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Researcher · Southern Methodist University · United States

David J. Meltzer

David J. Meltzer publishes mostly in Anthropology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-8084-9802 OpenAlex
World rank
#26,705
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#10,006
of 1,627,098
Works
207
Citations
11k
Citations per work
52.2
h-index
55
i10-index 100Top 0.1% in Anthropology
David J. Meltzer

What does David J. Meltzer research?

David J. Meltzer's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (28%), Social Sciences (22%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Physical Sciences: 70 works · 33.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 58 works · 28.2% of their workPaleontology: 41 works · 20.0% of their workAtmospheric Science: 17 works · 8.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 12 works · 5.6% of their workEcology: 12 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 68 works · 32.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 60 works · 29.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 45 works · 21.8% of their workAnthropology: 45 works · 21.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 15 works · 7.3% of their workArcheology: 15 works · 7.3% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 4.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 4.4% of their workGenetics: 9 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid J. Meltzer207works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences34%Social Sciences29%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences5828.2%
    2. Environmental Science125.6%
  2. Everything else6832.7%
    1. Social Sciences4521.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities157.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.4%
  1. 1Anthropology22% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology20% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  4. 4Archeology7% of their works
  5. 5Ecology6% of their works
  6. 6Genetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David J. Meltzer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology and Age Estimation.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Hominin Genetics941 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology941 topic
  3. Agricultural Origins851 topic
  4. Radiocarbon Dating851 topic
  5. Climate Change562 topics
  6. Glacial Cycles431 topic
  7. Paleoclimatology431 topic
  8. Age Estimation321 topic
  9. Sex Determination321 topic
  10. Mammal Evolution251 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis251 topic
  12. Arctic Indigenous Peoples131 topic
  13. Traditional Irrigation131 topic
  14. Traditional Knowledge131 topic
  15. Water Sustainability131 topic
  16. Ancient DNA121 topic
  17. Genomic Analysis121 topic

Where does David J. Meltzer work?

David J. Meltzer's main affiliation in the publication record is Southern Methodist University, United States.

How many publications and citations does David J. Meltzer have?

OpenAlex counts 207 works and 10,813 citations for David J. Meltzer, an h-index of 55, ranking #26,705 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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