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Robert L. Bettinger publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert L. Bettinger sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 134 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Robert L. Bettinger D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert L. Bettinger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert L. Bettinger is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics as subfields. Additional subfields include Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The main topics of Bettinger's work encompass:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control
  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Spacecraft Design and Technology
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Space exploration and regulation

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a concentrated interest in cislunar space dynamics and spacecraft safety. Recent papers include:

  • "Cislunar Periodic Orbits for Earth-Moon L1 and L2 Lagrange Point Surveillance," 2022, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • "Cislunar Debris Propagation Following a Catastrophic Spacecraft Mishap," 2021, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • "How ancestral subsistence strategies solve salmon starvation and the "protein problem" of Pacific Rim resources," 2021, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • "Debris Propagation and Spacecraft Survivability Assessment for Catastrophic Mishaps Occurring in Cislunar Periodic Orbits," 2022, Journal of Space Safety Engineering
  • "Lagrangian dynamics and the discovery of cislunar periodic orbits," 2022, Nonlinear Dynamics

Frequent publication venues where Bettinger's work appears include:

  • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • Advances in Space Research
  • Journal of Space Safety Engineering
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Nathan R. Boone
  • Adam P. Wilmer
  • Travis M. Grile
  • Jacob A. Dahlke
  • Nick Reid

Best Publications

  • Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological and Evolutionary Theory

    Robert L. Bettinger

  • WAS AGRICULTURE IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE PLEISTOCENE BUT MANDATORY DURING THE HOLOCENE? A CLIMATE CHANGE HYPOTHESIS

    Peter J. Richerson;Robert Boyd;Robert L. Bettinger

  • Anthropological Applications of Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review [and Comments and Reply]

    Eric Alden Smith;Robert L. Bettinger;Charles A. Bishop;Valda Blundell

  • Agricultural origins and the isotopic identity of domestication in northern China

    Loukas Barton;Seth D. Newsome;Fa-Hu Chen;Hui Wang

  • The Numic Spread: Great Basin Cultures in Competition

    Robert L. Bettinger;Martin A. Baumhoff

  • Point typologies, cultural transmission, and the spread of bow-and-arrow technology in the prehistoric Great Basin

    Robert L. Bettinger;Jelmer Eerkens

  • The origins of food production in north China: A different kind of agricultural revolution†

    Robert L Bettinger;Loukas Barton;Christopher T Morgan

  • Cultural Innovations and Demographic Change

    Peter J. Richerson;Robert Boyd;Robert L. Bettinger

  • A simple model of technological intensification

    Robert L. Bettinger;Bruce Winterhalder;Richard McElreath

  • Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability

    Paul L. Gepts;Thomas R. Famula;Robert L. Bettinger;Stephen B. Brush

  • Resource scarcity drives lethal aggression among prehistoric hunter-gatherers in central California

    Mark W. Allen;Robert Lawrence Bettinger;Brian F. Codding;Terry L. Jones

  • Explanatory/Predictive Models of Hunter–Gatherer Adaptation

    Robert L. Bettinger

  • Why foragers choose acorns before salmon: Storage, mobility, and risk in aboriginal California

    Shannon Tushingham;Robert L. Bettinger

  • Microblade technology and the rise of serial specialists in north-central China

    Mingjie Yi;Loukas Barton;Christopher Morgan;Decheng Liu

  • Aboriginal Occupation at High Altitude: Alpine Villages in the White Mountains of Eastern California

    Robert L. Bettinger

  • Orderly Anarchy: Sociopolitical Evolution in Aboriginal California

    Robert L. Bettinger

  • Hunter-Gatherer Foraging: Five Simple Models

    Robert L. Bettinger

  • Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers of Cis-Baikal, Siberia: An overview for the new century

    Andrzej W. Weber;Robert Bettinger

  • Constraints on the Development of Agriculture

    Robert L. Bettinger;Peter Richerson;Robert Boyd

  • How and Why Did Agriculture Spread

    Peter Bellwood

  • Is it evolution yet ? A critique of evolutionary archaeology. Commentaries. Authors' reply

    J. L. Boone;E. A. Smith;D. Dennett;T. Earle

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Richerson
Peter J. Richerson University of California, Davis
Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd Arizona State University
David B. Madsen
David B. Madsen University of Nevada Reno
Fahu Chen
Fahu Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas P. Guilderson
Thomas P. Guilderson University of California, Santa Cruz
David Glenn Smith
David Glenn Smith University of California, Davis
Calvin O. Qualset
Calvin O. Qualset University of California, Davis
James F. O'Connell
James F. O'Connell University of Utah
Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith University of Washington
Paul Gepts
Paul Gepts University of California, Davis

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