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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 41 7572 7277 2691 2504 55 10865

Robert J. Blumenschine publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert J. Blumenschine between 1981 and 2022, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert J. Blumenschine published across 42 years, from 1981 to 2022, averaging 1.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2012. 2 of the 63 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2022. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2012. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 2 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 1 publication 2019: 2 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication
1981 2022

63 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert J. Blumenschine: publications per year, 1981 to 2022
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 5
1987 2
1988 3
1989 2
1990 1
1991 4
1992 4
1993 1
1994 3
1995 2
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 0
2000 1
2001 0
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 0
2006 2
2007 1
2008 2
2009 3
2010 2
2011 0
2012 8
2013 0
2014 0
2015 1
2016 2
2017 1
2018 1
2019 2
2020 1
2021 1
2022 1
Total 63
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Robert J. Blumenschine publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Blumenschine sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 51–60 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 55 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62 55
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Robert J. Blumenschine D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Blumenschine sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343 41
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Robert J. Blumenschine is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences with a focus on Anthropology and Archeology. Subfields related to their work include Social Psychology, Paleontology, and General Health Professions.

Their research interests are centered on several key topics: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Blumenschine has contributed to the academic community through publications, including recent papers in the Journal of Human Evolution. These publications are:

  • Bone tools from Beds II-IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and implications for the origins and evolution of bone technology, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • Olduvai's oldest Oldowan, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution

Their frequent co-authors indicate collaborations with several researchers, among whom are:

  • Michael C. Pante
  • Jackson K. Njau
  • Ignacio de la Torre
  • Francesco d'Errico
  • Harald Stollhofen

The primary publication venue for Blumenschine's work is the Journal of Human Evolution, with multiple publications there.

Best Publications

  • Systematic Butchery by Plio/Pleistocene Hominids at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Henry T. Bunn;Ellen M. Kroll;Stanley H. Ambrose;Anna K. Behrensmeyer

  • Percussion marks, tooth marks, and experimental determinations of the timing of hominid and carnivore access to long bones at FLK Zinjanthropus, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Blind tests of inter-analyst correspondence and accuracy in the identification of cut marks, percussion marks and carnivore tooth marks on bone surfaces

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Curtis W. Marean;Salvatore D. Capaldo

  • Percussion marks on bone surfaces as a new diagnostic of hominid behaviour

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Marie M. Selvaggio

  • An experimental model of the timing of hominid and carnivore influence on archaeological bone assemblages

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Carcass consumption sequences and the archaeological distinction of scavenging and hunting

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • A Quantitative Diagnosis of Notches Made by Hammerstone Percussion and Carnivore Gnawing on Bovid Long Bones

    Salvatore D. Capaldo;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • 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

  • Characteristics of an Early Hominid Scavenging Niche [and Comments and Reply]

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Henry T. Bunn;Valerius Geist;Fumiko Ikawa-Smith

  • Captive hyaena bone choice and destruction, the Schlepp effect and olduvai archaeofaunas

    Curtis W. Marean;Lillian M. Spencer;Robert J. Blumenschine;Salvatore D. Capaldo

  • Early hominid scavenging opportunities : implications of carcass availability in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro ecosystems

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Late Pliocene Homo and hominid land use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters;Fidelis T. Masao;Ronald J. Clarke

  • A diagnosis of crocodile feeding traces on larger mammal bone, with fossil examples from the Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

    Jackson K. Njau;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Competition for carcasses and early hominid behavioral ecology: A case study and conceptual framework

    Robert J. Blumenschine;John A. Cavallo;Salvatore D. Capaldo

  • Hominid carnivory and foraging strategies, and the socio-economic function of early archaeological sites.

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Scavenging and human evolution.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;John A. Cavallo

  • Archaeological predictions for hominid land use in the paleo-Olduvai Basin, Tanzania, during lowermost Bed II times.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters

  • Living sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania? Preliminary landscape archaeology results in the basal Bed II lake margin zone

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Fidelis T. Masao

  • Landscape perspectives on possible land use patterns for Early Pleistocene hominids in the Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

    Charles R. Peters;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Variability in long bone marrow yields of East African ungulates and its zooarchaeological implications

    Robert J. Blumenschine;T.Cregg Madrigal

  • Tree-stored leopard kills: expanding the hominid scavenging niche

    John A. Cavallo;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Effects of distance from stone source on landscape-scale variation in Oldowan artifact assemblages in the Paleo-Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Fidelis T. Masao;Joanne C. Tactikos;James I. Ebert

  • Mousterian large-mammal remains from Kobeh cave : Behavioral implications for Neanderthals and early modern humans. Commentaries. Author's reply

    C. W. Marean;Soo Yeun Kim;R. J. Blumenschine;N. J. Conard

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian G. Stanistreet
Ian G. Stanistreet University of Liverpool
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rosa M. Albert
Rosa M. Albert Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Henry T. Bunn
Henry T. Bunn University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Gail M. Ashley
Gail M. Ashley Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter Andrews
Peter Andrews University College London
Stanley H. Ambrose
Stanley H. Ambrose University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan W. Mink
Jonathan W. Mink University of Rochester

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