Anna K. Behrensmeyer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Anna K. Behrensmeyer between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Anna K. Behrensmeyer published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 4.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2016. 12 of the 255 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20

1970 2025

255 publications in total across all disciplines

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Anna K. Behrensmeyer: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year	Publications
1970	2
1971	2
1972	0
1973	0
1974	0
1975	1
1976	1
1977	2
1978	2
1979	3
1980	7
1981	5
1982	4
1983	1
1984	3
1985	3
1986	3
1987	2
1988	3
1989	2
1990	1
1991	1
1992	6
1993	10
1994	2
1995	8
1996	5
1997	2
1998	0
1999	6
2000	3
2001	3
2002	6
2003	2
2004	5
2005	6
2006	5
2007	8
2008	4
2009	8
2010	1
2011	5
2012	3
2013	7
2014	11
2015	2
2016	22
2017	10
2018	14
2019	8
2020	7
2021	7
2022	6
2023	3
2024	5
2025	7
Total	255

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Anna K. Behrensmeyer publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna K. Behrensmeyer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 195 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401	195
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107
318–327	93
328–337	87
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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Anna K. Behrensmeyer D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna K. Behrensmeyer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54	73
74	35
75	52
76	50
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2014 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Floral and environmental gradients on a Late Cretaceous landscape. Ecological Monographs 82:23-47.
2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Anna K. Behrensmeyer is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Anthropology, Paleontology, Ecology, Archeology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Behrensmeyer has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scientific venues, such as:

Journal of Human Evolution
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Nature Communications

Notable recent papers include:

"Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transition in hominin evolution" (2020), published in Science Advances
"Rethinking the ecological drivers of hominin evolution" (2021), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
"Investigating Biotic Interactions in Deep Time" (2020), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
"The upper limb of Paranthropus boisei from Ileret, Kenya" (2020), published in Journal of Human Evolution
"Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling" (2022), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

Richard Potts
R. Bernhart Owen
J. Tyler Faith
Amelia Villaseñor
Alan L. Deino

Anna K. Behrensmeyer has been recognized with several awards, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2020. Additional distinctions are:

William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2014 for work on floral and environmental gradients on a Late Cretaceous landscape
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2011
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

4087
Citations
The taphonomy and paleoecology of Plio-Pleistocene vertebrate assemblages east of Lake Rudolf, Kenya

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

842
Citations
Systematic Butchery by Plio/Pleistocene Hominids at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Henry T. Bunn;Ellen M. Kroll;Stanley H. Ambrose;Anna K. Behrensmeyer

824
Citations
Taphonomy and paleobiology

Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Susan M. Kidwell;Robert A. Gastaldo

810
Citations
Faunal and environmental change in the late Miocene Siwaliks of northern Pakistan

John C. Barry;Michèle E. Morgan;Lawrence J. Flynn;David Pilbeam

629
Citations
Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals

Norton G. Miller;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;John D. Damuth;William A. DiMichele

574
Citations
Terrestrial Vertebrate Accumulations

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

570
Citations
Taphonomy's contributions to paleobiology

Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Susan M. Kidwell

532
Citations
Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids

Clive N.G Trueman;Anna K Behrensmeyer;Noreen Tuross;Steve Weiner

516
Citations
Time resolution in fluvial vertebrate assemblages

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

496
Citations
Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time

David Bartley;A.K. Behrensmeyer;J.D. Damuth;W.A. DiMichele

479
Citations
The expansion of grassland ecosystems in Africa in relation to mammalian evolution and the origin of the genus Homo

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

463
Citations
Fossils in the Making: Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology

Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Andrew P. Hill

452
Citations
Vertebrate preservation in fluvial channels

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

382
Citations
Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age

Alison S. Brooks;Alison S. Brooks;John E. Yellen;John E. Yellen;Richard Potts;Anna K. Behrensmeyer

363
Citations
Taphonomy and paleoecology of the dinosaur beds of the Jurassic Morrison Formation

Peter Dodson;A. K. Behrensmeyer;Robert T. Bakker;John S. McIntosh

342
Citations
Faunal change, environmental variability and late Pliocene hominin evolution.

René Bobe;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Ralph E. Chapman

336
Citations
Late Pliocene faunal turnover in the Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia

Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Nancy E. Todd;Richard Potts;Geraldine E. McBrinn

329
Citations
Early Hominin Foot Morphology Based on 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints from Ileret, Kenya

Matthew R. Bennett;John W.K. Harris;Brian G. Richmond;Brian G. Richmond;David R. Braun

313
Citations
Isotopic Tracking of Change in Diet and Habitat Use in African Elephants

Paul L. Koch;Jennifer Heisinger;Cynthia Moss;Richard W. Carlson

311
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Potts National Museum of Natural History

Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center

J. Tyler Faith University of Utah

S. Kathleen Lyons University of Nebraska–Lincoln

David R. Braun George Washington University

Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution

Gary R. Graves National Museum of Natural History

Robin W. Renaut University of Saskatchewan

Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History

Jussi T. Eronen University of Helsinki

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