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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
12216
World Ranking
2442
National Ranking
865

Matt Sponheimer 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 Matt Sponheimer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matt Sponheimer 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 Matt Sponheimer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Matt Sponheimer is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Social Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields such as Ecology, Anthropology, Paleontology, Archeology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

The publication record includes papers in various prominent venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Quaternary International
  • Science
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matt Sponheimer include:

  • Isotopic evidence for the timing of the dietary shift toward C 4 foods in eastern African Paranthropus, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies, 2023, Science
  • Dietary trends in herbivores from the Shungura Formation, southwestern Ethiopia, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Intrataxonomic trends in herbivore enamel δ13C are decoupled from ecosystem woody cover, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A 41,500 year-old decorated ivory pendant from Stajnia Cave (Poland), 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Christina Ryder
  • René Bobe
  • Peter S. Ungar
  • Oliver Paine
  • Sahra Talamo

In 2019, Matt Sponheimer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Carbon isotope fractionation between diet, breath CO2, and bioapatite in different mammals

    Benjamin H. Passey;Todd F. Robinson;Linda K. Ayliffe;Thure E. Cerling

  • The effect of dietary protein quality on nitrogen isotope discrimination in mammals and birds

    Charles T. Robbins;Laura A. Felicetti;Matt Sponheimer

  • Nitrogen isotopes in mammalian herbivores: hair δ15N values from a controlled feeding study

    M. Sponheimer;T. Robinson;L. Ayliffe;B. Roeder

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

    Matt Sponheimer;Julia A. Lee-Thorp

  • Oxygen Isotopes in Enamel Carbonate and their Ecological Significance

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

  • An experimental study of carbon-isotope fractionation between diet, hair, and feces of mammalian herbivores

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Todd Robinson;Linda Ayliffe;Ben Passey

  • The Diets of Early Hominins

    Peter S. Ungar;Matt Sponheimer

  • Turnover of carbon isotopes in tail hair and breath CO2 of horses fed an isotopically varied diet.

    L. K. Ayliffe;T. E. Cerling;T. Robinson;A. G. West

  • Sulphur isotopes in palaeodietary studies: a review and results from a controlled feeding experiment

    M. P. Richards;B. T. Fuller;M. Sponheimer;T. Robinson

  • Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa

    Thure E. Cerling;Emma Mbua;Francis M. Kirera;Fredrick Kyalo Manthi

  • Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The diet of Australopithecus sediba

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

  • 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

  • Taxonomic, anatomical, and spatio-temporal variations in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of plants from an African savanna

    Jacqui Codron;Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer

  • Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) diets in Kruger National Park, South Africa : Spatial and landscape differences

    Jacqui Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Daryl Codron

  • Dental microwear and stable isotopes inform the paleoecology of extinct hominins.

    Frederick E. Grine;Matt Sponheimer;Peter S. Ungar;Julia Lee-Thorp

Frequent Co-Authors

Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Darryl J. de Ruiter
Darryl J. de Ruiter Texas A&M University
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Benjamin H. Passey
Benjamin H. Passey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frederick E. Grine
Frederick E. Grine Stony Brook University
Linda K. Ayliffe
Linda K. Ayliffe Australian National University
Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Peter S. Ungar
Peter S. Ungar University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah

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