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Researcher · National University of San Juan · Argentina

Oscar A. Alcober

Oscar A. Alcober publishes mostly in Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#591,838
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Argentina
#711
of 38,473
Works
41
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
52.3
h-index
23
i10-index 27Top 19% in Paleontology
Oscar A. Alcober

What does Oscar A. Alcober research?

Oscar A. Alcober's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (72%), Environmental Science (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 36 works · 89.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29 works · 71.6% of their workPaleontology: 26 works · 64.2% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 works · 3.7% of their workGeophysics: 2 works · 3.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 17.4% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 works · 17.4% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 5.5% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 3.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 3.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 works · 3.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 1.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 1.8% of their workCultural Studies: 1 works · 1.8% of their workTHEIR WORKOscar A. Alcober41works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences89%Social Sciences2%

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 Sciences2971.6%
    2. Environmental Science717.4%
  2. Everything else25.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.7%
    1. Social Sciences11.8%
  1. 1Paleontology64% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation17% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics4% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Oscar A. Alcober's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cretaceous, Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, Dinosaur, Evolution, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis and Rays.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Cretaceous332 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny333 topics
  3. Biogeography312 topics
  4. Dinosaur311 topic
  5. Evolution311 topic
  6. Mammal Evolution301 topic
  7. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis301 topic
  8. Rays171 topic
  9. Sharks171 topic
  10. Paleoproductivity81 topic
  11. Paleoredox81 topic
  12. Tectonics72 topics
  13. Fluvial Systems41 topic
  14. Sedimentation41 topic
  15. Geochronology31 topic
  16. Phylogenetics32 topics
  17. Zircon31 topic
  18. Amber Fossils21 topic
  19. Insect Evolution21 topic
  20. Angiosperm Phylogeny11 topic
  21. Flowering Plants11 topic

Where does Oscar A. Alcober work?

Oscar A. Alcober's main affiliation in the publication record is National University of San Juan, Argentina.

How many publications and citations does Oscar A. Alcober have?

OpenAlex counts 41 works and 2,146 citations for Oscar A. Alcober, an h-index of 23, ranking #591,838 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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