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S. DeWitte

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h-index: 32
Works: 126
Citations: 4,602

Most-cited papers

Yersinia pestis and the plague of Justinian 541-543 AD: a genomic analysis.
D. Wagner, J. Klunk, M. Harbeck, Alison M. Devault +21 more
2014Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)409 citations
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The Osteological Paradox 20 Years Later: Past Perspectives, Future Directions
S. DeWitte, Christopher M. Stojanowski
2015277 citations
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Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
J. Klunk, T. Vilgalys, C. Demeure, Xiaoheng Cheng +28 more
2022Nature184 citations Open access
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Mortality Risk and Survival in the Aftermath of the Medieval Black Death
S. DeWitte
2014PLoS ONE161 citations Open access
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Frailty and famine: Patterns of mortality and physiological stress among victims of famine in medieval London.
Samantha L. Yaussy, S. DeWitte, R. Redfern
2016American Journal of Physical Anthropology89 citations
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Urban-rural differences in Roman Dorset, England: A bioarchaeological perspective on Roman settlements.
R. Redfern, S. DeWitte, John M. Pearce, C. Hamlin +1 more
2015American Journal of Physical Anthropology77 citations
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Stress, sex, and plague: Patterns of developmental stress and survival in pre‐ and post‐Black Death London
S. DeWitte
2018American Journal of Human Biology69 citations Open access
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Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene
Gwen Robbins Schug, J. Buikstra, S. DeWitte, B. Baker +21 more
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America66 citations Open access
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Setting the stage for medieval plague: Pre-black death trends in survival and mortality.
S. DeWitte
2015American Journal of Physical Anthropology64 citations
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Wealth, health and frailty in industrial-era London
S. DeWitte, Gail M Hughes-Morey, J. Bekvalac, J. Karsten
2016Annals of Human Biology61 citations
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Ancient pathogen DNA in archaeological samples detected with a Microbial Detection Array
Alison M. Devault, K. McLoughlin, C. Jaing, S. Gardner +8 more
2014Scientific Reports54 citations Open access
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Urban and rural mortality and survival in Medieval England
Brittany S Walter, S. DeWitte
2017Annals of Human Biology50 citations
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Twenty-first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward.
J. Buikstra, S. DeWitte, S. Agarwal, B. Baker +40 more
2022American Journal of Biological Anthropology49 citations Open access
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Toward a bioarchaeology of urbanization: Demography, health, and behavior in cities in the past.
Tracy K Betsinger, S. DeWitte
2021American Journal of Physical Anthropology33 citations Open access
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Archaeological Evidence of Epidemics Can Inform Future Epidemics
S. DeWitte
201632 citations
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Assessment of nutritional stress in famine burials using stable isotope analysis.
Brittany S Walter, S. DeWitte, Tosha L. Dupras, J. Beaumont
2020American Journal of Physical Anthropology29 citations
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Bioarchaeology and the Ethics of Research Using Human Skeletal Remains
S. DeWitte
201527 citations
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Medieval menarche: Changes in pubertal timing before and after the Black Death
S. DeWitte, Mary Lewis
2020American Journal of Human Biology26 citations Open access
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Demographic anthropology.
S. DeWitte
2018American Journal of Physical Anthropology26 citations Open access
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Disease epidemics: lessons for resilience in an increasingly connected world.
S. DeWitte, M. Kurth, C. Allen, I. Linkov
2016Journal of public health26 citations
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Do leprosy and tuberculosis generate a systemic inflammatory shift? Setting the ground for a new dialogue between experimental immunology and bioarchaeology.
F. Crespo, Christopher K Klaes, A. Switala, S. DeWitte
2017American Journal of Physical Anthropology24 citations
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Sex differentials in caries frequencies in Medieval London.
Brittany S Walter, S. DeWitte, R. Redfern
2016Archives of Oral Biology24 citations
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Genetic resiliency and the Black Death: No apparent loss of mitogenomic diversity due to the Black Death in medieval London and Denmark.
J. Klunk, A. Duggan, R. Redfern, J. Gamble +9 more
2019American Journal of Physical Anthropology22 citations Open access
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Insufficient evidence for natural selection associated with the Black Death
T. Vilgalys, J. Klunk, C. Demeure, Xiao-Heng Cheng +28 more
2023bioRxiv21 citations Open access
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The Anthropology of Plague: Insights from Bioarcheological Analyses of Epidemic Cemeteries
S. DeWitte
202021 citations Open access
