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Researcher · University of Copenhagen · Denmark

Eske Willerslev

Eske Willerslev publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, on topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Genetic diversity and population structure.

ORCID 0000-0002-7081-6748 OpenAlex
World rank
#250
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Denmark
#4
of 43,819
Works
463
Citations
74k
Citations per work
159.4
h-index
147
i10-index 332Top 0.1% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Eske Willerslev

What does Eske Willerslev research?

Eske Willerslev's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (40%), Environmental Science (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%).

Life Sciences: 186 works · 40.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 186 works · 40.2% of their workGenetics: 125 works · 27.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 61 works · 13.1% of their workEverything else: 124 works · 26.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 119 works · 25.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 60 works · 12.9% of their workEcology: 60 works · 12.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 59 works · 12.7% of their workPaleontology: 38 works · 8.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 20 works · 4.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 34 works · 7.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 34 works · 7.4% of their workArcheology: 34 works · 7.4% of their workTHEIR WORKEske Willerslev463works
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences26%Social Sciences7%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18640.2%
  2. Everything else12426.8%
    1. Environmental Science6012.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5912.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities347.4%
  1. 1Genetics27% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology13% of their works
  3. 3Ecology13% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology8% of their works
  5. 5Archeology7% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Eske Willerslev's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Genetic Structure, Population Genetics 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. Ancient DNA1982 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis1631 topic
  3. Population History1631 topic
  4. Agricultural Origins781 topic
  5. Radiocarbon Dating781 topic
  6. Genetic Structure721 topic
  7. Population Genetics721 topic
  8. Age Estimation691 topic
  9. Sex Determination691 topic
  10. Environmental DNA571 topic
  11. Metabarcoding571 topic
  12. Hominin Genetics491 topic
  13. Paleolithic Archaeology491 topic
  14. RNA-Seq481 topic
  15. sequence alignment481 topic
  16. Yersinia pestis351 topic
  17. plague351 topic

Where does Eske Willerslev work?

Eske Willerslev's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

How many publications and citations does Eske Willerslev have?

OpenAlex counts 463 works and 73,818 citations for Eske Willerslev, an h-index of 147, ranking #250 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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