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Researcher · University of Tartu · Estonia

Mait Metspalu

Mait Metspalu publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology, on topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic diversity and population structure and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-3099-9161 OpenAlex
World rank
#12,902
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Estonia
#12
of 4,874
Works
208
Citations
22k
Citations per work
106.3
h-index
64
i10-index 113Top 2.4% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Mait Metspalu

What does Mait Metspalu research?

Mait Metspalu's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (65%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Life Sciences: 136 works · 65.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 136 works · 65.2% of their workGenetics: 113 works · 54.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 22 works · 10.7% of their workEverything else: 38 works · 18.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 25 works · 12.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 18 works · 8.7% of their workArcheology: 18 works · 8.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 3.4% of their workAnthropology: 4 works · 1.7% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 works · 1.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 4.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 works · 4.3% of their workPaleontology: 9 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMait Metspalu208works
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences4%Social Sciences12%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13665.2%
  2. Everything else3818.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities188.7%
    2. Social Sciences73.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences94.3%
  1. 1Genetics55% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
  3. 3Archeology9% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology4% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology2% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mait Metspalu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Population Genetics, Genetic Structure, Population Dynamics, 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. Ancient DNA1512 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis1251 topic
  3. Population History1251 topic
  4. Population Genetics1053 topics
  5. Genetic Structure491 topic
  6. Population Dynamics491 topic
  7. Age Estimation381 topic
  8. Sex Determination381 topic
  9. Genetic Variation281 topic
  10. Genetics281 topic
  11. Genome-Wide Association281 topic
  12. Race281 topic
  13. Yersinia pestis261 topic
  14. plague261 topic
  15. Agricultural Origins211 topic
  16. Radiocarbon Dating211 topic
  17. RNA-Seq141 topic
  18. sequence alignment141 topic

Where does Mait Metspalu work?

Mait Metspalu's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Tartu, Estonia.

How many publications and citations does Mait Metspalu have?

OpenAlex counts 208 works and 22,117 citations for Mait Metspalu, an h-index of 64, ranking #12,902 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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