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Latin American history and culture

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Matthias Urban
Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage
2
David Max Findley
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
3
Miguel A. Valerio
Washington University in St. Louis
4
Gene Rhea Tucker
Temple College
5
Gilbert Grou
Université de Montréal
6
Nancy E. van Deusen
Queen's University
7
John Soluri
Carnegie Mellon University
8
Jordan A. Dalton
State University of New York at Oswego
9
Nicholas Spiers
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
10
Renée Soulodre-La France
King's University College

Rising Stars Papers

1
Dispersal, Adoption, Rejection: The Columbian Exchange and the West Pacific
International Journal of Historical Archaeology|2024
41 cit.
2
Indigenous psilocybin mushroom practices: An annotated bibliography
Journal of Psychedelic Studies|2024
25 cit.
3
All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us
Terrae Incognitae|2024
11 cit.
4
The Use of Balances in Late Andean Prehistory (<scp>ad</scp> 1200–1650)
Cambridge Archaeological Journal|2024
8 cit.
5
Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives
American Journal of Biological Anthropology|2025
5 cit.
6
Gradient in grammatical structure of indigenous languages reflects pathway of human expansion in the Americas
Scientific Reports|2025
3 cit.
7
Spatial effects with missing data
Open Linguistics|2024
1 cit.
8
Global language geography and language history: challenges and opportunities
Open Research Europe|2025
1 cit.
9
Global language geography and language history: challenges and opportunities
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)|2024
1 cit.
10
Patchwork Freedoms: Law Slavery and Race Beyond Cuba’s Plantations <b>Patchwork Freedoms: Law Slavery and Race Beyond Cuba’s Plantations</b> , by Adriana Chira, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, 320 pp., £22.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781108730808
Slavery and Abolition|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza
El Colegio de México
2
Ashley E. Sharpe
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
3
Carlos Aldunate
University of the Pacific
4
Bárbara C. Escamilla Ojeda
Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida
5
José Luis García Garrido
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
6
Wilberth Cruz Alvarado
University at Albany, State University of New York
7
Evgenia Brodetsky
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
8
Rita Eloranta
Åbo Akademi University
9
Stefan Ziemendorff
University of Rostock
10
Juan Ignacio Cases Martín
Stanford University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
CINWA (database of terminology for cultivated plants in indigenous languages of northwestern South America): introducing a resource for research in ethnobiology, anthropology, historical linguistics, and interdisciplinary research on the neolithic transition in South America
Language Resources and Evaluation|2022
42 cit.
2
Collective Action, Good Government, and Democracy in Tlaxcallan, Mexico: An Analysis Based on Demokratia
Frontiers in Political Science|2022
10 cit.
3
Comparison of human and faunal enamel isotopes reveals diverse paleodiet and exchange patterns at the highland Maya Site of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences|2022
9 cit.
4
LITHIC AND FAUNAL EVIDENCE FOR CRAFT PRODUCTION AMONG THE MIDDLE PRECLASSIC MAYA AT CEIBAL, GUATEMALA
Ancient Mesoamerica|2022
7 cit.
5
The Collapse of a Collective Society: Teuchitlán in the Tequila Region of Jalisco, Mexico
Frontiers in Political Science|2022
5 cit.
6
Description and Classification of Tempering Materials Present in Pottery Using Digital X-Radiography
NDT|2024
4 cit.
7
An isotopic examination of Maya Preclassic and Classic animal and human diets at Ceibal, Guatemala
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports|2024
3 cit.
8
Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology|2024
3 cit.
9
Observaciones metodológicas sobre el estudio de lenguas extintas en el nororiente peruano: el caso del chacha
Letras (Lima)|2023
2 cit.
10
Bambúes nativos en la construcción de viviendas rurales: Bajareque en el México prehispánico y siglo XX
Botanical Sciences|2023
2 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Carl Mann
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2
Michael D. Glascock
University of Missouri
3
Diane Z. Chase
University of Houston
4
Gary M. Feinman
Field Museum of Natural History
5
Douglas J. Kennett
University of California, Santa Barbara
6
Joy Parker
JPS Health Network
7
Frances F. Berdan
California State University System
8
Karl Taube
University of California, Riverside
9
C. Michael Gibson
Baim Institute for Clinical Research
10
Linda M. Nicholas
Field Museum of Natural History

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Rivaroxaban in Patients with a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome
New England Journal of Medicine|2011
1.9k cit.
2
Prevention of Bleeding in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing PCI
New England Journal of Medicine|2016
1.6k cit.
3
Ticagrelor with or without Aspirin in High-Risk Patients after PCI
New England Journal of Medicine|2019
1k cit.
4
1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus
Foreign Affairs|2006
875 cit.
5
Relationship of TIMI Myocardial Perfusion Grade to Mortality After Administration of Thrombolytic Drugs
Circulation|2000
856 cit.
6
Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change
Science|2012
620 cit.
7
Hospital Delays in Reperfusion for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Circulation|2006
549 cit.
8
Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
Cambridge Archaeological Journal|1995
498 cit.
9
Combination Therapy With Abciximab Reduces Angiographically Evident Thrombus in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation|2001
487 cit.
10
Extended Thromboprophylaxis with Betrixaban in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
New England Journal of Medicine|2016
438 cit.

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