Betty J. Meggers
Betty J. Meggers publishes mostly in History, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Anthropology, on topics such as Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Latin American history and culture and Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond.
- World rank
- #32,691 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #15,235 of 358,040
- Works
- 50
- Citations
- 234
- Citations per work
- 4.7
What does Betty J. Meggers research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1History18% of their works
- 2Visual Arts and Performing Arts9% of their works
- 3Anthropology9% of their works
- 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
- 5General Health Professions7% of their works
- 6Ecology7% of their works
Research topics
- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Latin American history and culture
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Historical Studies in Central America
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Which keywords describe Betty J. Meggers's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Amazonia, Historical Ecology, pre-Columbian, Colonial Spanish America, Visual Culture, Archaeology, Biocultural Conservation and Earth Stewardship.
- settlement
- Pacific Islands
- Central America
- Radiocarbon Dating
- Indigenous Populations
- Earth Stewardship
- Archaeology
- Colonial Spanish America
- Historical Ecology
- Amazonia
- pre-Columbian
- Visual Culture
- Biocultural Conservation
- Health
- Agricultural Origins
- Caribbean
- Environmental Services
- Tropical Deforestation
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.
All 18 words, with their numbers
- Amazonia122 topics
- Historical Ecology81 topic
- pre-Columbian81 topic
- Colonial Spanish America51 topic
- Visual Culture51 topic
- Archaeology42 topics
- Biocultural Conservation41 topic
- Earth Stewardship41 topic
- Health41 topic
- Indigenous Populations41 topic
- Agricultural Origins31 topic
- Radiocarbon Dating31 topic
- Caribbean21 topic
- Central America21 topic
- Environmental Services21 topic
- Pacific Islands21 topic
- Tropical Deforestation21 topic
- settlement21 topic
Where does Betty J. Meggers work?
Betty J. Meggers's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.
How many publications and citations does Betty J. Meggers have?
Science Explorer counts 50 works and 234 citations for Betty J. Meggers, ranking #32,691 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
Ranked on field-normalised 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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