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Karl W. Butzer

Karl W. Butzer publishes mostly in Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

World rank
#7,777
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,755
of 358,040
Works
80
Citations
701
Citations per work
8.8

What does Karl W. Butzer research?

Archeology: 15.2%Paleontology: 9.8%Anthropology: 9.8%Atmospheric Science: 8.7%other fields: 56.5%15%top field
Archeology15.2%Paleontology9.8%Anthropology9.8%Atmospheric Science8.7%other fields56.5%

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

  1. 1Archeology15% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology10% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology10% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science9% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karl W. Butzer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Holocene, Sea Level, Agricultural Origins, Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Radiocarbon Dating, Hominin Genetics and Mediterranean.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Holocene112 topics
  2. Sea Level112 topics
  3. Agricultural Origins81 topic
  4. Climate Change81 topic
  5. Paleoclimatology81 topic
  6. Radiocarbon Dating81 topic
  7. Hominin Genetics51 topic
  8. Mediterranean52 topics
  9. Paleolithic Archaeology51 topic
  10. Arabia31 topic
  11. Archaeology31 topic
  12. Black Sea31 topic
  13. Byzantine31 topic
  14. Iberian Peninsula31 topic
  15. paleoceanography31 topic
  16. Ancient Civilizations21 topic
  17. Taxonomy21 topic
  18. Vascular Flora21 topic
  19. Water Management21 topic

Where does Karl W. Butzer work?

Karl W. Butzer's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Chicago, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karl W. Butzer have?

Science Explorer counts 80 works and 701 citations for Karl W. Butzer, ranking #7,777 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.

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