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Katerina Douka

Katerina Douka

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
10165
World Ranking
4858
National Ranking
20

Katerina Douka publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katerina Douka sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 97 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Katerina Douka D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katerina Douka sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Katerina Douka is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research spans multiple disciplines, prominently focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences. Within these broad fields, Douka's work is particularly situated in the subfields of Archaeology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, and Genetics.

The core topics of Douka's research emphasize Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies. Additional areas of investigation include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Forensic and Genetic Research, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Douka's recent scholarly publications reflect their continued engagement with prehistoric archaeology and human evolution. Notable papers include:

  • "Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia" (2021), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Earliest known human burial in Africa" (2021), published in Nature

Douka frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, indicating a broad and interdisciplinary network. Among frequent co-authors are Thomas Higham, Samantha Brown, А. П. Деревянко, Nicole Boivin, and Kristine Korzow Richter.

Douka's work is regularly featured in several leading academic venues, including Scientific Reports, Nature, SSRN Electronic Journal, Quaternary Science Reviews, and the Journal of Archaeological Science.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia

    Qiaomei Fu;Heng Li;Priya Moorjani;Flora Jay

  • The timing and spatiotemporal patterning of Neanderthal disappearance

    Tom Higham;Katerina Douka;Rachel Wood;Christopher Bronk Ramsey

  • Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigments by Iberian Neandertals

    Joao C Zilhao;Diego E. Angelucci;Ernestina Badal-Garcia;Francesco d'Errico

  • The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia

    Vagheesh M. Narasimhan;Nick Patterson;Nick Patterson;Priya Moorjani;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland

  • Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour

    Stefano Benazzi;Katerina Douka;Cinzia Fornai;Catherine C. Bauer

  • The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father

    Viviane Slon;Fabrizio Mafessoni;Benjamin Vernot;Cesare de Filippo

  • On the origin of modern humans: Asian perspectives

    Christopher J. Bae;Katerina Douka;Katerina Douka;Michael D. Petraglia;Michael D. Petraglia

  • Problems with radiocarbon dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy

    Thomas Higham;Fiona Brock;Marco Peresani;Alberto Broglio

  • Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion

    Alison Crowther;Leilani Lucas;Richard Helm;Mark Horton

  • Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave

    Katerina Douka;Katerina Douka;Viviane Slon;Zenobia Jacobs;Zenobia Jacobs;Christopher Bronk Ramsey

  • Identification of a new hominin bone from Denisova Cave, Siberia using collagen fingerprinting and mitochondrial DNA analysis.

    Samantha Brown;Thomas Higham;Viviane Slon;Svante Pääbo

  • The Chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah Cave (Cyrenaica, Northeast Libya)

    Katerina Douka;Zenobia Jacobs;Christine Lane;Rainer Grun

  • Chronology of Ksar Akil (Lebanon) and implications for the colonization of Europe by anatomically modern humans.

    Katerina Douka;Christopher A. Bergman;Robert E. M. Hedges;Frank P. Wesselingh

  • A new chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper Palaeolithic of Riparo Mochi (Italy)

    Katerina Douka;Stefano Grimaldi;Giovanni Boschian;Angiolo del Lucchese

  • Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia

    William Timothy Treal Taylor;William Timothy Treal Taylor;Mélanie Pruvost;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;William Rendu;William Rendu

  • 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later Stone Age innovation in an East African tropical forest

    Ceri Shipton;Ceri Shipton;Patrick Roberts;Will Archer;Will Archer;Simon J. Armitage;Simon J. Armitage

  • Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison

    Julien Soubrier;Graham Gower;Kefei Chen;Stephen M. Richards

  • A Milk and Ochre Paint Mixture Used 49,000 Years Ago at Sibudu, South Africa

    Paola Villa;Paola Villa;Luca Pollarolo;Luca Pollarolo;Ilaria Degano;Leila Birolo

  • On the chronology of the Uluzzian.

    Katerina Douka;Thomas F.G. Higham;Rachel Wood;Rachel Wood;Paolo Boscato

  • The Origins of the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia

    Charles Higham;Thomas Higham;Roberto Ciarla;Katerina Douka

  • Testing the ABOx-SC method: Dating known-age charcoals associated with the Campanian Ignimbrite

    Rachel Wood;Rachel Wood;K Douka;P Boscato;P Haesaerts

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole Boivin
Nicole Boivin Max Planck Society
Michael D. Petraglia
Michael D. Petraglia Griffith University
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
Mary E. Prendergast
Mary E. Prendergast Rice University
Rachel Wood
Rachel Wood Australian National University
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Zenobia Jacobs
Zenobia Jacobs University of Wollongong
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University

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