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Researcher · University of Wollongong · Australia

Alex Mackay

Alex Mackay publishes mostly in Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6396-0821 OpenAlex
World rank
#71,864
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#2,302
of 140,210
Works
191
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
23.1
h-index
32
i10-index 76Top 1.7% in Anthropology
Alex Mackay

What does Alex Mackay research?

Alex Mackay's work is mostly in Social Sciences (32%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Medicine (7%).

Everything else: 83 works · 43.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 62 works · 32.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 62 works · 32.4% of their workAnthropology: 34 works · 17.8% of their workArcheology: 20 works · 10.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 4.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 32 works · 17.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 works · 17.0% of their workPaleontology: 26 works · 13.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 3.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 14 works · 7.4% of their workMedicine: 14 works · 7.4% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 works · 7.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAlex Mackay191works
Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences32%

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. Everything else8343.2%
    1. Social Sciences6232.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3217.0%
    1. Medicine147.4%
  1. 1Anthropology18% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology14% of their works
  3. 3Archeology10% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine7% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science4% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alex Mackay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Archaeology, Southern Africa, Climate Change and COPD.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Hominin Genetics751 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology751 topic
  3. Agricultural Origins591 topic
  4. Radiocarbon Dating591 topic
  5. Archaeology491 topic
  6. Southern Africa491 topic
  7. COPD161 topic
  8. Climate Change161 topic
  9. Paleoclimatology161 topic
  10. spirometry161 topic
  11. Age Estimation131 topic
  12. Sex Determination131 topic
  13. Conservation71 topic
  14. Environmental Movement71 topic
  15. Marketing Strategies61 topic
  16. Retail Economics61 topic

Where does Alex Mackay work?

Alex Mackay's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Wollongong, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Alex Mackay have?

OpenAlex counts 191 works and 4,415 citations for Alex Mackay, an h-index of 32, ranking #71,864 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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