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Researcher · National Museums of Kenya · Kenya

Mary D. Leakey

Mary D. Leakey publishes mostly in Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#221,586
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#185
of 7,520
Works
42
Citations
3.1k
Citations per work
73.1
h-index
24
i10-index 29Top 4% in Anthropology
Mary D. Leakey

What does Mary D. Leakey research?

Mary D. Leakey's work is mostly in Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%).

Social Sciences: 24 works · 56.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 35.5% of their workAnthropology: 11 works · 27.3% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 8.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 6 works · 14.5% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 14.5% of their workPsychology: 3 works · 6.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 3 works · 6.4% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 23.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 20.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 12.7% of their workPaleontology: 5 works · 12.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 7.3% of their workEcology: 3 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMary D. Leakey42works
Physical Sciences20%Social Sciences56%

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 Sciences1535.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities614.5%
    3. Psychology36.4%
  2. Everything else1023.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences512.7%
    2. Environmental Science37.3%
  1. 1Anthropology27% of their works
  2. 2Archeology14% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology13% of their works
  4. 4Archeology8% of their works
  5. 5Ecology7% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mary D. Leakey's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Archaeology, Southern Africa, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Primates and Social Behavior.

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 Genetics171 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology171 topic
  3. Archaeology81 topic
  4. Southern Africa81 topic
  5. Mammal Evolution71 topic
  6. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis71 topic
  7. Primates71 topic
  8. Social Behavior71 topic
  9. Agricultural Origins61 topic
  10. Radiocarbon Dating61 topic
  11. Animal Movement51 topic
  12. Occupancy Rates51 topic
  13. Bronze Age41 topic
  14. Corded Ware Culture41 topic
  15. Indian Ocean41 topic
  16. prehistoric movement41 topic

Where does Mary D. Leakey work?

Mary D. Leakey's main affiliation in the publication record is National Museums of Kenya, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Mary D. Leakey have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 3,071 citations for Mary D. Leakey, an h-index of 24, ranking #221,586 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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