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Researcher · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · Germany

Michael P. Richards

Michael P. Richards publishes mostly in Paleontology, Ecology and Archeology, on topics such as Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

ORCID 0000-0001-5274-8887 OpenAlex
World rank
#11,339
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#574
of 364,343
Works
520
Citations
27k
Citations per work
51.1
h-index
81
i10-index 257Top 0.2% in Paleontology
Michael P. Richards

What does Michael P. Richards research?

Michael P. Richards's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Social Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (16%).

Physical Sciences: 199 works · 38.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 114 works · 21.9% of their workPaleontology: 114 works · 21.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 85 works · 16.4% of their workEcology: 85 works · 16.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 179 works · 34.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 105 works · 20.1% of their workAnthropology: 64 works · 12.4% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 40 works · 7.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 75 works · 14.4% of their workArcheology: 75 works · 14.4% of their workEverything else: 129 works · 24.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 12 works · 2.4% of their workHealth Professions: 12 works · 2.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 12 works · 2.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael P.Richards520works
Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences34%

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 Sciences11421.9%
    2. Environmental Science8516.4%
    1. Social Sciences10520.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities7514.4%
  3. Everything else12924.8%
    1. Health Professions122.4%
  1. 1Paleontology22% of their works
  2. 2Ecology16% of their works
  3. 3Archeology14% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology12% of their works
  5. 5Geography, Planning and Development8% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael P. Richards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Stable Isotopes, Trophic Position, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Archaeology and Pacific Islands.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural Origins2821 topic
  2. Radiocarbon Dating2821 topic
  3. Stable Isotopes1911 topic
  4. Trophic Position1911 topic
  5. Hominin Genetics1481 topic
  6. Paleolithic Archaeology1481 topic
  7. Archaeology1182 topics
  8. Pacific Islands1001 topic
  9. settlement1001 topic
  10. Age Estimation951 topic
  11. Sex Determination951 topic
  12. Climate Change271 topic
  13. Paleoclimatology271 topic
  14. Ancient Health241 topic
  15. Paleoparasitology241 topic
  16. Bronze Age181 topic
  17. Neolithic181 topic

Where does Michael P. Richards work?

Michael P. Richards's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Michael P. Richards have?

OpenAlex counts 520 works and 26,558 citations for Michael P. Richards, an h-index of 81, ranking #11,339 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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