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James F. O'Connell

James F. O'Connell

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
54
Citations
14772
World Ranking
2119
National Ranking
1019

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James F. O'Connell is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation, and Anthropology.

Their work addresses multiple main topics, notably Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Colonialism, slavery, and trade, Cuban History and Society, Race, Genetics, and Society, as well as 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage.

O'Connell has published in various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • European Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Environmental Data Science
  • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Their recent papers include:

  • Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas (2020), published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Assessing the effectiveness of UAV data for accurate coastal dune habitat mapping (2023), published in European Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Variable ranking and selection with random forest for unbalanced data (2022), published in Environmental Data Science
  • Habitat classification using convolutional neural networks and multitemporal multispectral aerial imagery (2021), published in Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
  • Improving the mapping of coastal invasive species using UAV imagery and deep learning (2023), published in International Journal of Remote Sensing

Collaborations form an important part of their work. Frequent co-authors include Charmaine Cruz, Kevin McGuinness, James R. Martin, Philip M. Perrin, and John Connolly, with several joint publications noted.

James F. O'Connell has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2006 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1982.

Best Publications

  • Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories

    Kristen Hawkes;James F. O'Connell;N.G. Blurton Jones;H. Alvarez

  • Hadza Women's Time Allocation, Offspring Provisioning, and the Evolution of Long Postmenopausal Life Spans

    K. Hawkes;J. F. O'Connell;N. G. Blurton Jones

  • Grandmothering and the evolution ofHomo erectus

    J.F. O’Connell;K. Hawkes;N.G. Blurton Jones

  • Hadza Hunting, Butchering, and Bone Transport and Their Archaeological Implications

    James F. O'Connell;Kristen Hawkes;Nicholas Blurton Jones

  • why hunters gather: optimal foraging and the Aché of eastern Paraguay

    Kristen Hawkes;Kim Hill;James F. O'connell

  • Behavioral Ecology and Archaeology

    Douglas W. Bird;James F. O’Connell

  • Alyawara Site Structure and Its Archaeological Implications

    James F. O'Connell

  • A prehistory of Australia, New Guinea, and Sahul

    J. Peter White;James F. O'Connell;Margrit Koettig

  • Dating the colonization of Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea): a review of recent research

    J. F. O'Connell;Jim. Allen

  • Hunting income patterns among the Hadza: big game, common goods, foraging goals and the evolution of the human diet.

    Hawkes K;O'Connell Jf;Jones Ng

  • Hadza meat sharing.

    K. Hawkes;J.F. O'Connell;N.G. Blurton Jones

  • Reanalysis of large mammal body part transport among the Hadza

    J.F. O'Connell;K. Hawkes;N. Blurton Jones

  • Male strategies and Plio-Pleistocene archaeology.

    J.F. O'Connell;K. Hawkes;K.D. Lupo;N.G. Blurton Jones

  • Demography of the Hadza, an increasing and high density population of savanna foragers

    Nicholas G. Blurton Jones;Lars C. Smith;James F. O'Connell;Kristen Hawkes

  • Hadza scavenging: implications for Plio/Pleistocene Hominid subsistence

    James F. O'Connell;Kristen Hawkes;Nicholas Blurton Jones

  • Cut and Tooth Mark Distributions on Large Animal Bones: Ethnoarchaeological Data from the Hadza and Their Implications For Current Ideas About Early Human Carnivory

    Karen D. Lupo;James F. O'Connell

  • Hunting and Nuclear Families: Some Lessons from the Hadza about Men's Work

    K. Hawkes;J. F. O'connell;N. G. Blurton Jones;Duran Bell

  • When did homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul

    James F. O’Connell;Jim Allen;Martin A. J. Williams;Alan N. Williams

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

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

  • The process, biotic impact, and global implications of the human colonization of Sahul about 47,000 years ago

    J.F. O'Connell;J. Allen

  • Antiquity of postreproductive life: are there modern impacts on hunter-gatherer postreproductive life spans?

    Nicholas G. Blurton Jones;Kristen Hawkes;James F. O'Connell

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Williams
Martin Williams University of Adelaide
Nigel A. Spooner
Nigel A. Spooner University of Adelaide
Kent V. Flannery
Kent V. Flannery University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joyce Marcus
Joyce Marcus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David J. Meltzer
David J. Meltzer Southern Methodist University
Robert L. Bettinger
Robert L. Bettinger University of California, Davis
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Dolores R. Piperno
Dolores R. Piperno National Museum of Natural History
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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