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Steven L. Kuhn 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 Steven L. Kuhn sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 159 publications — 46th percentile

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

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

Steven L. Kuhn 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 Steven L. Kuhn sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Steven L. Kuhn is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research work spans several interdisciplinary fields, including social sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and arts and humanities. Kuhn's main areas of study focus on paleontology, anthropology, and archeology, with additional interests in sociology, political science, and cultural studies.

The primary topics Kuhn explores cover a range of archaeological and anthropological themes. These include Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, archaeology and rock art, language and cultural evolution, evolution and paleontology studies, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Notable recent papers by Kuhn include:

  • Early Middle Stone Age personal ornaments from Bizmoune Cave, Essaouira, Morocco (2021, Science Advances)
  • Connections between the Levant and the Balkans in the late Middle Pleistocene: Archaeological findings from Velika and Mala Balanica Caves (Serbia) (2022, Journal of Human Evolution)
  • Moving on from Here: Suggestions for the Future of "Mobility Thinking" in Studies of Paleolithic Technologies (2020, Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology)
  • The evolution of raw material procurement strategies: A view from the deep sequence of Tabun Cave, Israel (2020, Journal of Human Evolution)
  • Did Human Culture Emerge in a Cultural Evolutionary Transition in Individuality? (2021, Biological Theory)

Kuhn frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Human Evolution (4 publications)
  • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (3 publications)
  • Biological Theory (2 publications)
  • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2 publications)
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports (2 publications)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Kuhn's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dušan Mihailović
  • Mary C. Stiner
  • François Lanoë
  • Ron Shimelmitz
  • Mina Weinstein-Evron

Best Publications

  • Differential Burning, Recrystallization, and Fragmentation of Archaeological Bone

    Mary C. Stiner;Steven L. Kuhn;Stephen Weiner;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Mousterian Lithic Technology: An Ecological Perspective

    Steven L. Kuhn

  • A Formal Approach to the Design and Assembly of Mobile Toolkits

    Steven L. Kuhn

  • The Big Deal about Blades: Laminar Technologies and Human Evolution

    Ofer Bar-Yosef;Steven L. Kuhn

  • Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner;David S. Reese;Erksin Güleç

  • What's a Mother to Do? The Division of Labor among Neandertals and Modern Humans in Eurasia

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner

  • 4,300-Year-old chimpanzee sites and the origins of percussive stone technology

    Julio Mercader;Huw Barton;Jason Gillespie;Jack Harris

  • On Planning and Curated Technologies in the Middle Paleolithic

    Steven L. Kuhn

  • The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at Üçağızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey)

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner;Erksin Güleç;Ismail Özer

  • "Unpacking" Reduction: Lithic Raw Material Economy in the Mousterian of West-Central Italy

    Steven L Kuhn

  • Upper Paleolithic raw material economies at Üçağızlı cave, Turkey

    Steven L. Kuhn

  • 'Fire at will': the emergence of habitual fire use 350,000 years ago

    Ron Shimelmitz;Steven L. Kuhn;Arthur J. Jelinek;Avraham Ronen

  • Rethinking the initial Upper Paleolithic

    Steven L. Kuhn;Nicolas Zwyns

  • Transitions before the transition : evolution and stability in the Middle Paleolithic and middle Stone Age

    Erella Hovers;Steven L. Kuhn

  • Constraints on Levallois Core Technology: A Mathematical Model

    P.Jeffrey Brantingham;Steven L Kuhn

  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic in south-central Turkey and its regional context: A preliminary report

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner;Erksin Güleç

  • Modeling effects of local extinctions on culture change and diversity in the paleolithic

    Lukas S. Premo;Steven L. Kuhn

  • Subsistence, Technology, and Adaptive Variation in Middle Paleolithic Italy

    Mary C. Stiner;Steven L. Kuhn

  • Changes in the ‘Connectedness’ and Resilience of Paleolithic Societies in Mediterranean Ecosystems

    Mary C. Stiner;Steven L. Kuhn

  • A forager–herder trade-off, from broad-spectrum hunting to sheep management at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey

    Mary C. Stiner;Hijlke Buitenhuis;Güneş Duru;Steven L. Kuhn

  • The earliest aurignacian of riparo mochi (Liguria, Italy)

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner

  • The Early Upper Paleolithic beyond Western Europe

    P. Jeffrey Brantingham;Steven L. Kuhn;Kristopher W. Kerry

  • Transitions Before the Transition

    Erella Hovers;Steven L. Kuhn

  • The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at U ¨ çag ˘izli Cave (Hatay, Turkey)

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner;Ismail Baykara;Paul Goldberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ofer Bar-Yosef
Ofer Bar-Yosef Harvard University
Paul Goldberg
Paul Goldberg Boston University
P. Jeffrey Brantingham
P. Jeffrey Brantingham University of California, Los Angeles
Feng Li
Feng Li City, University of London
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France
Edward J. Rhodes
Edward J. Rhodes University of Sheffield
Yemane Asmerom
Yemane Asmerom University of New Mexico
Richard E. Michod
Richard E. Michod University of Arizona
Hélène Valladas
Hélène Valladas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo University of Alcalá

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