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Researcher · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

Leila Maria Pessôa

Leila Maria Pessôa publishes mostly in Paleontology, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-2468-5190 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,916,378
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#89,869
of 253,246
Works
348
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
10.0
h-index
17
i10-index 29Top 32% in Paleontology
Leila Maria Pessôa

What does Leila Maria Pessôa research?

Leila Maria Pessôa's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (21%), Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%).

Physical Sciences: 164 works · 47.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 73 works · 20.9% of their workPaleontology: 73 works · 20.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 65 works · 18.6% of their workEcology: 65 works · 18.6% of their workMathematics: 27 works · 7.7% of their workGeometry and Topology: 27 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 106 works · 30.5% of their workLife Sciences: 78 works · 22.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 44 works · 12.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 44 works · 12.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 works · 9.6% of their workGenetics: 22 works · 6.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 11 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKLeila MariaPessôa348works
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences47%

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 Sciences7320.9%
    2. Environmental Science6518.6%
    3. Mathematics277.7%
  2. Everything else10630.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4412.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology339.6%
  1. 1Paleontology21% of their works
  2. 2Ecology19% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics13% of their works
  4. 4Geometry and Topology8% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leila Maria Pessôa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Population Dynamics, Bats, Hibernation, Invasive Species and Island Ecosystems.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Phylogeny722 topics
  2. Mammal Evolution461 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis461 topic
  4. Population Dynamics373 topics
  5. Bats261 topic
  6. Hibernation261 topic
  7. Invasive Species221 topic
  8. Island Ecosystems221 topic
  9. Geometric Morphometrics171 topic
  10. Morphological Integration171 topic
  11. Genetic Diversity122 topics
  12. Animal Movement81 topic
  13. Occupancy Rates81 topic
  14. Genetic Structure71 topic
  15. Population Genetics71 topic
  16. Fish Biodiversity51 topic
  17. Freshwater Ecoregions51 topic
  18. Genome Evolution51 topic
  19. Polyploidy51 topic

Where does Leila Maria Pessôa work?

Leila Maria Pessôa's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Leila Maria Pessôa have?

OpenAlex counts 348 works and 3,472 citations for Leila Maria Pessôa, an h-index of 17, ranking #4,916,378 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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