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Darryl J. de Ruiter

Darryl J. de Ruiter

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
8268
World Ranking
6072
National Ranking
2204

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
8268
World Ranking
18923
National Ranking
7730

Darryl J. de Ruiter publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 104 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Darryl J. de Ruiter 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 Darryl J. de Ruiter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Darryl J. de Ruiter is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on social sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and the arts and humanities. Within these broad categories, they have contributed notably to paleontology, anthropology, archaeology, geometry and topology, and ecology.

Their work often explores topics related to Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, evolution and paleontology studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, as well as archaeology and ancient environmental studies. Additional subjects include global maritime and colonial histories, archaeology and rock art studies, and morphological variations and asymmetry.

Darryl de Ruiter has published in various scientific venues, including:

  • Nature Communications
  • Paleoanthropology Journal
  • Journal of Human Evolution

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Immature Hominin Craniodental Remains From a New Locality in the Rising Star Cave System, South Africa" (2021) published in Paleoanthropology Journal
  • "Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa" (2023) published in Journal of Human Evolution
  • "Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade" (2024) published in Nature Communications

Their frequent collaborators include Juliet K. Brophy, Marina Elliott, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger, and Xueye Wang. Collaboration with these researchers reflects interdisciplinary approaches encompassing anthropology, archaeology, and paleontological methods.

Best Publications

  • Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa

    Lee R. Berger;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid

  • Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

    Lee R Berger;John Hawks;Darryl J de Ruiter;Steven E Churchill

  • Strontium isotope evidence for landscape use by early hominins

    Sandi R. Copeland;Matt Sponheimer;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp

  • Isotopic evidence for dietary variability in the early hominin Paranthropus robustus.

    Matt Sponheimer;Benjamin H. Passey;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg

  • Hominins, sedges, and termites: new carbon isotope data from the Sterkfontein valley and Kruger National Park.

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Julia Lee-Thorp;Darryl de Ruiter;Daryl Codron

  • The diet of Australopithecus sediba

    Amanda G. Henry;Peter S. Ungar;Peter S. Ungar;Benjamin H. Passey;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer

  • Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo

    Robyn Pickering;Robyn Pickering;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Zubair Jinnah;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  • Diets of savanna ungulates from stable carbon isotope composition of faeces

    D Codron;J Codron;J A Lee-Thorp;J A Lee-Thorp;M Sponheimer

  • The Endocast of MH1, Australopithecus sediba

    Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson;Dietrich Stout;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  • Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

    Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Lee R. Berger;Eric M. Roberts;Eric M. Roberts;Jan D. Kramers

  • Taxonomic, anatomical, and spatio-temporal variations in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of plants from an African savanna

    Jacqui Codron;Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer

  • A Partial Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba

    Job M. Kibii;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Peter Schmid;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson

  • Leopards as Taphonomic Agents in Dolomitic Caves—Implications for Bone Accumulations in the Hominid-bearing Deposits of South Africa

    Darryl J de Ruiter;Lee R Berger

  • Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) diets in Kruger National Park, South Africa : Spatial and landscape differences

    Jacqui Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Daryl Codron

  • New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa

    John Hawks;John Hawks;Marina Elliott;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill

  • Strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of tooth enamel: a comparison of solution and laser ablation multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry methods.

    Sandi R. Copeland;Matt Sponheimer;Petrus J. le Roux;Vaughan Grimes

  • Do "savanna" chimpanzees consume C4 resources?

    M. Sponheimer;M. Sponheimer;J.E. Loudon;D. Codron;M.E. Howells

  • The Upper Limb of Australopithecus sediba

    Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Trenton W. Holliday;Trenton W. Holliday;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili

  • Sr/Ca and early hominin diets revisited: new data from modern and fossil tooth enamel

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Darryl de Ruiter;Julia Lee-Thorp;Andreas Späth

  • The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi: An assessment using dated Bayesian phylogenetic methods.

    Mana Dembo;Mana Dembo;Davorka Radovčić;Davorka Radovčić;Heather M. Garvin;Heather M. Garvin;Myra F. Laird;Myra F. Laird

  • Significance of diet type and diet quality for ecological diversity of African ungulates

    Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Jacqui Codron

  • Contemporary flowstone development links early hominin bearing cave deposits in South Africa

    Robyn Pickering;Robyn Pickering;Jan D. Kramers;Jan D. Kramers;Philip John Hancox;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  • Author response: Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

    Lee R Berger;John Hawks;John Hawks;Darryl J de Ruiter;Darryl J de Ruiter;Steven E Churchill;Steven E Churchill

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee R. Berger
Lee R. Berger James Cook University
Matt Sponheimer
Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder
Steven E. Churchill
Steven E. Churchill Duke University
Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford
Peter Schmid
Peter Schmid University of Zurich
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Matthew M. Skinner
Matthew M. Skinner Max Planck Society
Paul H.G.M. Dirks
Paul H.G.M. Dirks James Cook University
Eric M. Roberts
Eric M. Roberts James Cook University
Callum F. Ross
Callum F. Ross University of Chicago

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