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Dolores R. Piperno

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
16444
World Ranking
8201
National Ranking
3706

Dolores R. Piperno publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

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

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Dolores R. Piperno 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 Dolores R. Piperno sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dolores R. Piperno is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research focuses on various scientific fields, with a primary emphasis on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Arts and Humanities. Subfields covered include History, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

Their main research topics include:

  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Indigenous Health and Education
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers which encompass a range of subjects primarily related to vegetation, phytoliths, and environmental history. Notable publications include:

  • "Tropical forests as key sites of the "Anthropocene": Past and present perspectives" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Phytoliths in modern plants from amazonia and the neotropics at large: Implications for vegetation history reconstruction" (2020) published in Quaternary International
  • "A 5,000-year vegetation and fire history for tierra firme forests in the Medio Putumayo-Algodón watersheds, northeastern Peru" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have also been involved in coauthored research with colleagues such as Crystal N. H. McMichael, William D. Gosling, Marcos Ríos Paredes, Britte M. Heijink, and Nina H. Witteveen.

Frequent publication venues where their research appears include:

  • Quaternary International
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Biotropica
  • Plants People Planet

Recognition for the scientist's work includes several awards and distinctions such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)

Best Publications

  • Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

    Greger Larson;Dolores R. Piperno;Robin G. Allaby;Michael D. Purugganan

  • Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

    Dolores R. Piperno;Anthony J. Ranere;Irene Holst;Jose Iriarte

  • Microfossils in calculus demonstrate consumption of plants and cooked foods in Neanderthal diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium)

    Amanda G. Henry;Alison S. Brooks;Dolores R. Piperno

  • The earliest archaeological maize (Zea mays L.) from highland Mexico: New accelerator mass spectrometry dates and their implications

    Dolores R. Piperno;Kent V. Flannery

  • Processing of wild cereal grains in the Upper Palaeolithic revealed by starch grain analysis

    Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno;Ehud Weiss;Irene Holst;Dani Nadel

  • The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the New World Tropics

    Dolores R. Piperno

  • Starch grains reveal early root crop horticulture in the Panamanian tropical forest

    Dolores R. Piperno;Anthony J. Ranere;Irene Holst;Patricia Hansell

  • The presence of starch grains on prehistoric stone tools from the humid neotropics : Indications of early tuber use and agriculture in Panama

    D.R. Piperno;I. Holst

  • The silica bodies of tropical American grasses : morphology, taxonomy, and implications for grass systematics and fossil phytolith identification

    Dolores R. Piperno;Deborah M. Pearsall

  • A 14 300-YR PALEOECOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A LOWLAND TROPICAL LAKE IN PANAMA'

    Mark B. Bush;Dolores R. Piperno;Paul A. Colinvaux;Paulo E. De Oliveira

  • Changes in starch grain morphologies from cooking

    Amanda G. Henry;Amanda G. Henry;Holly F. Hudson;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno

  • The cultural and chronological context of early Holocene maize and squash domestication in the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

    Anthony J. Ranere;Dolores R. Piperno;Irene Holst;Ruth Dickau

  • Starch grains on human teeth reveal early broad crop diet in northern Peru

    Dolores R. Piperno;Tom D. Dillehay

  • Using plant microfossils from dental calculus to recover human diet: a case study from Tell al-Raqā'i, Syria

    Amanda G. Henry;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Late pleistocene temperature depression and vegetation change in Ecuadorian Amazonia

    Mark B. Bush;Paul A. Colinvaux;Michael C. Wiemann;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin

    Oris I. Sanjur;Dolores R. Piperno;Thomas C. Andres;Linda Wessel-Beaver

  • Plant foods and the dietary ecology of Neanderthals and early modern humans

    Amanda G. Henry;Alison S. Brooks;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

    Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  • Distinguishing rice ( Oryza sativa poaceae) from wild Oryza species through phytolith analysis, II Finalized method

    Zhijun Zhao;Deborah M. Pearsall;Robert A. Benfer;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Phytolith Analysis: An Archaeological and Geological Perspective

    Stanton W. Green;Dolores R. Piperno

Frequent Co-Authors

Crystal N. H. McMichael
Crystal N. H. McMichael University of Amsterdam
Mark B. Bush
Mark B. Bush Florida Institute of Technology
José Iriarte
José Iriarte University of Exeter
Tom D. Dillehay
Tom D. Dillehay Vanderbilt University
Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Miles R. Silman
Miles R. Silman Wake Forest University
Matthew S. Lachniet
Matthew S. Lachniet University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kent V. Flannery
Kent V. Flannery University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael W. Palace
Michael W. Palace University of New Hampshire
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University

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