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Researcher · Newton Public Schools · United States

Don Lessem

Don Lessem publishes mostly in Paleontology, History and Philosophy of Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and History of Science and Natural History.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,061,521
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,309,276
of 1,627,098
Works
19
Citations
44
Citations per work
2.3
h-index
2
i10-index 2Top 98% in Paleontology
Don Lessem

What does Don Lessem research?

Don Lessem's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Social Sciences (10%).

Physical Sciences: 8 works · 40.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 works · 40.5% of their workPaleontology: 7 works · 38.1% of their workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 28.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 26.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 16.7% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 works · 11.9% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 4.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 9.5% of their workAnthropology: 2 works · 9.5% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 4.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 4.8% of their workPlant Science: 1 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDon Lessem19works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences40%Social Sciences26%

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 Sciences840.5%
  2. Everything else528.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities316.7%
    2. Social Sciences29.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.8%
  1. 1Paleontology38% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science12% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology10% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science5% of their works
  5. 5Archeology5% of their works
  6. 6Space and Planetary Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Don Lessem's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dinosaur, Evolution, Biogeography, Global History, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Paleoproductivity and Paleoredox.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Dinosaur71 topic
  2. Evolution71 topic
  3. Biogeography42 topics
  4. Global History41 topic
  5. Hominin Genetics41 topic
  6. Paleolithic Archaeology41 topic
  7. Paleoproductivity41 topic
  8. Paleoredox41 topic
  9. Science Circulation41 topic
  10. Mammal Evolution31 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis31 topic
  12. Agricultural Origins21 topic
  13. Conservation22 topics
  14. Invasive Species22 topics
  15. Radiocarbon Dating21 topic
  16. Flora11 topic
  17. Mediterranean11 topic
  18. Vascular Flora11 topic
  19. Vascular Plants11 topic

Where does Don Lessem work?

Don Lessem's main affiliation in the publication record is Newton Public Schools, United States.

How many publications and citations does Don Lessem have?

OpenAlex counts 19 works and 44 citations for Don Lessem, an h-index of 2, ranking #5,061,521 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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