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Researcher · Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú · Peru

Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao

Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao publishes mostly in Archeology, Paleontology and Genetics, on topics such as Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Forensic and Genetic Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-5326-8102 OpenAlex
World rank
#889,184
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Peru
#227
of 7,808
Works
24
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
61.3
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 18% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao

What does Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao research?

Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (30%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%).

Social Sciences: 9 works · 39.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 7 works · 30.4% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 25.0% of their workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 works · 5.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 8.9% of their workAnthropology: 2 works · 8.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 26.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 23.2% of their workPaleontology: 6 works · 23.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 3.6% of their workEcology: 1 works · 3.6% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 19.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 19.6% of their workGenetics: 5 works · 19.6% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 14.3% of their workTHEIR WORKElsaTomasto-Cagigao24works
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences27%Social Sciences39%

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. Arts and Humanities730.4%
    2. Social Sciences28.9%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences623.2%
    2. Environmental Science13.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology519.6%
  4. Everything else314.3%
  1. 1Archeology25% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology23% of their works
  3. 3Genetics20% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology9% of their works
  5. 5Visual Arts and Performing Arts5% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Genomic Analysis and Population History.

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. Agricultural Origins121 topic
  2. Radiocarbon Dating121 topic
  3. Ancient DNA112 topics
  4. Human Evolution112 topics
  5. Age Estimation101 topic
  6. Sex Determination101 topic
  7. Genomic Analysis81 topic
  8. Population History81 topic
  9. Ancient Health31 topic
  10. Colonial Spanish America31 topic
  11. Paleoparasitology31 topic
  12. Visual Culture31 topic
  13. Genetics21 topic
  14. Hominin Genetics21 topic
  15. Paleolithic Archaeology21 topic
  16. Race21 topic
  17. Stable Isotopes21 topic
  18. Trophic Position21 topic

Where does Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao work?

Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao's main affiliation in the publication record is Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru.

How many publications and citations does Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao have?

OpenAlex counts 24 works and 1,472 citations for Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, an h-index of 11, ranking #889,184 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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