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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Lucinda Backwell

Lucinda Backwell publishes mostly in Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-5816-3353 OpenAlex
World rank
#73,454
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#184
of 29,826
Works
86
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
51.2
h-index
30
i10-index 52Top 2.1% in Anthropology
Lucinda Backwell

What does Lucinda Backwell research?

Lucinda Backwell's work is mostly in Social Sciences (42%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Arts and Humanities (16%).

Social Sciences: 55 works · 63.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 36 works · 42.0% of their workAnthropology: 25 works · 29.4% of their workArcheology: 11 works · 12.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 13 works · 15.5% of their workArcheology: 13 works · 15.5% of their workPsychology: 5 works · 5.9% of their workSocial Psychology: 5 works · 5.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 17 works · 19.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 works · 19.7% of their workPaleontology: 13 works · 15.5% of their workAtmospheric Science: 4 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 16.9% of their workTHEIR WORKLucinda Backwell86works
Physical Sciences20%Social Sciences63%

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. Social Sciences3642.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1315.5%
    3. Psychology55.9%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1719.7%
  3. Everything else1516.9%
  1. 1Anthropology29% of their works
  2. 2Archeology16% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology16% of their works
  4. 4Archeology13% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lucinda Backwell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Archaeology, Southern Africa, Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Agricultural Origins and Radiocarbon Dating.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Hominin Genetics681 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology681 topic
  3. Archaeology301 topic
  4. Southern Africa301 topic
  5. Age Estimation271 topic
  6. Sex Determination271 topic
  7. Agricultural Origins241 topic
  8. Radiocarbon Dating241 topic
  9. Mammal Evolution131 topic
  10. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis131 topic
  11. Primates121 topic
  12. Social Behavior121 topic
  13. Climate Change101 topic
  14. Paleoclimatology101 topic
  15. Animal Movement71 topic
  16. Occupancy Rates71 topic

Where does Lucinda Backwell work?

Lucinda Backwell's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Lucinda Backwell have?

OpenAlex counts 86 works and 4,400 citations for Lucinda Backwell, an h-index of 30, ranking #73,454 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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