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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Nikolaas J. van der Merwe

Nikolaas J. van der Merwe publishes mostly in Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology, on topics such as Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts.

OpenAlex
World rank
#152,770
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#362
of 5,570
Works
27
Citations
181
Citations per work
6.7

What does Nikolaas J. van der Merwe research?

Anthropology: 18.8%Paleontology: 15.6%Archeology: 15.6%Geography, Planning and Development: 9.4%other fields: 40.6%19%top field
Anthropology18.8%Paleontology15.6%Archeology15.6%Geography, Planning and Development9.4%other fields40.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Anthropology19% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology16% of their works
  3. 3Archeology16% of their works
  4. 4Geography, Planning and Development9% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nikolaas J. van der Merwe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Archaeological Analysis, Hominin Genetics, Iron Production, Pacific Islands, Paleolithic Archaeology and Radiocarbon Dating.

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. Archaeology52 topics
  2. Agricultural Origins31 topic
  3. Archaeological Analysis31 topic
  4. Hominin Genetics31 topic
  5. Iron Production31 topic
  6. Pacific Islands31 topic
  7. Paleolithic Archaeology31 topic
  8. Radiocarbon Dating31 topic
  9. settlement31 topic
  10. Indian Ocean21 topic
  11. Mammal Evolution21 topic
  12. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis21 topic
  13. Primates21 topic
  14. Rock Art21 topic
  15. Social Behavior21 topic
  16. Southern Africa21 topic
  17. prehistoric movement21 topic

Where does Nikolaas J. van der Merwe work?

Nikolaas J. van der Merwe's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Nikolaas J. van der Merwe have?

Science Explorer counts 27 works and 181 citations for Nikolaas J. van der Merwe, ranking #152,770 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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