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Kay Prüfer

Kay Prüfer publishes mostly in Genetics, Anthropology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

World rank
#605,096
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#35,964
of 86,443
Works
15
Citations
62
Citations per work
4.1

What does Kay Prüfer research?

Genetics: 36.4%Anthropology: 18.2%Molecular Biology: 18.2%Physiology: 9.1%other fields: 18.1%36%top field
Genetics36.4%Anthropology18.2%Molecular Biology18.2%Physiology9.1%other fields18.1%

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

  1. 1Genetics36% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology18% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology18% of their works
  4. 4Physiology9% of their works
  5. 5Archeology9% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kay Prüfer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Structure, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Population Genetics, RNA-Seq, sequence alignment, Age Estimation and Agricultural Origins.

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. Genetic Structure21 topic
  2. Hominin Genetics21 topic
  3. Paleolithic Archaeology21 topic
  4. Population Genetics21 topic
  5. RNA-Seq21 topic
  6. sequence alignment21 topic
  7. Age Estimation11 topic
  8. Agricultural Origins11 topic
  9. Ancient DNA11 topic
  10. Brown Adipose Tissue11 topic
  11. Genome-wide Association Studies11 topic
  12. Genomic Analysis11 topic
  13. Quantitative Trait Loci11 topic
  14. Radiocarbon Dating11 topic
  15. Sex Determination11 topic
  16. Thermogenesis11 topic

Where does Kay Prüfer work?

Kay Prüfer's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Kay Prüfer have?

Science Explorer counts 15 works and 62 citations for Kay Prüfer, ranking #605,096 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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