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L. S. B. Leakey

L. S. B. Leakey publishes mostly in Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

World rank
#44,434
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#14
of 810
Works
43
Citations
242
Citations per work
5.6

What does L. S. B. Leakey research?

Paleontology: 20.6%Anthropology: 11.8%Ecology: 8.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5.9%other fields: 52.9%21%top field
Paleontology20.6%Anthropology11.8%Ecology8.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5.9%other fields52.9%

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

  1. 1Paleontology21% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  6. 6Demography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. S. B. Leakey's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Climate Change, Astrobiology, Bats, Culture and Dinosaur.

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. Molecular Phylogeny72 topics
  2. Mammal Evolution51 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis51 topic
  4. Climate Change42 topics
  5. Astrobiology21 topic
  6. Bats21 topic
  7. Culture21 topic
  8. Dinosaur21 topic
  9. Evolution21 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life21 topic
  11. Hibernation21 topic
  12. Hominin Genetics21 topic
  13. Institutions21 topic
  14. Lake Tanganyika21 topic
  15. Lake Victoria21 topic
  16. Paleolithic Archaeology21 topic
  17. Genetic Heterogeneity11 topic
  18. Limb Malformations11 topic

Where does L. S. B. Leakey work?

L. S. B. Leakey's main affiliation in the publication record is National Museums of Kenya, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does L. S. B. Leakey have?

Science Explorer counts 43 works and 242 citations for L. S. B. Leakey, ranking #44,434 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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