Richard P. Evershed

34.7k citations
439 papers · 23.4k · 4 hit papers · h-index 85

Impact in

  • Paleontology top 0.01%
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Archeology top 0.01%
    • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Papers in

  • Ecology 163
    • Isotope Analysis in Ecology 129
  • Paleontology 150
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 144
Co-authors
Ian D. Bull (45 shared papers)Stephanie N. Dudd (21 shared papers)Pim F. van Bergen (18 shared papers)L. John Goad (19 shared papers)Richard D. Pancost (28 shared papers)Mark S. Copley (18 shared papers)Hazel R. Mottram (11 shared papers)Shucheng Xie (12 shared papers)
Journals
Organic Geochemistry (35 papers)Journal of Archaeological Science (32 papers)Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (31 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (17 papers)Journal of Chromatography A (15 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesGermany

In The Last Decade

Richard P. Evershed

433 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Richard P. Evershed's Hit Papers

The Earliest Horse Harnessing and Milking 2009 · 384 citations
3840+9+18Years since publication100200300400500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2009 Science
  2. 2008 Archaeometry
  3. 2000 Organic Geochemistry
  4. 1998 Science

Peers

Richard P. Evershed
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
  • Paleontology 9.1k
  • Archeology 5.2k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 2.1k
  • Ecology 8.2k
  • Archeology 289
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All Works

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1
The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments
Organic Geochemistry ·Ji Hedges, G. Eglinton, P.G. Hatcher, David L. Kirchman, Carol Arnosti, Sylvie Derenne, Richard P. Evershed, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, J.W de Leeuw, Ralf Littke, Walter Michaelis, Jürgen Rullkötter
Hit paper breakdown →		2000563
2
ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL BIOMARKER REVOLUTION*
Archaeometry ·Richard P. Evershed
Hit paper breakdown →		2008428
3
The Earliest Horse Harnessing and Milking
Science ·Alan K. Outram, Natalie A. Stear, Robin Bendrey, Sandra L. Olsen, (unknown), Victor F. Zaibert, Nick Thorpe, Richard P. Evershed
Hit paper breakdown →		2009384
4
Molecular Coproscopy: Dung and Diet of the Extinct Ground Sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis
Science ·Hendrik N. Poinar, Michael Hofreiter, W. Geoffrey Spaulding, Paul S. Martin, B. Artur Stankiewicz, Helen A. Bland, Richard P. Evershed, Göran Possnert, Svante Pääbo
Hit paper breakdown →		1998365
5
Expression of the dietary isotope signal in the compound‐specific δ13C values of pig bone lipids and amino acids
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology ·M. R. Howland, Lorna T. Corr, S. M. M. Young, Vicky Jones, Susan Jim, Nikolaas J. van der Merwe, Andrew D. Mitchell, Richard P. Evershed
2003318
6
The origin of faeces by means of biomarker detection
Environment International ·Ian D. Bull, Matthew J. Lockheart, Mohamed M. Elhmmali, David J. Roberts, Richard P. Evershed
2002311
7
Direct chemical evidence for widespread dairying in prehistoric Britain
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark S. Copley, Robert Berstan, Stephanie N. Dudd, Gordon Docherty, Amrita Mukherjee, Vanessa Straker, Sebastian Payne, Richard P. Evershed
2003309
8
Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction
Nature ·Shucheng Xie, Richard D. Pancost, Hongfu Yin, Hongmei Wang, Richard P. Evershed
2005300
9
Stable carbon isotopic evidence for differences in the dietary origin of bone cholesterol, collagen and apatite: implications for their use in palaeodietary reconstruction
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Susan Jim, Stanley H. Ambrose, Richard P. Evershed
2003298
10
Earliest evidence for cheese making in the sixth millennium bc in northern Europe
Nature ·Mélanie Roffet‐Salque, Peter Bogucki, Joanna Pyzel, Iwona Sobkowiak‐Tabaka, Ryszard Grygiel, Marzena Szmyt, Richard P. Evershed
2012292
11
First dairying in green Saharan Africa in the fifth millennium bc
Nature ·Julie Dunne, Richard P. Evershed, Mélanie Roffet‐Salque, Lucy Cramp, Silvia Bruni, Kathleen Ryan, Stefano Biagetti, Savino di Lernia
2012270
12
n-Alkane distributions in ombrotrophic mires as indicators of vegetation change related to climatic variation
Organic Geochemistry ·Chris J. Nott, Shucheng Xie, Luke A. Avsejs, Darrel Maddy, Frank M. Chambers, Richard P. Evershed
2000263
13
Direct Demonstration of Milk as an Element of Archaeological Economies
Science ·Stephanie N. Dudd, Richard P. Evershed
1998244
14
Organic geochemical studies of soils from the Rothamsted Classical Experiments—I. Total lipid extracts, solvent insoluble residues and humic acids from Broadbalk Wilderness
Organic Geochemistry ·Pim F. van Bergen, Ian D. Bull, P. R. Poulton, Richard P. Evershed
1997236
15
Analysis of organic residues of archaeological origin by high-temperature gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
The Analyst ·Richard P. Evershed, Carl Heron, L. John Goad
1990218
16
Chemistry of Archaeological Animal Fats
Accounts of Chemical Research ·Richard P. Evershed, Stephanie N. Dudd, Mark S. Copley, Robert Berstan, Andrew W. Stott, Hazel R. Mottram, Stephen Buckley, Zoe Crossman
2002214
17
Concordant monsoon-driven postglacial hydrological changes in peat and stalagmite records and their impacts on prehistoric cultures in central China
Geology ·Shucheng Xie, Richard P. Evershed, Xianyu Huang, Zongmin Zhu, Richard D. Pancost, Philip A. Meyers, Linfeng Gong, Chaoyong Hu, Junhua Huang, Shihong Zhang, Yansheng Gu, Zhu Junying
2013208
18
Quantifying dietary macronutrient sources of carbon for bone collagen biosynthesis using natural abundance stable carbon isotope analysis
British Journal Of Nutrition ·Susan Jim, Vicky Jones, Stanley H. Ambrose, Richard P. Evershed
2006207
19
Organic geochemical studies of soils from the Rothamsted classical experiments—V. The fate of lipids in different long-term experiments
Organic Geochemistry ·Ian D. Bull, Pim F. van Bergen, Chris J. Nott, P. R. Poulton, Richard P. Evershed
2000205
20
Biomolecular archaeology and lipids
World Archaeology ·Richard P. Evershed
1993194

About Richard P. Evershed

Richard P. Evershed is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology, Archeology, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology, having authored 439 papers that have together received 23.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (144 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (129 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (38 papers), Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (38 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (33 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (9.1k citations), Archeology (5.2k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (2.1k citations), Ecology (8.2k citations) and Archeology (289 citations). Richard P. Evershed has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ian D. Bull, Stephanie N. Dudd, Pim F. van Bergen, L. John Goad, Richard D. Pancost, Mark S. Copley, Hazel R. Mottram, Shucheng Xie, Robert Berstan and Susan Jim. Their work appears in journals such as Organic Geochemistry, Journal of Archaeological Science, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Journal of Chromatography A.

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