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Gildas Merceron

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

World rank
#1,238,177
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#75,693
of 96,116
Works
32
Citations
58
Citations per work
1.8

What does Gildas Merceron research?

Paleontology: 21.6%Anthropology: 19.6%Ecology: 17.6%Social Psychology: 9.8%other fields: 31.4%22%top field
Paleontology21.6%Anthropology19.6%Ecology17.6%Social Psychology9.8%other fields31.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Paleontology22% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology20% of their works
  3. 3Ecology18% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology10% of their works
  5. 5Archeology8% of their works
  6. 6Genetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gildas Merceron's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, 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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Hominin Genetics101 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology101 topic
  3. Mammal Evolution81 topic
  4. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis81 topic
  5. Animal Movement71 topic
  6. Occupancy Rates71 topic
  7. Primates51 topic
  8. Social Behavior51 topic
  9. Age Estimation41 topic
  10. Sex Determination41 topic
  11. Agricultural Origins31 topic
  12. Radiocarbon Dating31 topic
  13. Arctic Indigenous Peoples21 topic
  14. Climate Change21 topic
  15. Meat Quality11 topic
  16. Protein Oxidation11 topic

Where does Gildas Merceron work?

Gildas Merceron's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Paleoprimatology Human Paleontology Evolution and Paleoenvironments, France.

How many publications and citations does Gildas Merceron have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 58 citations for Gildas Merceron, ranking #1,238,177 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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