000 521 citations Simon Mays et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Mays 3.0k 1.1k 698 499 442 132 4.4k
Richard S. Meindl 3.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.6× 822 1.6× 238 0.5× 62 5.0k
Niels Lynnerup 3.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 1.9k 2.7× 629 1.3× 813 1.8× 230 6.4k
Clark Spencer Larsen 4.0k 1.3× 1.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 1.6k 3.2× 489 1.1× 124 5.8k
Shelley R. Saunders 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 538 1.1× 774 1.8× 60 4.3k
Jay T. Stock 2.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 657 0.9× 1.5k 3.0× 242 0.5× 150 4.4k
George R. Milner 1.9k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 781 1.1× 915 1.8× 226 0.5× 86 3.4k
Israël Hershkovitz 2.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 684 1.0× 1.2k 2.4× 229 0.5× 210 5.8k
Susan Pfeiffer 1.2k 0.4× 565 0.5× 310 0.4× 655 1.3× 186 0.4× 87 2.0k
Eugénia Cunha 3.6k 1.2× 505 0.5× 1.3k 1.8× 422 0.8× 160 0.4× 199 4.7k
Douglas H. Ubelaker 8.0k 2.7× 2.3k 2.1× 2.9k 4.2× 1.6k 3.1× 592 1.3× 208 10.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Mays

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Mays

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All Works

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Mays, Simon, et al.. (2024). Which types of bony changes in the maxillary sinus indicate chronic sinusitis?. International Journal of Paleopathology. 46. 16–23. 1 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, et al.. (2023). A biocultural study of nasal fracture, violence, and gender using 19th–20th century skeletal remains from Portugal. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 33(5). 858–867. 3 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon & Megan B. Brickley. (2022). Is dietary deficiency of calcium a factor in rickets? Use of current evidence for our understanding of the disease in the past. International Journal of Paleopathology. 36. 36–44. 7 indexed citations
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Brickley, Megan B., et al.. (2021). Quantifying cortical bone in fragmentary archeological second metacarpals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174(4). 812–821. 5 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon. (2021). A content analysis by bibliometry of the first ten years of the International Journal of Paleopathology. International Journal of Paleopathology. 34. 217–222. 3 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, David Roberts, Peter Marshall, et al.. (2018). Lives before and after Stonehenge: An osteobiographical study of four prehistoric burials recently excavated from the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 20. 692–710. 16 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, Tracy Prowse, Matthieu George, & Megan B. Brickley. (2018). Latitude, urbanization, age, and sex as risk factors for vitamin D deficiency disease in the Roman Empire. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 167(3). 484–496. 25 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon & Megan B. Brickley. (2018). Vitamin D deficiency in bioarchaeology and beyond: The study of rickets and osteomalacia in the past. International Journal of Paleopathology. 23. 1–5. 30 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, Megan B. Brickley, & Rachel Ives. (2008). Growth in an English population from the Industrial Revolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 136(1). 85–92. 21 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, Megan B. Brickley, & Rachel Ives. (2005). Skeletal manifestations of rickets in infants and young children in a historic population from England. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129(3). 362–374. 99 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon. (2005). Age‐related cortical bone loss in women from a 3rd–4th century AD population from England. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129(4). 518–528. 51 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon. (2005). Talon cusp in a primary lateral incisor from a medieval child. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 15(1). 67–72. 27 indexed citations
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Petley, Graham W., C J Edwards, Peter R. Taylor, et al.. (2004). Changes in hip geometry from medieval to modern times. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, et al.. (2004). Measurements of Bone Mineral Density of the Radius in a Medieval Population. Calcified Tissue International. 74(2). 157–161. 20 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, Gillian Crane‐Kramer, & Alex Bayliss. (2003). Two probable cases of treponemal disease of Medieval date from England. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 120(2). 133–143. 42 indexed citations
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Richards, Michael P., Simon Mays, & Benjamin T. Fuller. (2002). Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values of bone and teeth reflect weaning age at the Medieval Wharram Percy site, Yorkshire, UK. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 119(3). 205–210. 261 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, Edward Fysh, & G. Michael Taylor. (2002). Investigation of the link between visceral surface rib lesions and tuberculosis in a Medieval skeletal series from England using ancient DNA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 119(1). 27–36. 64 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon. (1999). Osteoporosis in Earlier Human Populations. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2(1). 71–78. 27 indexed citations
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Mays, Simon, et al.. (1995). The Romano-British Human Bone from Folly Lane, St Albans (1991-92 Excavations). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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