Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Researcher · Tel Aviv University · Israel

Israel Finkelstein

Israel Finkelstein publishes mostly in Archeology, Religious studies and Paleontology, on topics such as Archaeology and Historical Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology.

World rank
#5,842
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Israel
#102
of 8,450
Works
98
Citations
403
Citations per work
4.1

What does Israel Finkelstein research?

Archeology: 59.1%Religious studies: 16.5%Paleontology: 7.8%Sociology and Political Science: 7.0%other fields: 9.6%59%top field
Archeology59.1%Religious studies16.5%Paleontology7.8%Sociology and Political Science7.0%other fields9.6%

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

  1. 1Archeology59% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies16% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology8% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy2% of their works
  6. 6Building and Construction1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Israel Finkelstein's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Palestine, Arabia, Byzantine, Archaeology, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Ancient Egypt and Linguistics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Palestine342 topics
  2. Arabia311 topic
  3. Byzantine311 topic
  4. Archaeology232 topics
  5. Biblical Monotheism191 topic
  6. Jewish Society191 topic
  7. Ancient Egypt151 topic
  8. Linguistics151 topic
  9. Babylonian131 topic
  10. Mesopotamia131 topic
  11. Agricultural Origins91 topic
  12. Radiocarbon Dating91 topic
  13. Mediterranean81 topic
  14. Pottery Production81 topic
  15. Ethnic Identity31 topic
  16. Israel31 topic
  17. Avicenna21 topic
  18. Maimonides21 topic

Where does Israel Finkelstein work?

Israel Finkelstein's main affiliation in the publication record is Tel Aviv University, Israel.

How many publications and citations does Israel Finkelstein have?

Science Explorer counts 98 works and 403 citations for Israel Finkelstein, ranking #5,842 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics are in the interactive view on the map. Is this your page? Request a correction or removal.