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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Kenneth M. Towe

Kenneth M. Towe publishes mostly in Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Biomaterials, on topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition.

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World rank
#805,494
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#268,610
of 1,627,098
Works
108
Citations
3.1k
Citations per work
28.5
h-index
29
i10-index 49Top 11% in Paleontology
Kenneth M. Towe

What does Kenneth M. Towe research?

Kenneth M. Towe's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (38%), Materials Science (8%), Physics and Astronomy (8%).

Physical Sciences: 57 works · 53.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 works · 37.5% of their workPaleontology: 18 works · 16.7% of their workAtmospheric Science: 12 works · 11.3% of their workGeophysics: 6 works · 5.1% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 4.4% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 8.0% of their workBiomaterials: 9 works · 8.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 works · 7.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 works · 7.6% of their workEverything else: 51 works · 46.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKenneth M. Towe108works
Physical Sciences53%

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 Sciences4037.5%
    2. Materials Science98.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy87.6%
  2. Everything else5146.9%
  1. 1Paleontology17% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science11% of their works
  3. 3Biomaterials8% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics8% of their works
  5. 5Geophysics5% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth M. Towe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Climate Change, Nanocomposites, Paleoclimatology, Bioinspired Materials, Biomineralization and Geochronology.

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. Paleoproductivity381 topic
  2. Paleoredox381 topic
  3. Climate Change201 topic
  4. Nanocomposites202 topics
  5. Paleoclimatology201 topic
  6. Bioinspired Materials131 topic
  7. Biomineralization131 topic
  8. Geochronology111 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances111 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets111 topic
  11. Zircon111 topic
  12. Clay Nanotubes71 topic
  13. Halloysite71 topic
  14. Machine Learning61 topic
  15. Mineral Prospectivity61 topic
  16. Camouflage51 topic
  17. Cephalopods51 topic

Where does Kenneth M. Towe work?

Kenneth M. Towe's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth M. Towe have?

OpenAlex counts 108 works and 3,075 citations for Kenneth M. Towe, an h-index of 29, ranking #805,494 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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