2026 Lee R. Berger: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	46	4636	4473	363	354	192	8618

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Ecology and Evolution

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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

733
Citations
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

653
Citations
Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities

Tracy L. Kivell;Job M. Kibii;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid

299
Citations
The Foot and Ankle of Australopithecus sediba

Bernhard Zipfel;Jeremy M. DeSilva;Jeremy M. DeSilva;Robert S. Kidd;Robert S. Kidd;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson

251
Citations
Body proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and A. africanus and the origin of the genus Homo

Henry M. McHenry;Lee R. Berger

245
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The diet of Australopithecus sediba

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

240
Citations
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

238
Citations
Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa

Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Job M. Kibii;Brian F. Kuhn;Christine Steininger

235
Citations
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

227
Citations
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

217
Citations
A Partial Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba

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

202
Citations
The Lower Limb and Mechanics of Walking in Australopithecus sediba

Jeremy M. DeSilva;Jeremy M. DeSilva;Kenneth G. Holt;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson

197
Citations
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

188
Citations
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

179
Citations
The hand of Homo naledi

Tracy L. Kivell;Andrew S. Deane;Matthew W. Tocheri;Caley M. Orr

164
Citations
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

160
Citations
The foot of Homo naledi

W. E. H. Harcourt-Smith;Z. Throckmorton;K. A. Congdon;K. A. Congdon;B. Zipfel

158
Citations
Eagle involvement in accumulation of the Taung child fauna

L.R. Berger;R.J. Clarke

149
Citations
Examining criteria for identifying and differentiating fossil faunal assemblages accumulated by hyenas and hominins using extant hyenid accumulations

B. F. Kuhn;B. F. Kuhn;L. R. Berger;J. D. Skinner

148
Citations
Faunal assemblage seriation of southern African Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil deposits.

Jeffrey K. McKee;J. Francis Thackeray;Lee R. Berger

132
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