Susan Pfeiffer

3.1k total citations
87 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Susan Pfeiffer is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Pfeiffer has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Archeology, 32 papers in Anthropology and 20 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Susan Pfeiffer's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (57 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers). Susan Pfeiffer is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (57 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers). Susan Pfeiffer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, South Africa and United States. Susan Pfeiffer's co-authors include Jay T. Stock, Judith Sealy, Ronald F. Williamson, Helen K. Kurki, Christian M. Crowder, Genevieve Dewar, Nikolaas J. van der Merwe, Shelley R. Saunders, Michael Brown and J. Christopher Dudar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Susan Pfeiffer

85 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susan Pfeiffer Canada 25 1.2k 655 565 310 223 87 2.0k
Christopher J. Knüsel United Kingdom 22 1.4k 1.2× 477 0.7× 715 1.3× 317 1.0× 116 0.5× 77 2.0k
Brigitte Holt United States 11 747 0.6× 468 0.7× 310 0.5× 168 0.5× 276 1.2× 17 1.4k
Osbjorn M. Pearson United States 28 1.6k 1.3× 1.6k 2.5× 1.1k 2.0× 291 0.9× 315 1.4× 51 3.0k
Anthony B. Falsetti United States 16 767 0.6× 508 0.8× 583 1.0× 468 1.5× 62 0.3× 30 1.8k
Maria Giovanna Belcastro Italy 26 1.4k 1.1× 333 0.5× 297 0.5× 348 1.1× 173 0.8× 88 2.0k
Louise Humphrey United Kingdom 29 1.6k 1.3× 831 1.3× 902 1.6× 407 1.3× 51 0.2× 69 2.6k
Sébastien Villotte France 17 933 0.8× 436 0.7× 250 0.4× 153 0.5× 180 0.8× 68 1.4k
Benjamin M. Auerbach United States 18 1.0k 0.8× 414 0.6× 200 0.4× 385 1.2× 125 0.6× 37 1.6k
Theya Molleson United Kingdom 29 1.4k 1.2× 451 0.7× 956 1.7× 266 0.9× 70 0.3× 61 2.3k
Robert P. Mensforth United States 12 2.3k 1.9× 349 0.5× 557 1.0× 709 2.3× 115 0.5× 16 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susan Pfeiffer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Pfeiffer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Susan Pfeiffer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Susan Pfeiffer 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 Susan Pfeiffer. Susan Pfeiffer 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
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Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (2024). Structural integrity assessment of CANDU pressure tubes using Sobol indices for global sensitivity analysis. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 428. 113499–113499. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (2021). Small body size phenotypes among Middle and Later Stone Age Southern Africans. Journal of Human Evolution. 152. 102943–102943. 4 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan. (2020). Disease as a Factor in the African Archaeological Record. African Archaeological Review. 37(3). 487–490. 3 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (2017). A juvenile with compromised osteogenesis provides insights into past hunter-gatherer lives. International Journal of Paleopathology. 20. 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (2016). Maize, Fish, and Deer: Investigating Dietary Staples among Ancestral Huron-Wendat Villages, as Documented from Tooth Samples. American Antiquity. 81(3). 515–532. 9 indexed citations
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Coqueugniot, Hélène, et al.. (2013). Fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone: A case from the Glen Williams Ossuary, Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Paleopathology. 3(4). 269–273. 7 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan, Ronald F. Williamson, Judith Sealy, David Glenn Smith, & Meradeth Snow. (2013). Stable dietary isotopes and mtDNA from Woodland period southern Ontario people: results from a tooth sampling protocol. Journal of Archaeological Science. 42. 334–345. 25 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan. (2012). Two disparate instances of healed cranial trauma from the later stone age of South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 67(196). 256. 9 indexed citations
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Kurki, Helen K., et al.. (2007). Adult proportionality in small‐bodied foragers: A test of ecogeographic expectations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 136(1). 28–38. 28 indexed citations
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Stock, Jay T., Susan Pfeiffer, Michael Chazan, & Joel C. Janetski. (2005). F-81 skeleton from Wadi Mataha, Jordan, and its bearing on human variability in the Epipaleolithic of the Levant. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128(2). 453–465. 32 indexed citations
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Williamson, Ronald F. & Susan Pfeiffer. (2003). Bones of the Ancestors: The Archaeology and Osteobiography of the Moatfield Ossuary. 9 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan & Christian M. Crowder. (2003). An ill child among mid‐Holocene foragers of Southern Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 123(1). 23–29. 13 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (2001). Out of the Past - The History of Human Osteology at the University of Toronto. 5 indexed citations
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Braun, Mark, Della Collins Cook, & Susan Pfeiffer. (1998). DNA from Complex Identified in North American, Pre-Columbian Human Skeletal Remains. Journal of Archaeological Science. 25(3). 271–277. 40 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan. (1998). Variability in osteon size in recent human populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 106(2). 219–227. 2 indexed citations
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Gonçalves, Lúcia Hisako Takase, et al.. (1996). CARING FOR THE FRAIL AGED AND THEIR CAREGIVERS AT HOME. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Dupras, Tosha L. & Susan Pfeiffer. (1996). Determination of Sex from Adult Human Ribs. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 29(4). 221–231. 11 indexed citations
18.
Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (1995). Cortical remodeling data are affected by sampling location. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 96(1). 89–92. 30 indexed citations
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Graham, Terry E., et al.. (1983). Ethnic Differences in Female Responses to Work in the Cold. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 15(2). 157–157. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Susan. (1980). Bone-Remodelling Age Estimates Compared With Estimates by Other Techniques. Current Anthropology. 21(6). 793–794. 9 indexed citations

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