Stephen Plog

2.0k total citations
40 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Plog is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Plog has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Paleontology, 21 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Plog's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (28 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (11 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). Stephen Plog is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (28 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (11 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). Stephen Plog collaborates with scholars based in United States and Mexico. Stephen Plog's co-authors include David P. Braun, Adam Watson, Keith Kintigh, Steven A. LeBlanc, Brendan J. Culleton, Douglas J. Kennett, Peter M. Whiteley, Logan Kistler, Richard J. George and Pontus Skoglund and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Plog

39 papers receiving 870 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Plog United States 18 698 526 270 188 122 40 1.0k
Steven A. LeBlanc United States 22 927 1.3× 720 1.4× 245 0.9× 390 2.1× 143 1.2× 65 1.6k
Patricia L. Crown United States 20 864 1.2× 647 1.2× 338 1.3× 204 1.1× 123 1.0× 45 1.2k
Ann B. Stahl United States 17 537 0.8× 869 1.7× 402 1.5× 262 1.4× 56 0.5× 51 1.4k
John H. Blitz United States 16 645 0.9× 562 1.1× 181 0.7× 206 1.1× 65 0.5× 30 923
Paul E. Minnis United States 16 593 0.8× 446 0.8× 116 0.4× 94 0.5× 108 0.9× 40 820
Timothy G. Baugh United States 11 605 0.9× 518 1.0× 144 0.5× 165 0.9× 85 0.7× 28 772
Patty Jo Watson United States 19 699 1.0× 551 1.0× 133 0.5× 316 1.7× 80 0.7× 56 1.2k
Adam T. Smith United States 18 666 1.0× 559 1.1× 91 0.3× 412 2.2× 53 0.4× 50 1.3k
William A. Longacre United States 17 639 0.9× 535 1.0× 230 0.9× 198 1.1× 46 0.4× 42 901
Aubrey Cannon Canada 21 736 1.1× 474 0.9× 107 0.4× 292 1.6× 396 3.2× 39 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Plog

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Plog

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

All Works

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Lentz, David L., Nicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, et al.. (2021). Ecosystem impacts by the Ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258369–e0258369. 6 indexed citations
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Gilman, Patricia A., et al.. (2021). An Early Military Macaw from Cueva de Avendaños, Chihuahua. KIVA. 87(1). 1–22. 3 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen, et al.. (2018). La guacamaya momificada de Cueva de Avendaños, Chihuahua. Arqueología mexicana. 26(154). 76–83. 1 indexed citations
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Scarborough, Vernon L., Stephen Plog, Nicholas P. Dunning, et al.. (2018). Soil analysis in discussions of agricultural feasibility for ancient civilizations: A critical review and reanalysis of the data and debate from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198290–e0198290. 7 indexed citations
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George, Richard J., Stephen Plog, Adam Watson, et al.. (2018). Archaeogenomic evidence from the southwestern US points to a pre-Hispanic scarlet macaw breeding colony. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(35). 8740–8745. 20 indexed citations
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Kennett, Douglas J., Stephen Plog, Richard J. George, et al.. (2017). Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14115–14115. 149 indexed citations
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Price, T. Douglas, Stephen Plog, Steven A. LeBlanc, & John Krigbaum. (2016). Great House origins and population stability at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: The isotopic evidence. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 11. 261–273. 11 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen, et al.. (2015). Chaco Revisited: New Research on the Prehistory of Chaco Canyon, NM. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 124(13-14). 439–43. 3 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen & Adam Watson. (2012). The Chaco Pilgrimage Model: Evaluating the Evidence From Pueblo Alto. American Antiquity. 77(3). 449–477. 22 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen, et al.. (2006). Kinship and the Dynamics of the House: Rediscovering Dualism in the Pueblo Past. Nature. 599(7883). 91–95. 6 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen. (2003). Exploring the Ubiquitous through the Unusual: Color Symbolism in Pueblo Black-on-White Pottery. American Antiquity. 68(4). 665–695. 31 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen, et al.. (1997). The Never-Changing and the Ever-Changing: the Evolution of Western Pueblo Ritual. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 7(2). 161–182. 18 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen & Michelle Hegmon. (1997). An Anthropological Perspective on the Sample Size-Richness Relation: A Response to Leonard. American Antiquity. 62(4). 717–718. 3 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen & Michelle Hegmon. (1993). The Sample Size-Richness Relation: The Relevance of Research Questions, Sampling Strategies, and Behavioral Variation. American Antiquity. 58(3). 489–496. 22 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen. (1986). Spatial organization and exchange : archaeological survey on northern Black Mesa. 37 indexed citations
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Gumerman, George J., Robert C. Euler, & Stephen Plog. (1984). Papers on the Archaeology of Black Mesa, Arizona. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 32 indexed citations
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Kintigh, Keith & Stephen Plog. (1984). Stylistic Variation in Prehistoric Ceramics: Design Analysis in the American Southwest. The American Indian Quarterly. 8(3). 259–259. 53 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen. (1983). Analysis of Style in Artifacts. Annual Review of Anthropology. 12(1). 125–142. 43 indexed citations
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Plog, Stephen. (1978). Sampling in Archaeological Surveys: A Critique. American Antiquity. 43(2). 280–285. 8 indexed citations

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