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Researcher · Des Moines University · United States

Heather M. Garvin

Heather M. Garvin publishes mostly in Archeology, Genetics and Anthropology, on topics such as Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Forensic and Genetic Research and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

ORCID 0000-0002-9787-4366 OpenAlex
World rank
#203,574
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#75,542
of 1,627,098
Works
94
Citations
3.2k
Citations per work
33.9
h-index
26
i10-index 35Top 2.4% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Heather M. Garvin

What does Heather M. Garvin research?

Heather M. Garvin's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (31%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Social Sciences (8%).

Social Sciences: 37 works · 39.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 30 works · 31.4% of their workArcheology: 30 works · 31.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 7.7% of their workAnthropology: 7 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 35.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 10 works · 10.6% of their workMathematics: 5 works · 5.8% of their workGeometry and Topology: 5 works · 5.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 4.8% of their workPaleontology: 5 works · 4.8% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 10.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 10.1% of their workGenetics: 9 works · 10.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 4.8% of their workDentistry: 5 works · 4.8% of their workOral Surgery: 5 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKHeather M. Garvin94works
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences39%

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. Arts and Humanities3031.4%
    2. Social Sciences77.7%
  2. Everything else3335.4%
    1. Mathematics55.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology910.1%
    1. Dentistry54.8%
  1. 1Archeology31% of their works
  2. 2Genetics10% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology8% of their works
  4. 4Geometry and Topology6% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology5% of their works
  6. 6Oral Surgery5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Heather M. Garvin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Hominin Genetics and Paleolithic Archaeology.

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. Age Estimation561 topic
  2. Sex Determination561 topic
  3. Ancient DNA232 topics
  4. Human Evolution232 topics
  5. Genomic Analysis161 topic
  6. Population History161 topic
  7. Hominin Genetics151 topic
  8. Paleolithic Archaeology151 topic
  9. Geometric Morphometrics121 topic
  10. Morphological Integration121 topic
  11. Cone-Beam CT101 topic
  12. Dental Imaging101 topic
  13. Ancient Health71 topic
  14. Mammal Evolution71 topic
  15. Paleoparasitology71 topic
  16. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis71 topic
  17. Post-mortem Imaging71 topic
  18. Virtual Autopsy71 topic

Where does Heather M. Garvin work?

Heather M. Garvin's main affiliation in the publication record is Des Moines University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Heather M. Garvin have?

OpenAlex counts 94 works and 3,190 citations for Heather M. Garvin, an h-index of 26, ranking #203,574 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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