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Researcher · University of California, Los Angeles · United States

Merrick Posnansky

Merrick Posnansky publishes mostly in Anthropology, Archeology and Archeology, on topics such as Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies and African history and culture studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#324,757
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#117,249
of 1,627,098
Works
113
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
14.2
h-index
22
i10-index 38Top 5.1% in Anthropology
Merrick Posnansky

What does Merrick Posnansky research?

Merrick Posnansky's work is mostly in Social Sciences (59%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Social Sciences: 79 works · 70.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 67 works · 59.4% of their workAnthropology: 39 works · 34.5% of their workArcheology: 12 works · 10.9% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 works · 8.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 5.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 12 works · 10.9% of their workArcheology: 12 works · 10.9% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 25.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 4.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 4.4% of their workPaleontology: 5 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMerrick Posnansky113works
Physical Sciences4%Social Sciences70%

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 Sciences6759.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1210.9%
  2. Everything else2925.3%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.4%
  1. 1Anthropology34% of their works
  2. 2Archeology11% of their works
  3. 3Archeology11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Merrick Posnansky's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Archaeology, Indian Ocean, prehistoric movement, Rock Art, Southern Africa, Colonialism, Post-Colonial Africa and Eritrea.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Archaeology312 topics
  2. Indian Ocean271 topic
  3. prehistoric movement271 topic
  4. Rock Art241 topic
  5. Southern Africa241 topic
  6. Colonialism221 topic
  7. Post-Colonial Africa221 topic
  8. Eritrea161 topic
  9. Ethiopia161 topic
  10. Adaptive Reuse111 topic
  11. Hominin Genetics111 topic
  12. Intangible Heritage111 topic
  13. Paleolithic Archaeology111 topic
  14. Agricultural Origins81 topic
  15. Radiocarbon Dating81 topic
  16. LiDAR71 topic
  17. Remote Sensing71 topic

Where does Merrick Posnansky work?

Merrick Posnansky's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Los Angeles, United States.

How many publications and citations does Merrick Posnansky have?

OpenAlex counts 113 works and 1,601 citations for Merrick Posnansky, an h-index of 22, ranking #324,757 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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