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Researcher · Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences · India

Niraj Rai

Niraj Rai publishes mostly in Genetics, Archeology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1251-9390 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,313,715
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in India
#19,962
of 280,097
Works
106
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
20.4
h-index
18
i10-index 28Top 32% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Niraj Rai

What does Niraj Rai research?

Niraj Rai's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (48%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%).

Life Sciences: 51 works · 48.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 works · 48.0% of their workGenetics: 42 works · 39.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 9 works · 8.6% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 27.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 17 works · 15.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 13 works · 12.5% of their workArcheology: 13 works · 12.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 3.2% of their workAnthropology: 3 works · 3.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 6.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 6.8% of their workPaleontology: 7 works · 6.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 1.8% of their workMedicine: 2 works · 1.8% of their workInfectious Diseases: 2 works · 1.8% of their workTHEIR WORKNiraj Rai106works
Life Sciences48%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences16%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5148.0%
  2. Everything else2927.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities1312.5%
    2. Social Sciences33.2%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences76.8%
    1. Medicine21.8%
  1. 1Genetics39% of their works
  2. 2Archeology12% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology7% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology3% of their works
  6. 6Infectious Diseases2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Niraj Rai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Population Genetics, Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Agricultural Origins 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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient DNA632 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis491 topic
  3. Population History491 topic
  4. Population Genetics393 topics
  5. Age Estimation311 topic
  6. Sex Determination311 topic
  7. Agricultural Origins181 topic
  8. Radiocarbon Dating181 topic
  9. Genetic Structure161 topic
  10. Genetics161 topic
  11. Population Dynamics161 topic
  12. Race161 topic
  13. Yersinia pestis141 topic
  14. plague141 topic
  15. Hominin Genetics81 topic
  16. Paleolithic Archaeology81 topic
  17. Genetic Variation71 topic
  18. Genome-Wide Association71 topic

Where does Niraj Rai work?

Niraj Rai's main affiliation in the publication record is Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, India.

How many publications and citations does Niraj Rai have?

OpenAlex counts 106 works and 2,158 citations for Niraj Rai, an h-index of 18, ranking #1,313,715 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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