Vasil Popov

1.2k total citations
25 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

Vasil Popov is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vasil Popov has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Paleontology, 11 papers in Anthropology and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Vasil Popov's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers) and Marine and environmental studies (8 papers). Vasil Popov is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers) and Marine and environmental studies (8 papers). Vasil Popov collaborates with scholars based in Bulgaria, United States and Russia. Vasil Popov's co-authors include M. V. Anikovich, John F. Hoffecker, Biagio Giaccio, Sergey Lisitsyn, Vance T. Holliday, Andrey A. Sinitsyn, Steven L. Forman, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Roberto Isaia and Francesco Fedele and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

Vasil Popov

24 papers receiving 593 citations

Peers

Vasil Popov
Anne-Élisabeth Lebatard France
Giulio Pavia Italy
Emiliano Aguirre Spain
J. M. Parés Spain
Serdar Mayda Türkiye
Erwan Messager France
Lucy Farr United Kingdom
Guido van Reenen Netherlands
G. Ficcarelli Italy
Marzia Breda Italy
Anne-Élisabeth Lebatard France
Vasil Popov
Citations per year, relative to Vasil Popov Vasil Popov (= 1×) peers Anne-Élisabeth Lebatard

Countries citing papers authored by Vasil Popov

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vasil Popov

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vasil Popov

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vasil Popov. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vasil Popov 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 Vasil Popov. Vasil Popov 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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Popov, Vasil, et al.. (2025). Winter is (not) coming: Acoustic monitoring and temperature variation across important bat hibernacula. Biodiversity Data Journal. 13. e141801–e141801. 1 indexed citations
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Baca, Mateusz, Danijela Popović, Helen Fewlass, et al.. (2021). The Tien Shan vole (Microtus ilaeus; Rodentia: Cricetidae) as a new species in the Late Pleistocene of Europe. Ecology and Evolution. 11(22). 16113–16125. 8 indexed citations
3.
Tillier, Anne-Marie, Nikolay Sirakov, Philippe Fernandez, et al.. (2017). Evidence of Neanderthals in the Balkans: The infant radius from Kozarnika Cave (Bulgaria). Journal of Human Evolution. 111. 54–62. 11 indexed citations
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Spassov, Nikolaï, Nikolay Tzankov, Vasil Popov, et al.. (2016). Magura Cave, Bulgaria: A multidisciplinary study of Late Pleistocene human palaeoenvironment in the Balkans. Quaternary International. 415. 86–108. 17 indexed citations
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Hoffecker, John F., Vance T. Holliday, M. V. Anikovich, et al.. (2015). Kostenki 1 and the early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 5. 307–326. 18 indexed citations
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Spassov, Nikolaï, et al.. (2012). Preliminary Findings of the Balkan Paleo Project: Evidence of Human Activity at the “Gateway” of Europe During the Late Pleistocene. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
7.
Sirakov, Nikolay, Jean‐Luc Guadelli, Myriam Boudadi‐Maligne, et al.. (2010). An ancient continuous human presence in the Balkans and the beginnings of human settlement in western Eurasia: A Lower Pleistocene example of the Lower Palaeolithic levels in Kozarnika cave (North-western Bulgaria). Quaternary International. 223-224. 94–106. 81 indexed citations
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Hoffecker, John F., et al.. (2009). Evidence for kill-butchery events of early Upper Paleolithic age at Kostenki, Russia. Journal of Archaeological Science. 37(5). 1073–1089. 31 indexed citations
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Hoffecker, John F., Vance T. Holliday, M. V. Anikovich, et al.. (2008). From the Bay of Naples to the River Don: the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption and the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Eastern Europe. Journal of Human Evolution. 55(5). 858–870. 62 indexed citations
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Anikovich, M. V., John F. Hoffecker, Vance T. Holliday, et al.. (2007). Early Upper Paleolithic in Eastern Europe and Implications for the Dispersal of Modern Humans. Science. 315(5809). 223–226. 109 indexed citations
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Rzebik-Kowalska, B. & Vasil Popov. (2005). [The fossil record of the Eurasian Neogene insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia) : Part I / L.W. van den Hoek Ostende, C.S. Doukas and J.W.F. Reumer (editors)]: Bulgaria. The Digital Academic Repository of Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Naturalis Biodiversity Center). 5(3). 31–35. 3 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil. (2004). Late Pliocene Erinaceidae and Talpidae (Mammalia: Insectivora) from Varshets (North Bulgaria). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 47(1). 1–14. 11 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil. (2004). Pliocene small mammals (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Muselievo (North Bulgaria). Geodiversitas. 26(3). 403–491. 38 indexed citations
14.
Popov, Vasil. (2003). Late Pliocene Soricidae [Insectivora, Mammalia] from Varshets [North Bulgaria]. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 46(1). 43–72. 27 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil, et al.. (2002). Comparative craniometrical analysis and distributional patterns of medium-sized horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in Bulgaria. Folia Zoologica. 51(3). 187–200. 14 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil. (2001). Late Pliocene voles [Mammalia: Arvicolidae] from Varshets [North Bulgaria]. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 44(2). 13 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil. (2000). Epigeobiont animal assemblages from two landscapes of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast: relationship to environmental gradients, assemblage structure and biodiversity. III. Small mammals (Mammalia: Insectivora, Rodentia).. 52(3). 79–96. 2 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil, et al.. (2000). Epigeobiont animal assemblages from two landscapes of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast: relationship to habitat type, assemblage structure and biodiversity: II. spiders (Araneae).. 52(1). 51–88. 1 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil, et al.. (2000). Epigeobiont animal assemblages from two landscapes of the Bulgarian black sea coast: relationship to environmental gradients, assemblage structure and biodiversity. I. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae).. 51(1). 81–114. 5 indexed citations
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Popov, Vasil. (1988). Middle Pleistocene small mammals (Mammalia: Insectivora, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Varbeshnitsa (Bulgaria). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 31. 8 indexed citations

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