Yoel Rak

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Yoel Rak is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoel Rak has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Anthropology, 38 papers in Paleontology and 25 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Yoel Rak's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (46 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (22 papers). Yoel Rak is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (46 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (22 papers). Yoel Rak collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Yoel Rak's co-authors include William H. Kimbel, Donald C. Johanson, B. Arensburg, Erella Hovers, Bernard Vandermeersch, A. M. Tillier, Lynne A. Schepartz, G. Philip Rightmire, Abesalom Vekua and David Lordkipanidze and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yoel Rak

61 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the Evolution... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the Evolutionary Biology of Early Homo
    2013 262 citations Yoel Rak et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoel Rak Israel 30 2.1k 1.5k 1.1k 826 360 61 2.9k
Christopher B. Stringer United Kingdom 24 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 492 0.6× 245 0.7× 52 2.8k
Susan C. Antón United States 26 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 880 1.1× 304 0.8× 65 3.0k
G. Philip Rightmire United States 31 3.1k 1.5× 2.2k 1.5× 1.9k 1.8× 891 1.1× 437 1.2× 62 3.8k
Carlos Lorenzo Spain 31 2.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.7× 426 0.5× 347 1.0× 91 3.1k
Phillip V. Tobias South Africa 38 2.8k 1.4× 2.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 447 1.2× 157 4.5k
Scott W. Simpson United States 23 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 743 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 223 0.6× 56 2.7k
David W. Frayer United States 28 1.4k 0.7× 927 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 367 0.4× 250 0.7× 72 2.5k
Yonas Beyene Japan 21 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 623 0.6× 895 1.1× 128 0.4× 32 2.4k
Marcia S. Ponce de León Switzerland 29 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 766 0.9× 719 2.0× 66 3.4k
M.J. Morwood Australia 34 3.2k 1.5× 2.3k 1.5× 1.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 229 0.6× 77 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoel Rak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoel Rak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yoel Rak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yoel Rak 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 Yoel Rak. Yoel Rak 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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Herzlinger, Gadi, et al.. (2025). Candidate Denisovan fossils identified through gene regulatory phenotyping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(35). e2513968122–e2513968122. 2 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf, et al.. (2023). The Neandertal nature of the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos mandibles. The Anatomical Record. 307(7). 2343–2393. 9 indexed citations
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Rak, Yoel, William H. Kimbel, Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi, Charles A. Lockwood, & Colin G. Menter. (2020). The DNH 7 skull of Australopithecus robustus from Drimolen (Main Quarry), South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 151. 102913–102913. 16 indexed citations
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Gokhman, David, Marc de Manuel, David Juan, et al.. (2019). Reconstructing Denisovan Anatomy Using DNA Methylation Maps. Cell. 179(1). 180–192.e10. 49 indexed citations
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Kimbel, William H. & Yoel Rak. (2017). Australopithecus sediba and the Origin of Homo: Questionable Evidence from the Cranium of the Juvenile Holotype MH 1. 1 indexed citations
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Been, Ella, et al.. (2016). Mathematical model of spinal curvature: implications to human evolution. 2 indexed citations
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Barash, Alon, Ella Been, & Yoel Rak. (2015). A.L. 333-105: Virtual reconstruction and 3D printing of Australopithecus afarensis child. 1 indexed citations
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Been, Ella & Yoel Rak. (2012). Amud 7, a Neandertal infant from Amud Cave, Israel. 1 indexed citations
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Quam, Rolf & Yoel Rak. (2007). Auditory ossicles from southwest Asian Mousterian sites. Journal of Human Evolution. 54(3). 414–433. 46 indexed citations
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Rak, Yoel, et al.. (2006). Overcoming the tension between scientific and religious views in teaching anatomical dissection: The Israeli experience. Clinical Anatomy. 19(5). 442–447. 33 indexed citations
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Kimbel, William H., Charles J. Lockwood, Carol V. Ward, et al.. (2006). Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(2). 134–152. 111 indexed citations
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Drapeau, Michelle S.M., Carol V. Ward, William H. Kimbel, Donald C. Johanson, & Yoel Rak. (2005). Associated cranial and forelimb remains attributed to Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 48(6). 593–642. 79 indexed citations
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Rak, Yoel, et al.. (2002). Does Homo neanderthalensis play a role in modern human ancestry? The mandibular evidence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 119(3). 199–204. 55 indexed citations
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Kimbel, William H., Donald C. Johanson, & Yoel Rak. (1997). Systematic assessment of a maxilla ofHomo from Hadar, Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 103(2). 235–262. 120 indexed citations
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Rak, Yoel, William H. Kimbel, & Donald C. Johanson. (1996). The crescent of foramina inAustralopithecus afarensis and other early hominids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 101(1). 93–99. 7 indexed citations
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Kimbel, William H., Donald C. Johanson, & Yoel Rak. (1994). The first skull and other new discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis at Hadar, Ethiopia. Nature. 368(6470). 449–451. 131 indexed citations
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Rak, Yoel & William H. Kimbel. (1991). On the squamosal suture of KNM‐WT 17000. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 85(1). 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Hovers, Erella, Yoel Rak, & William H. Kimbel. (1991). Amud Cave — 1991 Season. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society. 24. 152–152. 1 indexed citations
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Arensburg, B., Lynne A. Schepartz, A. M. Tillier, Bernard Vandermeersch, & Yoel Rak. (1990). A reappraisal of the anatomical basis for speech in Middle Palaeolithic hominids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 83(2). 137–146. 135 indexed citations
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Arensburg, B., A. M. Tillier, Bernard Vandermeersch, et al.. (1989). A Middle Palaeolithic human hyoid bone. Nature. 338(6218). 758–760. 149 indexed citations

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