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Albert Zink

Albert Zink publishes mostly in Archeology, Genetics and Surgery, on topics such as Paleopathology and ancient diseases, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Forensic and Genetic Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-1461-747X OpenAlex
World rank
#105,689
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#2,060
of 242,206
Works
260
Citations
6.8k
Citations per work
26.3
h-index
43
i10-index 109Top 0.3% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Albert Zink

What does Albert Zink research?

Albert Zink's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (36%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Medicine (10%).

Social Sciences: 92 works · 35.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 92 works · 35.5% of their workArcheology: 92 works · 35.5% of their workEverything else: 92 works · 35.2% of their workLife Sciences: 49 works · 18.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 40 works · 15.2% of their workGenetics: 29 works · 11.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 10 works · 3.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 3.6% of their workInsect Science: 9 works · 3.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 27 works · 10.5% of their workMedicine: 27 works · 10.5% of their workSurgery: 15 works · 5.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 12 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAlbert Zink260works
Life Sciences19%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences36%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities9235.5%
  2. Everything else9235.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4015.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.6%
    1. Medicine2710.5%
  1. 1Archeology36% of their works
  2. 2Genetics11% of their works
  3. 3Surgery6% of their works
  4. 4Infectious Diseases5% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology4% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Albert Zink's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Ancient Health, Paleoparasitology, Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Genomic Analysis and Population History.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient DNA1673 topics
  2. Human Evolution1452 topics
  3. Ancient Health1101 topic
  4. Paleoparasitology1101 topic
  5. Age Estimation861 topic
  6. Sex Determination861 topic
  7. Genomic Analysis351 topic
  8. Population History351 topic
  9. Decomposition251 topic
  10. Forensic Entomology251 topic
  11. Spinal Epidural Abscess251 topic
  12. Tuberculous Meningitis251 topic
  13. Agricultural Origins221 topic
  14. Radiocarbon Dating221 topic
  15. Yersinia pestis221 topic
  16. plague221 topic
  17. Ancient Egypt211 topic
  18. Linguistics211 topic

Where does Albert Zink work?

Albert Zink's main affiliation in the publication record is Eurac Research, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Albert Zink have?

OpenAlex counts 260 works and 6,838 citations for Albert Zink, an h-index of 43, ranking #105,689 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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