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Researcher · Simon Fraser University · Canada

Francesco Berna

Francesco Berna publishes mostly in Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-3839-4012 OpenAlex
World rank
#49,684
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,380
of 183,316
Works
100
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
58.7
h-index
36
i10-index 57Top 6.4% in Paleontology
Francesco Berna

What does Francesco Berna research?

Francesco Berna's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (36%), Social Sciences (26%), Arts and Humanities (20%).

Social Sciences: 46 works · 46.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 26 works · 25.5% of their workAnthropology: 22 works · 22.3% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 3.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 20 works · 20.5% of their workArcheology: 20 works · 20.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 36 works · 35.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 works · 35.6% of their workPaleontology: 23 works · 23.4% of their workAtmospheric Science: 9 works · 8.6% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 18.4% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancesco Berna100works
Physical Sciences36%Social Sciences46%

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. Social Sciences2625.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities2020.5%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3635.6%
  3. Everything else1818.4%
  1. 1Paleontology23% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology22% of their works
  3. 3Archeology20% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science9% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works
  6. 6Archeology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francesco Berna's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Age Estimation, Climate Change, Paleoclimatology and Sex Determination.

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. Hominin Genetics601 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology601 topic
  3. Agricultural Origins491 topic
  4. Radiocarbon Dating491 topic
  5. Age Estimation241 topic
  6. Climate Change241 topic
  7. Paleoclimatology241 topic
  8. Sex Determination241 topic
  9. Cultural Heritage172 topics
  10. Mammal Evolution111 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis111 topic
  12. Archaeology91 topic
  13. Raman Spectroscopy91 topic
  14. Southern Africa91 topic
  15. X-Ray Fluorescence91 topic
  16. Biodeterioration81 topic
  17. Geomycology81 topic

Where does Francesco Berna work?

Francesco Berna's main affiliation in the publication record is Simon Fraser University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Francesco Berna have?

OpenAlex counts 100 works and 5,872 citations for Francesco Berna, an h-index of 36, ranking #49,684 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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