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Researcher · National Museum · South Africa

James S. Brink

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

OpenAlex
World rank
#333,496
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,246
of 29,826
Works
85
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
33.0
h-index
28
i10-index 50Top 2.6% in Anthropology
James S. Brink

What does James S. Brink research?

James S. Brink's work is mostly in Social Sciences (28%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (17%).

Physical Sciences: 38 works · 45.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 works · 28.3% of their workPaleontology: 18 works · 20.8% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 7.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 14 works · 16.7% of their workEcology: 14 works · 16.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 35.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 24 works · 28.4% of their workAnthropology: 21 works · 24.6% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 3.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 6 works · 7.1% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 7.1% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 19.5% of their workTHEIR WORKJames S. Brink85works
Physical Sciences45%Social Sciences36%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences2428.3%
    2. Environmental Science1416.7%
    1. Social Sciences2428.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities67.1%
  3. Everything else1719.5%
  1. 1Anthropology25% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology21% of their works
  3. 3Ecology17% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  5. 5Archeology7% of their works
  6. 6Archeology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James S. Brink's research?

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

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 Genetics571 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology571 topic
  3. Mammal Evolution341 topic
  4. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis341 topic
  5. Animal Movement221 topic
  6. Occupancy Rates221 topic
  7. Climate Change171 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology171 topic
  9. Age Estimation151 topic
  10. Sex Determination151 topic
  11. Agricultural Origins101 topic
  12. Radiocarbon Dating101 topic
  13. Archaeology91 topic
  14. Southern Africa91 topic
  15. Stable Isotopes91 topic
  16. Trophic Position91 topic

Where does James S. Brink work?

James S. Brink's main affiliation in the publication record is National Museum, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does James S. Brink have?

OpenAlex counts 85 works and 2,807 citations for James S. Brink, an h-index of 28, ranking #333,496 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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