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Researcher · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · Germany

Kurt W. Alt

Kurt W. Alt publishes mostly in Archeology, Genetics and Paleontology, on topics such as Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Forensic and Genetic Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-6938-643X OpenAlex
World rank
#42,727
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,457
of 364,343
Works
277
Citations
16k
Citations per work
59.0
h-index
54
i10-index 128Top 0.1% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Kurt W. Alt

What does Kurt W. Alt research?

Kurt W. Alt's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%).

Everything else: 89 works · 32.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 89 works · 32.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 74 works · 26.7% of their workArcheology: 74 works · 26.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 5.5% of their workAnthropology: 15 works · 5.5% of their workLife Sciences: 57 works · 20.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 57 works · 20.4% of their workGenetics: 46 works · 16.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 11 works · 3.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 42 works · 15.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 works · 11.2% of their workPaleontology: 31 works · 11.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 11 works · 3.9% of their workEcology: 11 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKurt W. Alt277works
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences15%Social Sciences32%

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. Everything else8932.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities7426.7%
    2. Social Sciences155.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5720.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3111.2%
    2. Environmental Science113.9%
  1. 1Archeology27% of their works
  2. 2Genetics17% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology11% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kurt W. Alt's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Genomic Analysis and Population History.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Age Estimation1061 topic
  2. Sex Determination1061 topic
  3. Ancient DNA1052 topics
  4. Human Evolution1052 topics
  5. Agricultural Origins751 topic
  6. Radiocarbon Dating751 topic
  7. Genomic Analysis681 topic
  8. Population History681 topic
  9. Ancient Health371 topic
  10. Paleoparasitology371 topic
  11. Hominin Genetics341 topic
  12. Paleolithic Archaeology341 topic
  13. Molecular Signaling161 topic
  14. Tooth Development161 topic
  15. Genetic Structure151 topic
  16. Population Genetics151 topic
  17. Stable Isotopes151 topic
  18. Trophic Position151 topic

Where does Kurt W. Alt work?

Kurt W. Alt's main affiliation in the publication record is Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Kurt W. Alt have?

OpenAlex counts 277 works and 16,343 citations for Kurt W. Alt, an h-index of 54, ranking #42,727 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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