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Researcher · University of Tartu · Estonia

Kristiina Tambets

Kristiina Tambets publishes mostly in Genetics, Archeology and Paleontology, on topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-8173-6380 OpenAlex
World rank
#83,823
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Estonia
#81
of 4,874
Works
92
Citations
8k
Citations per work
87.3
h-index
35
i10-index 44Top 10% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Kristiina Tambets

What does Kristiina Tambets research?

Kristiina Tambets's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (64%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%).

Life Sciences: 60 works · 65.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 58 works · 63.5% of their workGenetics: 55 works · 60.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 3.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 1.9% of their workFood Science: 2 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 13.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 12.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 12 works · 12.5% of their workArcheology: 12 works · 12.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 4.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 4.8% of their workPaleontology: 4 works · 4.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 3.8% of their workMedicine: 3 works · 3.8% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKKristiina Tambets92works
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences12%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5863.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
  2. Everything else1213.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities1212.5%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.8%
    1. Medicine33.8%
  1. 1Genetics60% of their works
  2. 2Archeology12% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology5% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology4% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology3% of their works
  6. 6Food Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kristiina Tambets's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Population Genetics, plague, Yersinia pestis, Age Estimation and Sex Determination.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient DNA842 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis621 topic
  3. Population History621 topic
  4. Population Genetics383 topics
  5. Yersinia pestis221 topic
  6. plague221 topic
  7. Age Estimation211 topic
  8. Sex Determination211 topic
  9. Genetic Structure201 topic
  10. Population Dynamics201 topic
  11. Genetics111 topic
  12. Race111 topic
  13. Agricultural Origins101 topic
  14. Radiocarbon Dating101 topic
  15. Genetic Variation71 topic
  16. Genome-Wide Association71 topic
  17. RNA-Seq41 topic
  18. sequence alignment41 topic

Where does Kristiina Tambets work?

Kristiina Tambets's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Tartu, Estonia.

How many publications and citations does Kristiina Tambets have?

OpenAlex counts 92 works and 8,029 citations for Kristiina Tambets, an h-index of 35, ranking #83,823 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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