William Archer

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

William Archer is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Archer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Anthropology, 25 papers in Paleontology and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in William Archer's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (34 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers). William Archer is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (34 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers). William Archer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and United States. William Archer's co-authors include David R. Braun, Shannon P. McPherron, Guillaume Porraz, Pierre-Jean Texier, Chantal Tribolo, Jean‐Philippe Rigaud, Michel Piboule, Philipp Gunz, Sam Lin and Christopher E. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

William Archer

47 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Earliest known Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlight early technological diversity

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Archer Germany	20	1.1k	796	370	287	213	57	1.3k
Sam Lin Australia	21	991 0.9×	909 1.1×	406 1.1×	235 0.8×	116 0.5×	52	1.5k
Раду Йовита Germany	22	1.1k 1.0×	917 1.2×	473 1.3×	163 0.6×	96 0.5×	53	1.5k
Leore Grosman Israel	22	822 0.8×	820 1.0×	541 1.5×	150 0.5×	70 0.3×	59	1.3k
Gonen Sharon Israel	20	1.2k 1.1×	970 1.2×	626 1.7×	160 0.6×	261 1.2×	48	1.6k
Željko Režek Germany	16	722 0.7×	623 0.8×	263 0.7×	156 0.5×	102 0.5×	25	903
Jessica C. Thompson United States	22	853 0.8×	594 0.7×	480 1.3×	156 0.5×	192 0.9×	48	1.1k
David Uribelarrea Spain	25	1.3k 1.2×	804 1.0×	635 1.7×	132 0.5×	356 1.7×	65	1.7k
John McNabb United Kingdom	18	781 0.7×	587 0.7×	270 0.7×	139 0.5×	149 0.7×	55	988
Benjamin J. Schoville South Africa	15	806 0.7×	656 0.8×	395 1.1×	217 0.8×	115 0.5×	28	990
William Andrefsky United States	13	1.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.9×	710 1.9×	323 1.1×	59 0.3×	26	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by William Archer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Archer

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All Works

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Archer, William, et al.. (2023). A Predictive Model for the Non-Destructive Assessment of Stone Age Silcrete Heat Treatment Strategies. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Motes‐Rodrigo, Alba, et al.. (2022). Experimental investigation of orangutans’ lithic percussive and sharp stone tool behaviours. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263343–e0263343. 15 indexed citations

Bandini, Elisa, et al.. (2021). Naïve, unenculturated chimpanzees fail to make and use flaked stone tools. Open Research Europe. 1. 20–20. 3 indexed citations

McPherron, Shannon P., et al.. (2021). Machine learning, bootstrapping, null models, and why we are still not 100% sure which bone surface modifications were made by crocodiles. Journal of Human Evolution. 164. 103071–103071. 19 indexed citations

Bandini, Elisa, Alba Motes‐Rodrigo, William Archer, et al.. (2021). Naïve, unenculturated chimpanzees fail to make and use flaked stone tools. Open Research Europe. 1. 20–20. 11 indexed citations

Shipton, Ceri, James Blinkhorn, William Archer, et al.. (2021). The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 153. 102954–102954. 19 indexed citations

McPherron, Shannon P., William Archer, Tamara Dogandžić, et al.. (2020). Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241714–e0241714. 16 indexed citations

Archer, William, Vera Aldeias, & Shannon P. McPherron. (2020). What is ‘in situ’? A reply to Harmand et al. (2015). Journal of Human Evolution. 142. 102740–102740. 30 indexed citations

Martínez, Felipe I., Cristian Capelli, María Joana Ferreira da Silva, et al.. (2019). A missing piece of the Papio puzzle: Gorongosa baboon phenostructure and intrageneric relationships. Journal of Human Evolution. 130. 1–20. 16 indexed citations

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Braun, David R., Michael C. Pante, & William Archer. (2016). Cut marks on bone surfaces: influences on variation in the form of traces of ancient behaviour. Interface Focus. 6(3). 20160006–20160006. 34 indexed citations

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Lin, Sam, et al.. (2016). A Core Reduction Experiment Finds No Effect of Original Stone Size and Reduction Intensity on Flake Debris Size Distribution. American Antiquity. 81(3). 562–575. 14 indexed citations

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Oxilia, Gregorio, Marco Peresani, Matteo Romandini, et al.. (2015). Earliest evidence of dental caries manipulation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12150–12150. 42 indexed citations

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Archer, William, Philipp Gunz, Karen L. van Niekerk, Christopher S. Henshilwood, & Shannon P. McPherron. (2015). Diachronic Change within the Still Bay at Blombos Cave, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132428–e0132428. 50 indexed citations

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McPherron, Shannon P., et al.. (2014). An experimental assessment of the influences on edge damage to lithic artifacts: a consideration of edge angle, substrate grain size, raw material properties, and exposed face. Journal of Archaeological Science. 49. 70–82. 63 indexed citations

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Caruana, Matthew V., Susana Carvalho, David R. Braun, et al.. (2014). Quantifying Traces of Tool Use: A Novel Morphometric Analysis of Damage Patterns on Percussive Tools. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113856–e113856. 52 indexed citations

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Archer, William, et al.. (2014). Early Pleistocene aquatic resource use in the Turkana Basin. Journal of Human Evolution. 77. 74–87. 42 indexed citations

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Archer, William & David R. Braun. (2013). Investigating the Signature of Aquatic Resource Use within Pleistocene Hominin Dietary Adaptations. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e69899–e69899. 31 indexed citations

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Braun, David R., Naomi E. Levin, Deano D. Stynder, et al.. (2013). Mid-Pleistocene Hominin occupation at Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 82. 145–166. 48 indexed citations

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Archer, William. (2010). Henry Irving, Actor and Manager, a Critical Study. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Hazlitt, William, et al.. (1957). Hazlitt on theatre. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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