Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

1.4k papers and 26.3k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have published 1.4k papers, which have received a total of 26.3k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 482 papers in Paleontology, 376 papers in Anthropology and 300 papers in Archeology on the topics of Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (431 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (315 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (217 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Paleontology (6.7k citations), Genetics (6.4k citations) and Anthropology (5.3k citations). Authors at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History collaborate with scholars in Germany, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History's most productive authors include Thomas Liehr, Nicole Boivin, Russell D. Gray, Michael D. Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Robert N. Spengler, Johannes Krause, Anja Weise, Johann‐Mattis List and Eleanor M. L. Scerri.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

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