Donald R. Prothero
Donald R. Prothero publishes mostly in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.
- World rank
- #309,631 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #115,967 of 358,040
- Works
- 80
- Citations
- 241
- Citations per work
- 3.0
What does Donald R. Prothero research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Paleontology24% of their works
- 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
- 3Ecology7% of their works
- 4Anthropology6% of their works
- 5Atmospheric Science6% of their works
- 6History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Donald R. Prothero's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Hominin Genetics and Paleoclimatology.
- Flowering Plants
- Angiosperm Phylogeny
- Paleoredox
- Global History
- Dinosaur
- Paleoclimatology
- Glacial Cycles
- Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis
- Biogeography
- Molecular Phylogeny
- Mammal Evolution
- Climate Change
- Hominin Genetics
- Paleolithic Archaeology
- Evolution
- Paleoproductivity
- Science Circulation
- Bats
- Hibernation
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 19 words, with their numbers
- Molecular Phylogeny183 topics
- Biogeography162 topics
- Mammal Evolution141 topic
- Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis141 topic
- Climate Change72 topics
- Glacial Cycles51 topic
- Hominin Genetics51 topic
- Paleoclimatology51 topic
- Paleolithic Archaeology51 topic
- Dinosaur31 topic
- Evolution31 topic
- Global History31 topic
- Paleoproductivity31 topic
- Paleoredox31 topic
- Science Circulation31 topic
- Angiosperm Phylogeny21 topic
- Bats21 topic
- Flowering Plants21 topic
- Hibernation21 topic
Where does Donald R. Prothero work?
Donald R. Prothero's main affiliation in the publication record is Occidental College, United States.
How many publications and citations does Donald R. Prothero have?
Science Explorer counts 80 works and 241 citations for Donald R. Prothero, ranking #309,631 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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