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Sex differences in adult famine mortality in medieval London.
S. DeWitte, Samantha L. Yaussy
2019American Journal of Physical Anthropology21 citations
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Patterns of frailty in non-adults from medieval London.
Samantha L. Yaussy, S. DeWitte
2018International Journal of Paleopathology21 citations
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Frailty and survival in the 1918 influenza pandemic
A. Wissler, S. DeWitte
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America19 citations Open access
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Ancient pathogens provide a window into health and well-being
Cecil M. Lewis, M. Akinyi, S. DeWitte, A. Stone
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America18 citations Open access
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Calculus and survivorship in medieval London: The association between dental disease and a demographic measure of general health.
Samantha L. Yaussy, S. DeWitte
2019American Journal of Physical Anthropology18 citations
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A Novel Investigation into Migrant and Local Health-Statuses in the Past: A Case Study from Roman Britain
R. Redfern, S. DeWitte, J. Montgomery, R. Gowland
201818 citations Open access
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Multiple Injury and Health in Past Societies: An Analysis of Concepts and Approaches, and Insights from a Multi‐Period Study
R. Redfern, M. Judd, S. DeWitte
201717 citations
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Trends in mortality and biological stress in a medieval polish urban population.
Tracy K Betsinger, S. DeWitte
2017International Journal of Paleopathology17 citations
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Urban and rural survivorship in Pre- and Post-Black Death Denmark
Saige Kelmelis, S. DeWitte
2021Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports16 citations Open access
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A new method for investigating the relationship between diet and mortality: hazard analysis using dietary isotopes
Rebecca C. Redfern, S. DeWitte, J. Beaumont, A. Millard +1 more
2019Annals of Human Biology16 citations Open access
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Black Death Bodies
S. DeWitte, Maryanne Kowaleski
201713 citations
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Femur Length and Famine Mortality in Medieval London
S. DeWitte, Samantha L. Yaussy
201713 citations
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The Medieval Globe Volume 1 Number 1 Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World : Rethinking the Black Death Article 6 January 2016 The Anthropology of Plague : Insights from Bioarcheological Analyses of Epidemic Cemeteries
S. DeWitte
201713 citations
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Bioarchaeological applications of intersectionality
S. DeWitte, Samantha L. Yaussy
202012 citations
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Frailty or resilience? Hazard-based and cumulative phenotype approaches to discerning signals of health inequality in medieval London
Samantha L. Yaussy, K. Marklein, S. DeWitte, D. Crews
2024Science Advances10 citations
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Survivorship and the second epidemiological transition in industrial-era London.
Samantha L. Yaussy, S. DeWitte, Gail M Hughes-Morey
2023American Journal of Biological Anthropology10 citations Open access
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Global natural history infrastructure requires international solidarity, support, and investment in local capacity
B. Boldgiv, A. Lkhagva, S. Edwards, N. C. Stenseth +22 more
2025Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America9 citations Open access
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Emergence, continuity, and evolution of Yersinia pestis throughout medieval and early modern Denmark.
Katherine Eaton, R. Sidhu, J. Klunk, J. Gamble +10 more
2023Current Biology8 citations Open access
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COVID-19 and the Black Death: Nutrition, frailty, inequity, and mortality
K. V. Van Schaik, S. DeWitte
20208 citations
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Household ecology and out-migration among ethnic Karen along the Thai-Myanmar border
D. Parker, James W. Wood, S. Tomita, S. DeWitte +2 more
20148 citations Open access
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Childhood nutritional stress and later-life health outcomes in medieval England: Evidence from incremental dentine analysis
S. DeWitte, Julia Beaumont, Brittany S Walter, Jacqueline R Towers +1 more
2025Science Advances7 citations
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Known unknowns and the osteological paradox: Why bioarchaeology needs agent-based models.
Amy S. Anderson, S. DeWitte
2025International Journal of Paleopathology6 citations Open access
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A New Paradigm for Pandemic Preparedness
N. Fefferman, John S. McAlister, B. Akpa, Kelechi Akwataghibe +32 more
2023Current Epidemiology Reports6 citations Open access
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Medieval monastic health: Variation in skeletal signs of inflammation and developmental stress between religious orders in London
S. DeWitte
2024American Journal of Human Biology5 citations
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Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World
S. DeWitte
20235 citations
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