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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

H. J. Deacon

H. J. Deacon publishes mostly in Anthropology, Archeology and Archeology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#105,829
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#316
of 29,826
Works
55
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
63.7
h-index
32
i10-index 39Top 1.7% in Anthropology
H. J. Deacon

What does H. J. Deacon research?

H. J. Deacon's work is mostly in Social Sciences (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Arts and Humanities (13%).

Social Sciences: 29 works · 53.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 40.3% of their workAnthropology: 14 works · 25.4% of their workArcheology: 8 works · 14.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 7 works · 12.7% of their workArcheology: 7 works · 12.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 13 works · 23.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 works · 20.1% of their workPaleontology: 7 works · 11.9% of their workAtmospheric Science: 5 works · 8.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 3.7% of their workEcology: 2 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 23.2% of their workTHEIR WORKH. J. Deacon55works
Physical Sciences24%Social Sciences53%

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 Sciences2240.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities712.7%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1120.1%
    2. Environmental Science23.7%
  3. Everything else1323.2%
  1. 1Anthropology25% of their works
  2. 2Archeology15% of their works
  3. 3Archeology13% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology12% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  6. 6Ecology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe H. J. Deacon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Archaeology, Rock Art, Southern Africa, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating and Climate Change.

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. Hominin Genetics291 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology291 topic
  3. Archaeology273 topics
  4. Rock Art201 topic
  5. Southern Africa201 topic
  6. Agricultural Origins131 topic
  7. Radiocarbon Dating131 topic
  8. Climate Change101 topic
  9. Paleoclimatology101 topic
  10. Age Estimation61 topic
  11. Cultural Exchange62 topics
  12. Sex Determination61 topic
  13. Pacific Islands41 topic
  14. settlement41 topic
  15. Indian Ocean31 topic
  16. Scandinavia31 topic
  17. Viking Age31 topic
  18. prehistoric movement31 topic

Where does H. J. Deacon work?

H. J. Deacon's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does H. J. Deacon have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 3,501 citations for H. J. Deacon, an h-index of 32, ranking #105,829 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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