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Researcher · African Conservation Centre · Kenya

L. S. B. Leakey

L. S. B. Leakey publishes mostly in Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#150,940
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#112
of 7,520
Works
167
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
24.8
h-index
28
i10-index 66Top 2.6% in Anthropology
L. S. B. Leakey

What does L. S. B. Leakey research?

L. S. B. Leakey's work is mostly in Social Sciences (28%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Arts and Humanities (9%).

Everything else: 70 works · 41.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 62 works · 37.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 46 works · 27.8% of their workAnthropology: 32 works · 19.1% of their workArcheology: 8 works · 4.5% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 works · 4.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 16 works · 9.3% of their workArcheology: 16 works · 9.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 27 works · 16.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27 works · 16.1% of their workPaleontology: 27 works · 16.1% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 5.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 5.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKL. S. B. Leakey167works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Social Sciences37%

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 else7041.7%
    1. Social Sciences4627.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities169.3%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2716.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences95.1%
  1. 1Anthropology19% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology16% of their works
  3. 3Archeology9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  5. 5Archeology4% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations4% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Evolution, 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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Phylogeny472 topics
  2. Hominin Genetics381 topic
  3. Paleolithic Archaeology381 topic
  4. Mammal Evolution361 topic
  5. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis361 topic
  6. Evolution222 topics
  7. Age Estimation171 topic
  8. Sex Determination171 topic
  9. Archaeology141 topic
  10. Southern Africa141 topic
  11. Bats111 topic
  12. Dinosaur111 topic
  13. Hibernation111 topic
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis111 topic
  15. Primates111 topic
  16. Social Behavior111 topic
  17. Indian Ocean101 topic
  18. prehistoric movement101 topic

Where does L. S. B. Leakey work?

L. S. B. Leakey's main affiliation in the publication record is African Conservation Centre, Kenya.

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

OpenAlex counts 167 works and 4,134 citations for L. S. B. Leakey, an h-index of 28, ranking #150,940 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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