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Researcher · University of Helsinki · Finland

Mikael Fortelius

Mikael Fortelius publishes mostly in Paleontology, Ecology and Anthropology, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

ORCID 0000-0002-4851-783X OpenAlex
World rank
#55,511
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#246
of 37,370
Works
216
Citations
13k
Citations per work
60.0
h-index
58
i10-index 135Top 0.9% in Paleontology
Mikael Fortelius

What does Mikael Fortelius research?

Mikael Fortelius's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (14%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 106 works · 49.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 75 works · 34.7% of their workPaleontology: 61 works · 28.4% of their workAtmospheric Science: 14 works · 6.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 31 works · 14.4% of their workEcology: 31 works · 14.4% of their workEverything else: 64 works · 29.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 33 works · 15.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 24 works · 10.9% of their workAnthropology: 24 works · 10.9% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 4.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 10 works · 4.5% of their workLife Sciences: 12 works · 5.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 works · 5.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKMikael Fortelius216works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences49%Social Sciences15%

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 Sciences7534.7%
    2. Environmental Science3114.4%
  2. Everything else6429.8%
    1. Social Sciences2410.9%
    2. Psychology104.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences125.7%
  1. 1Paleontology28% of their works
  2. 2Ecology14% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology11% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mikael Fortelius's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology and Animal Movement.

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. Molecular Phylogeny1652 topics
  2. Mammal Evolution1391 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis1391 topic
  4. Climate Change823 topics
  5. Population Dynamics662 topics
  6. Hominin Genetics651 topic
  7. Paleolithic Archaeology651 topic
  8. Animal Movement451 topic
  9. Occupancy Rates451 topic
  10. Conservation Biology422 topics
  11. Glacial Cycles351 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology351 topic
  13. Bats261 topic
  14. Hibernation261 topic
  15. Primates261 topic
  16. Social Behavior261 topic
  17. Ecological Niche211 topic
  18. Invasive Species211 topic
  19. Island Ecosystems211 topic
  20. Species Distribution Modeling211 topic

Where does Mikael Fortelius work?

Mikael Fortelius's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Helsinki, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Mikael Fortelius have?

OpenAlex counts 216 works and 12,956 citations for Mikael Fortelius, an h-index of 58, ranking #55,511 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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