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Bruce M. Rothschild

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologySpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesTurtle Biology and ConservationForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Publications

532

Citations

19,385

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

55

Publishing since 1971

Research summary
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Bruce M. Rothschild studies diseases in both living patients and ancient or animal skeletal remains, bridging medicine and paleontology. His work spans clinical rheumatology (the study of joint and connective-tissue diseases) and paleopathology, which is the identification of diseases and injuries in fossils, archaeological bones, and animal specimens. He examines bone and tendon-attachment changes to interpret injury, activity, and disease across humans, animals, and extinct species.

Paleopathology (ancient and animal disease)Rheumatology and inflammatory arthritisBone and tendon-attachment (entheseal) changesBioarchaeology and osteoarchaeologyDiagnostic methods and philosophy of science in medicine

Publication activity was high and fairly steady through the late 2010s and early 2020s (16-25 per year) but shows a marked drop in the most recent two years (6 per year).

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.6/year recently
2017: 16 publications172018: 16 publications182019: 11 publications192020: 20 publications202021: 25 publications25212022: 18 publications222023: 23 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 6 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Historical Biology×10
  • Rheumato×10
  • The Journal of Rheumatology×10
  • The Anatomical Record×9
  • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology×9

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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