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Brian G. Richmond

Brian G. Richmond

Aura Health
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9041
World Ranking
17641
National Ranking
7239

Brian G. Richmond publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 123 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Brian G. Richmond D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian G. Richmond sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brian G. Richmond is affiliated with Aura Health in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences, Psychology, and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their work spans several key subfields, including Anthropology, Social Psychology, Paleontology, and Ecology. Major research topics include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Richmond's publications have appeared in a variety of scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

  • "The upper limb of Paranthropus boisei from Ileret, Kenya," 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • "Snapshots of human anatomy, locomotion, and behavior from Late Pleistocene footprints at Engare Sero, Tanzania," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Research collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, including Briana Pobiner, David J. Green, Michael R. Lague, Habiba Chirchir, and Anna K. Behrensmeyer.

Best Publications

  • Human evolution: taxonomy and paleobiology

    Bernard Wood;Brian G. Richmond

  • Early hominin diet included diverse terrestrial and aquatic animals 1.95 Ma in East Turkana, Kenya

    David R. Braun;John W. K. Harris;Naomi E. Levin;Jack T. McCoy

  • Origin of human bipedalism: The knuckle-walking hypothesis revisited.

    Brian G. Richmond;David R. Begun;David S. Strait

  • Modeling elastic properties in finite‐element analysis: How much precision is needed to produce an accurate model?

    David S. Strait;Qian Wang;Paul C. Dechow;Callum F. Ross

  • Orrorin tugenensis Femoral Morphology and the Evolution of Hominin Bipedalism

    Brian G. Richmond;William L. Jungers

  • The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus

    David S. Strait;Gerhard W. Weber;Simon Neubauer;Janine Chalk

  • Finite element analysis in functional morphology.

    Brian G. Richmond;Barth W. Wright;Ian Grosse;Paul C. Dechow

  • Older than the Oldowan Rethinking the emergence of hominin tool use

    Melissa A. Panger;Alison S. Brooks;Brian G. Richmond;Bernard Wood

  • Randomization procedures and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis

    Charles A. Lockwood;Brian G. Richmond;William L. Jungers;William H. Kimbel

  • Body mass estimates of hominin fossils and the evolution of human body size.

    Mark Grabowski;Mark Grabowski;Kevin G. Hatala;William L. Jungers;Brian G. Richmond

  • Size variation and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis and living hominoids

    Brian G. Richmond;William L. Jungers

  • Modeling masticatory muscle force in finite element analysis: Sensitivity analysis using principal coordinates analysis

    Callum F. Ross;Biren A. Patel;Dennis E. Slice;David S. Strait

  • Variation in Foot Strike Patterns during Running among Habitually Barefoot Populations

    Kevin G. Hatala;Heather L. Dingwall;Roshna E. Wunderlich;Brian G. Richmond;Brian G. Richmond

  • Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data.

    Adam D. Gordon;David J. Green;Brian G. Richmond;Brian G. Richmond

  • Recent origin of low trabecular bone density in modern humans

    Habiba Chirchir;Habiba Chirchir;Tracy L. Kivell;Christopher B. Ruff;Jean Jacques Hublin

  • Early hominin limb proportions.

    Brian G. Richmond;Leslie C. Aiello;Bernard A. Wood

  • Biomechanics of phalangeal curvature.

    Brian G. Richmond;Brian G. Richmond

  • Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus.

    David J. Green;Adam D. Gordon;Brian G. Richmond

  • Evolution and homologies of primate and modern human hand and forearm muscles, with notes on thumb movements and tool use

    Rui Diogo;Brian G. Richmond;Brian G. Richmond;Bernard Wood;Bernard Wood

  • Viewpoints: Diet and Dietary Adaptations in Early Hominins: The Hard Food Perspective

    David S. Strait;Paul Constantino;Peter W. Lucas;Brian G. Richmond

Frequent Co-Authors

Callum F. Ross
Callum F. Ross University of Chicago
David R. Braun
David R. Braun George Washington University
William L. Jungers
William L. Jungers Stony Brook University
Peter W. Lucas
Peter W. Lucas George Washington University
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Anna K. Behrensmeyer National Museum of Natural History
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts University of Antwerp
Darryl J. de Ruiter
Darryl J. de Ruiter Texas A&M University
Lloyd Paul Aiello
Lloyd Paul Aiello Harvard University
Brian R. Lawn
Brian R. Lawn National Institute of Standards and Technology
David R. Begun
David R. Begun University of Toronto

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