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Researcher · University of Bristol · United Kingdom

Michael J. Benton

Michael J. Benton publishes mostly in Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

ORCID 0000-0002-4323-1824 OpenAlex
World rank
#99,120
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#8,687
of 367,258
Works
1,073
Citations
37k
Citations per work
34.4
h-index
95
i10-index 466Top 0.1% in Paleontology
Michael J. Benton

What does Michael J. Benton research?

Michael J. Benton's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (48%), Environmental Science (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 677 works · 63.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 513 works · 47.8% of their workPaleontology: 479 works · 44.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 34 works · 3.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 164 works · 15.3% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 91 works · 8.5% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 42 works · 3.9% of their workEcology: 31 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 370 works · 34.5% of their workLife Sciences: 26 works · 2.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 works · 2.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 works · 2.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael J. Benton1,073works
Life Sciences2%Physical 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. Earth and Planetary Sciences51347.8%
    2. Environmental Science16415.3%
  2. Everything else37034.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences262.4%
  1. 1Paleontology45% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change4% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science3% of their works
  5. 5Ecology3% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael J. Benton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogenetic Analysis, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Dinosaur, Evolution, Population Dynamics, Paleoproductivity and Paleoredox.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis5422 topics
  2. Mammal Evolution4631 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis4631 topic
  4. Dinosaur4601 topic
  5. Evolution4601 topic
  6. Population Dynamics2342 topics
  7. Paleoproductivity2031 topic
  8. Paleoredox2031 topic
  9. Climate Change1602 topics
  10. Rays1521 topic
  11. Sharks1521 topic
  12. Amphibian Declines821 topic
  13. Chytridiomycosis821 topic
  14. Glacial Cycles781 topic
  15. Paleoclimatology781 topic
  16. Fluvial Systems441 topic
  17. Sedimentation441 topic
  18. Hominin Genetics391 topic
  19. Paleolithic Archaeology391 topic

Where does Michael J. Benton work?

Michael J. Benton's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Michael J. Benton have?

OpenAlex counts 1,073 works and 36,878 citations for Michael J. Benton, an h-index of 95, ranking #99,120 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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