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Julia A. Lee-Thorp publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julia A. Lee-Thorp sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 227 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Julia A. Lee-Thorp D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julia A. Lee-Thorp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the British Academy
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Julia A. Lee-Thorp is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work delves into subfields such as Paleontology, Ecology, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, and Geography, Planning and Development.

Their main research topics include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Julia A. Lee-Thorp has published extensively, contributing to venues such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Nature Plants, and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Recent papers include:

  • 'White gold' guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from AD 1000, 2021, Nature Plants
  • A guide for an anatomically sensitive dentine microsampling and age-alignment approach for human teeth isotopic sequences, 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Multi-isotope evidence for the emergence of cultural alterity in Late Neolithic Europe, 2020, Science Advances
  • Further insight into Neolithic agricultural management at Kouphovouno, southern Greece: expanding the isotopic approach, 2020, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • An isotopic test of the seasonal migration hypothesis for large grazing ungulates inhabiting the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Rick Schulting
  • Christophe Snoeck
  • Andrea Czermak
  • Francisca Santana-Sagredo
  • Teresa Fernández-Crespo

Julia A. Lee-Thorp has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Holocene climate variability

    Paul A. Mayewski;Eelco E. Rohling;J. Curt Stager;Wibjörn Karlén

  • Stable carbon isotope ratio differences between bone collagen and bone apatite, and their relationship to diet

    Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Judith C. Sealy;Nikolaas J. van der Merwe;Nikolaas J. van der Merwe

  • ON ISOTOPES AND OLD BONES

    J. A. Lee-Thorp

  • Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and why does it matter?

    Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

  • Isotopic evidence for the diet of an early hominid, Australopithecus africanus

    Matt Sponheimer;Julia A. Lee-Thorp

  • Aspects of the Chemistry of Modern and Fossil Biological Apatites

    Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Nikolaas J. van der Merwe;Nikolaas J. van der Merwe

  • Persistent millennial-scale climatic variability over the past 25,000 years in Southern Africa.

    Karin Holmgren;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Gordon R.J. Cooper;Katarina Lundblad

  • Oxygen Isotopes in Enamel Carbonate and their Ecological Significance

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Julia A. Lee-Thorp

  • Childhood diet : a closer examination of the evidence from dental tissues using stable isotope analysis of incremental human dentine.

    Julia Beaumont;Andrew R. Gledhill;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Janet Montgomery

  • Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets

    Matt Sponheimer;Zeresenay Alemseged;Thure E. Cerling;Frederick E. Grine

  • Diet of Australopithecus robustus at Swartkrans from stable carbon isotopic analysis

    Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Nikolaas J. van der Merwe;C.K. Brain

  • DIETS OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN BOVIDAE: STABLE ISOTOPE EVIDENCE

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Darryl J. DeRuiter;Jeannette M. Smith;Jeannette M. Smith

  • Source-area determination of elephant ivory by isotopic analysis

    N. J. van der Merwe;N. J. van der Merwe;J. A. Lee-Thorp;J. F. Thackeray;A. Hall-Martin

  • 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

  • Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time.

    Beatrice Demarchi;Shaun Hall;Teresa Roncal-Herrero;Colin Freeman

  • A 3000-year high-resolution stalagmitebased record of palaeoclimate for northeastern South Africa

    K. Holmgren;W. Karlén;S. E. Lauritzen;J. A. Lee-Thorp

  • Alteration of Enamel Carbonate Environments during Fossilization

    Matt Sponheimer;Julia A. Lee-Thorp

  • 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

  • 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

  • Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and Why does it matter?

    Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt Sponheimer
Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Darryl J. de Ruiter
Darryl J. de Ruiter Texas A&M University
Rick Schulting
Rick Schulting University of Oxford
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Michael D. Petraglia
Michael D. Petraglia Griffith University
Judith Sealy
Judith Sealy University of Cape Town
Huw S. Groucutt
Huw S. Groucutt Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Nadine Mattielli
Nadine Mattielli Université Libre de Bruxelles

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