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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Jayne Wilkins

Jayne Wilkins publishes mostly in Anthropology, Paleontology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-2586-107X OpenAlex
World rank
#216,396
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#747
of 29,826
Works
101
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
43.4
h-index
27
i10-index 49Top 2.8% in Anthropology
Jayne Wilkins

What does Jayne Wilkins research?

Jayne Wilkins's work is mostly in Social Sciences (31%), Physics and Astronomy (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%).

Social Sciences: 37 works · 36.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 31 works · 30.7% of their workAnthropology: 19 works · 19.0% of their workArcheology: 12 works · 11.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 6 works · 5.9% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 5.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 34 works · 34.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 works · 20.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 works · 12.8% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 works · 7.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 works · 13.6% of their workPaleontology: 14 works · 13.6% of their workEverything else: 30 works · 29.3% of their workTHEIR WORKJayne Wilkins101works
Physical Sciences34%Social Sciences37%

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 Sciences3130.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities65.9%
    1. Physics and Astronomy2120.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1413.6%
  3. Everything else3029.3%
  1. 1Anthropology19% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology14% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics13% of their works
  4. 4Archeology12% of their works
  5. 5Condensed Matter Physics8% of their works
  6. 6Archeology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jayne Wilkins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Archaeology, Southern Africa, Superconductivity and Age Estimation.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Hominin Genetics511 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology511 topic
  3. Agricultural Origins351 topic
  4. Radiocarbon Dating351 topic
  5. Archaeology321 topic
  6. Southern Africa321 topic
  7. Superconductivity202 topics
  8. Age Estimation131 topic
  9. Heavy Fermion131 topic
  10. Quantum Criticality131 topic
  11. Sex Determination131 topic
  12. Density Functional Theory111 topic
  13. Dispersion Correction111 topic
  14. Climate Change91 topic
  15. Paleoclimatology91 topic
  16. Crystal Structure Prediction71 topic
  17. Mantle Dynamics71 topic

Where does Jayne Wilkins work?

Jayne Wilkins's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Jayne Wilkins have?

OpenAlex counts 101 works and 4,381 citations for Jayne Wilkins, an h-index of 27, ranking #216,396 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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