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Researcher · Royal Tropical Institute · Netherlands

Héléna Posthumus

Héléna Posthumus publishes mostly in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

ORCID 0000-0002-0039-8712 OpenAlex
World rank
#398,461
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#10,041
of 107,149
Works
70
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
63.4
h-index
20
i10-index 28Top 4.5% in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Héléna Posthumus

What does Héléna Posthumus research?

Héléna Posthumus's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (45%), Environmental Science (10%), Health Professions (7%).

Life Sciences: 31 works · 44.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 works · 44.8% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 works · 18.6% of their workSoil Science: 13 works · 17.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 8.3% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 33.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 10.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 10.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 works · 10.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 6.9% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 6.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 6.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 4.8% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 4.8% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKHéléna Posthumus70works
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences5%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3144.8%
  2. Everything else2333.2%
    1. Environmental Science710.3%
    1. Health Professions56.9%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.8%
  1. 1General Agricultural and Biological Sciences19% of their works
  2. 2Soil Science18% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions7% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Héléna Posthumus's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Smallholder Farmers, Rural Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Agricultural Innovation, Agroecology, Livelihood Diversification and Sustainability.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Smallholder Farmers323 topics
  2. Rural Development222 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture222 topics
  4. Climate Change203 topics
  5. Agricultural Innovation161 topic
  6. Agroecology162 topics
  7. Livelihood Diversification161 topic
  8. Sustainability152 topics
  9. Adaptation101 topic
  10. Livestock Farming101 topic
  11. Agricultural Sustainability81 topic
  12. Soil Erosion81 topic
  13. Food Sovereignty61 topic
  14. Land Grabbing61 topic
  15. Land Tenure61 topic
  16. Property Rights61 topic
  17. Risk Management61 topic
  18. Vulnerability61 topic
  19. Flood Risk51 topic
  20. Remote Sensing51 topic
  21. Reservoir Operation51 topic
  22. Water Resources51 topic

Where does Héléna Posthumus work?

Héléna Posthumus's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Héléna Posthumus have?

OpenAlex counts 70 works and 4,437 citations for Héléna Posthumus, an h-index of 20, ranking #398,461 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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