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Researcher · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · France

Gildas Merceron

Gildas Merceron publishes mostly in Paleontology, Ecology and Anthropology, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

ORCID 0000-0001-5777-7126 OpenAlex
World rank
#238,802
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#14,745
of 324,115
Works
178
Citations
6k
Citations per work
33.4
h-index
37
i10-index 83Top 5.8% in Paleontology
Gildas Merceron

What does Gildas Merceron research?

Gildas Merceron's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (18%), Social Sciences (18%).

Physical Sciences: 75 works · 42.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 works · 24.1% of their workPaleontology: 43 works · 24.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 33 works · 18.3% of their workEcology: 33 works · 18.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 63 works · 35.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 32 works · 18.0% of their workAnthropology: 32 works · 18.0% of their workPsychology: 19 works · 10.9% of their workSocial Psychology: 19 works · 10.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 12 works · 6.7% of their workArcheology: 12 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 18.3% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 3.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 works · 3.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 works · 3.7% of their workTHEIR WORKGildas Merceron178works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences42%Social Sciences36%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences4324.1%
    2. Environmental Science3318.3%
    1. Social Sciences3218.0%
    2. Psychology1910.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities126.7%
  3. Everything else3318.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.7%
  1. 1Paleontology24% of their works
  2. 2Ecology18% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology18% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology11% of their works
  5. 5Archeology7% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gildas Merceron's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Population Dynamics, Primates and Social Behavior.

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. Molecular Phylogeny1092 topics
  2. Mammal Evolution951 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis951 topic
  4. Hominin Genetics831 topic
  5. Paleolithic Archaeology831 topic
  6. Population Dynamics562 topics
  7. Primates501 topic
  8. Social Behavior501 topic
  9. Animal Movement451 topic
  10. Occupancy Rates451 topic
  11. Age Estimation271 topic
  12. Sex Determination271 topic
  13. Bats141 topic
  14. Hibernation141 topic
  15. Agricultural Origins121 topic
  16. Radiocarbon Dating121 topic
  17. Invasive Species111 topic
  18. Island Ecosystems111 topic

Where does Gildas Merceron work?

Gildas Merceron's main affiliation in the publication record is Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France.

How many publications and citations does Gildas Merceron have?

OpenAlex counts 178 works and 5,951 citations for Gildas Merceron, an h-index of 37, ranking #238,802 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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