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Researcher · Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Panama

Michael Xavier Kirby

Michael Xavier Kirby publishes mostly in Paleontology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,006,041
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Panama
#91
of 781
Works
24
Citations
11k
Citations per work
478.2
h-index
16
i10-index 18Top 36% in Paleontology
Michael Xavier Kirby

What does Michael Xavier Kirby research?

Michael Xavier Kirby's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (48%), Environmental Science (27%), Social Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 74.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 works · 47.7% of their workPaleontology: 5 works · 20.9% of their workOceanography: 4 works · 14.9% of their workAtmospheric Science: 3 works · 11.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 26.8% of their workEcology: 3 works · 13.4% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 works · 13.4% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 22.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.0% of their workAnthropology: 1 works · 3.0% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael XavierKirby24works
Physical Sciences75%Social Sciences3%

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 Sciences1147.7%
    2. Environmental Science626.8%
  2. Everything else522.5%
    1. Social Sciences13.0%
  1. 1Paleontology21% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography15% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change13% of their works
  4. 4Ecology13% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science12% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Xavier Kirby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography112 topics
  2. Climate Change112 topics
  3. Holocene102 topics
  4. Sea Level102 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles81 topic
  6. Paleoclimatology81 topic
  7. Paleoproductivity81 topic
  8. Paleoredox81 topic
  9. Aquaculture71 topic
  10. Oyster Reefs71 topic
  11. Ecosystem Functioning61 topic
  12. Marine Biodiversity61 topic
  13. Mammal Evolution51 topic
  14. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis51 topic
  15. Stable Isotopes51 topic
  16. Trophic Position51 topic
  17. Coral Reefs31 topic
  18. Marine Ecosystems31 topic
  19. Black Sea21 topic
  20. paleoceanography21 topic

Where does Michael Xavier Kirby work?

Michael Xavier Kirby's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

How many publications and citations does Michael Xavier Kirby have?

OpenAlex counts 24 works and 11,477 citations for Michael Xavier Kirby, an h-index of 16, ranking #1,006,041 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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