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Clive Finlayson

Clive Finlayson

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
6089
World Ranking
9400
National Ranking
1

Clive Finlayson publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Clive Finlayson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Clive Finlayson D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Clive Finlayson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Clive Finlayson is affiliated with the Gibraltar Museum in Gibraltar. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. Their work includes significant contributions to Anthropology, Paleontology, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Archeology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Among the most frequent publication venues are Quaternary Science Reviews, Scientific Reports, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, PLoS ONE, and Journal of Quaternary Science.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Iberian Neanderthals in forests and savannahs (2021), Journal of Quaternary Science
  • First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) (2021), Scientific Reports
  • First vertebrate tracks and palaeoenvironment in a MIS-5 context in the Doñana National Park (Huelva, SW Spain) (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Aurochs roamed along the SW coast of Andalusia (Spain) during Late Pleistocene (2022), Scientific Reports
  • PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LARGE-SIZED WILD BOAR TRACKS RECORDED DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL (MIS 5) AT HUELVA (SW SPAIN) (2020), Palaios

Frequent collaborators include Geraldine Finlayson, Stewart Finlayson, Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal, Francisco Giles Guzmán, and Luís Miguel Cáceres Puro.

Clive Finlayson was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Late survival of Neanderthals at the southernmost extreme of Europe

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Francisco Giles Pacheco;Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal;Darren A. Fa

  • The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.

    Iñigo Olalde;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • A rock engraving made by Neanderthals in Gibraltar.

    Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal;Francesco d’Errico;Francesco d’Errico;Francisco Giles Pacheco;Ruth Blasco

  • Rapid ecological turnover and its impact on Neanderthal and other human populations.

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;José S. Carrión

  • Birds of a Feather: Neanderthal Exploitation of Raptors and Corvids

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Kimberly Brown;Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell

  • Neanderthals and Modern Humans: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective

    Clive Finlayson

  • Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals

    Miguel Cortés-Sánchez;Arturo Morales-Muñiz;María D. Simón-Vallejo;María C. Lozano-Francisco

  • A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations: palaeoecological investigations in Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) in the context of the Iberian Peninsula

    J. S. Carrión;C. Finlayson;S. Fernández;G. Finlayson

  • Biogeography and evolution of the genus Homo.

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson

  • The historical origins of aridity and vegetation degradation in southeastern Spain

    José S. Carrión;Santiago Fernández;G. Jiménez-Moreno;S. Fauquette

  • The Humans Who Went Extinct: Why Neanderthals Died Out and We Survived

    Clive Finlayson

  • Climate forcing and Neanderthal extinction in Southern Iberia: insights from a multiproxy marine record

    Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Francisca Martínez-Ruiz;Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Adina Paytan

  • Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar—The persistence of a Neanderthal population

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Darren A. Fa;Francisco J. Jiménez Espejo;Francisco J. Jiménez Espejo;José S. Carrión

  • The earliest pigeon fanciers

    Ruth Blasco;Clive Finlayson;Jordi Rosell;Antonio Sánchez Marco

  • Small Game and Marine Resource Exploitation by Neanderthals: The Evidence from Gibraltar

    Kimberly Brown;Darren A. Fa;Geraldine Finlayson;Clive Finlayson

  • On the importance of coastal areas in the survival of Neanderthal populations during the Late Pleistocene

    Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson

  • Neanderthals and Modern Humans: Comparative behaviour and ecology of Neanderthals and Modern Humans

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  • Southern Iberia as a refuge for the last Neanderthal populations

    Richard Jennings;Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Darren Fa;Geraldine Finlayson

  • Paleoflora y Paleovegetación de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares: Plioceno-Cuaternario

    W. Fletcher;J.S. Carrión;S. Fernández;P. González-Sampériz

  • The coastal shelf of the Mediterranean and beyond: Corridor and refugium for human populations in the Pleistocene

    Geoff Bailey;José S. Carrión;Darren A. Fa;Clive Finlayson

  • Neanderthals and Modern Humans

    Clive Finlayson

Frequent Co-Authors

José S. Carrión
José S. Carrión University of Murcia
Ruth Blasco
Ruth Blasco Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Juan J. Negro
Juan J. Negro Spanish National Research Council
Francisca Martínez-Ruiz
Francisca Martínez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Penélope González-Sampériz
Penélope González-Sampériz Spanish National Research Council
Ethel Allué
Ethel Allué Rovira i Virgili University
José Antonio López-Sáez
José Antonio López-Sáez Spanish National Research Council
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School

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