Thomas A. Wake

1.0k total citations
48 papers, 618 citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Wake is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Wake has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 618 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Paleontology and 14 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Wake's work include Marine animal studies overview (16 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (13 papers). Thomas A. Wake is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (16 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (13 papers). Thomas A. Wake collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Russia. Thomas A. Wake's co-authors include Kenneth W. Gobalet, Marvalee H. Wake, Douglas J. Kennett, Jon M. Erlandson, Terry L. Jones, Peter D. Schulz, David B. Wake, Richard G. Lesure, Torben C. Rick and John G. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Wake

43 papers receiving 572 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas A. Wake United States 14 292 277 148 142 96 48 618
Alexis M. Mychajliw United States 12 188 0.6× 271 1.0× 89 0.6× 137 1.0× 48 0.5× 35 527
Iain McKechnie Canada 12 402 1.4× 210 0.8× 101 0.7× 88 0.6× 125 1.3× 34 629
Irvy R. Quitmyer United States 14 414 1.4× 370 1.3× 128 0.9× 159 1.1× 290 3.0× 23 836
Frederick Grady United States 11 267 0.9× 207 0.7× 108 0.7× 88 0.6× 45 0.5× 14 505
Emily Lena Jones United States 14 253 0.9× 375 1.4× 77 0.5× 327 2.3× 96 1.0× 44 646
Joe Dortch Australia 15 326 1.1× 433 1.6× 160 1.1× 393 2.8× 73 0.8× 48 889
Rachel Reid United States 13 167 0.6× 221 0.8× 122 0.8× 132 0.9× 43 0.4× 22 429
Lida Pigott Burney United States 12 346 1.2× 326 1.2× 233 1.6× 240 1.7× 114 1.2× 15 935
Kenneth W. Gobalet United States 12 250 0.9× 185 0.7× 47 0.3× 111 0.8× 70 0.7× 41 500
Roberto Rozzi Germany 14 247 0.8× 249 0.9× 29 0.2× 142 1.0× 45 0.5× 25 520

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas A. Wake

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas A. Wake

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All Works

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O’Dea, Aaron, Erin Dillon, Simon J. Brandl, et al.. (2025). Prehistoric archives reveal evidence of predator loss and prey release in Caribbean reef fish communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(27). e2503986122–e2503986122. 1 indexed citations
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Weisler, Marshall I., et al.. (2024). Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 59(1). 29–67. 4 indexed citations
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Rick, Torben C., et al.. (2023). Investigations at an eroded shell midden reveal direct evidence for fur seal hunting and diverse subsistence strategies on Late Holocene Santa Rosa (Wima) Island, California. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 20(1). 244–258. 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Alexis, Stephanie Marciniak, Aaron O’Dea, Thomas A. Wake, & George H. Perry. (2021). Modern, archaeological, and paleontological DNA analysis of a human‐harvested marine gastropod ( Strombus pugilis ) from Caribbean Panama. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(5). 1517–1528. 6 indexed citations
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Lesure, Richard G., et al.. (2021). Large-Scale Patterns in the Agricultural Demographic Transition of Mesoamerica and Southwestern North America. American Antiquity. 86(3). 593–612. 6 indexed citations
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Rick, Torben C., Leslie Reeder-Myers, Todd J. Braje, & Thomas A. Wake. (2020). Human ecology, paleogeography, and biodiversity on California’s small Islands. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 17(3). 356–374. 8 indexed citations
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Wake, Thomas A., et al.. (2019). Mortuary Feasting at Sitio Drago, Panama and Elsewhere in Lower Central America.
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Wake, Thomas A., et al.. (2018). EARLY FORMATIVE PERIOD BIRD USE AT PASO DE LA AMADA, MEXICO. Latin American Antiquity. 29(2). 311–330. 2 indexed citations
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Wake, Thomas A.. (2017). On the Paramount Importance of Adequate Comparative Collections and Recovery Techniques in the Identification and Interpretation of Vertebrate Archaeofaunas: A Reply to Vale & Gargett (2002). Archaeofauna.
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Marsaglia, Kathleen M., et al.. (2017). New archaeological insights from petrographic analysis of ceramics from the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 17. 449–461. 2 indexed citations
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Broughton, Jack M., et al.. (2015). Late Holocene Anthropogenic Depression of Sturgeon in San Francisco Bay, California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 35(1). 14 indexed citations
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Daza, Juan D., Aaron M. Bauer, Christophe Sand, et al.. (2015). Reptile Remains from Tiga (Tokanod), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Pacific Science. 69(4). 531–557. 9 indexed citations
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Lesure, Richard G., et al.. (2013). Swidden agriculture, village longevity, and social relations in Formative central Tlaxcala: Towards an understanding of macroregional structure. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 32(2). 224–241. 11 indexed citations
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Rick, Torben C., Robert L. DeLong, Jon M. Erlandson, et al.. (2009). A trans-Holocene archaeological record of Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) on the California coast. Marine Mammal Science. 25(2). 487–502. 27 indexed citations
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Gobalet, Kenneth W., et al.. (2005). ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD OF NATIVE FISHES OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER: HOW TO IDENTIFY THEIR REMAINS. Western North American Naturalist. 65(3). 335–344. 4 indexed citations
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Wake, Thomas A., et al.. (2000). Trans-Holocene Subsistence Strategies and Topographic Change on the Northern California Coast: The Fauna from Duncans Point Cave. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 22(2). 13 indexed citations
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Gobalet, Kenneth W. & Thomas A. Wake. (2000). Archaeological and Paleontological Fish Remains from the Salton Basin, Southern California. The Southwestern Naturalist. 45(4). 514–514. 11 indexed citations
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Wake, Thomas A.. (1996). Mammal remains from Fort Ross : a study in ethnicity and culture change. UMI eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, Kent G., et al.. (1993). Native Responses to the Russian Mercantile Colony of Fort Ross, Northern California. Journal of Field Archaeology. 20(2). 159–159. 1 indexed citations

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