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PaleoAmerica
H-index 9

PaleoAmerica

2055-5563

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ypal20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 415 10 17 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.534
Impact Factor: 1.7

Top Publications

  • The Upper Paleolithic of the Americas

    Thomas J. Williams;David B. Madsen

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Peopling the Americas: Not “Out of Japan”

    G. Richard Scott;Dennis H. O’Rourke;Jennifer A. Raff;Justin C. Tackney

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Bayesian Revision of the Folsom Age Range Using IntCal20

    Briggs Buchanan;J. David Kilby;Marcus J. Hamilton;Jason M. LaBelle

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Arctic Beringia and Native American Origins

    John F. Hoffecker;Scott A. Elias;Olga Potapova

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Reply to “Evidence for Humans at White Sands National Park during the Last Glacial Maximum Could Actually be for Clovis People ∼13,000 Years Ago” by C. Vance Haynes, Jr.

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Comments on Archaeological Remains at the Monte Verde Site Complex, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Mario Pino;Carlos Ocampo

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • The Chiquihuite Cave, a Real Novelty? Observations about the Still-ignored South American Prehistory

    Eric Boëda;Ruth Gruhn;Agueda Vilhena Vialou;Carlos Aschero

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Formation Processes of the Late Pleistocene Site Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião – Piauí (Brazil)

    Ximena S. Villagran;Gelvam A. Hartmann;Mareike Cordula Stahlschmidt;Susann Heinrich

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Response to Review of “Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ∼16,000 years ago” by Fiedel et al.

    Loren G. Davis;David B. Madsen;David A. Sisson;Masami Izuho

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Hard Facts in an Imperfect Site: The Evidence of Human Presence in the Arroyo del Vizcaíno. Reply to Holcomb et al.

    (2022)
    5 Citations

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