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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Donald J. Ortner

Donald J. Ortner publishes mostly in Archeology, Surgery and Genetics, on topics such as Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Paleopathology and ancient diseases and Bone health and treatments.

OpenAlex
World rank
#244,025
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#89,767
of 1,627,098
Works
105
Citations
6.8k
Citations per work
64.7
h-index
31
i10-index 57Top 1.2% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Donald J. Ortner

What does Donald J. Ortner research?

Donald J. Ortner's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (28%), Medicine (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Everything else: 49 works · 46.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 28.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 30 works · 28.3% of their workArcheology: 30 works · 28.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 20 works · 19.2% of their workMedicine: 20 works · 19.2% of their workSurgery: 7 works · 7.1% of their workRheumatology: 7 works · 6.3% of their workInfectious Diseases: 3 works · 2.9% of their workRehabilitation: 3 works · 2.9% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 6.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 6.3% of their workGenetics: 7 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald J. Ortner105works
Life Sciences6%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences28%

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 else4946.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities3028.3%
    1. Medicine2019.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.3%
  1. 1Archeology28% of their works
  2. 2Surgery7% of their works
  3. 3Genetics6% of their works
  4. 4Rheumatology6% of their works
  5. 5Rehabilitation3% of their works
  6. 6Infectious Diseases3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald J. Ortner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Ancient Health, Paleoparasitology, Autoinflammatory Bone Disorders and Bisphosphonates.

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. Age Estimation391 topic
  2. Sex Determination391 topic
  3. Ancient DNA272 topics
  4. Human Evolution272 topics
  5. Ancient Health221 topic
  6. Paleoparasitology221 topic
  7. Autoinflammatory Bone Disorders61 topic
  8. Bisphosphonates61 topic
  9. Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis61 topic
  10. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw61 topic
  11. Agricultural Origins51 topic
  12. Bone Mineral Density51 topic
  13. Decomposition51 topic
  14. Forensic Entomology51 topic
  15. Fractures51 topic
  16. Genomic Analysis51 topic
  17. Population History51 topic
  18. Radiocarbon Dating51 topic

Where does Donald J. Ortner work?

Donald J. Ortner's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald J. Ortner have?

OpenAlex counts 105 works and 6,794 citations for Donald J. Ortner, an h-index of 31, ranking #244,025 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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