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Researcher · Griffith University · Australia

Paul S. C. Tacon

Paul S. C. Tacon publishes mostly in Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-0280-4366 OpenAlex
World rank
#97,183
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#3,186
of 140,210
Works
265
Citations
3.6k
Citations per work
13.8
h-index
32
i10-index 85Top 1.7% in Anthropology
Paul S. C. Tacon

What does Paul S. C. Tacon research?

Paul S. C. Tacon's work is mostly in Social Sciences (56%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Arts and Humanities (9%).

Social Sciences: 171 works · 64.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 148 works · 55.9% of their workAnthropology: 75 works · 28.3% of their workArcheology: 54 works · 20.4% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 19 works · 7.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 23 works · 8.6% of their workArcheology: 23 works · 8.6% of their workEverything else: 50 works · 18.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 44 works · 16.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 44 works · 16.6% of their workPaleontology: 32 works · 11.9% of their workGeology: 12 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul S. C. Tacon265works
Physical Sciences17%Social Sciences64%

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. Social Sciences14855.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities238.6%
  2. Everything else5018.9%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4416.6%
  1. 1Anthropology28% of their works
  2. 2Archeology20% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology12% of their works
  4. 4Archeology9% of their works
  5. 5Geography, Planning and Development7% of their works
  6. 6Geology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul S. C. Tacon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Archaeology, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Rock Art, Southern Africa, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating and Cultural Heritage.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Archaeology1852 topics
  2. Hominin Genetics1651 topic
  3. Paleolithic Archaeology1651 topic
  4. Rock Art1391 topic
  5. Southern Africa1391 topic
  6. Agricultural Origins741 topic
  7. Radiocarbon Dating741 topic
  8. Cultural Heritage522 topics
  9. Pacific Islands461 topic
  10. settlement461 topic
  11. Photogrammetry271 topic
  12. UAV271 topic
  13. Fragmented Objects251 topic
  14. Reconstruction251 topic
  15. Age Estimation201 topic
  16. Sex Determination201 topic
  17. Adaptive Reuse151 topic
  18. Intangible Heritage151 topic

Where does Paul S. C. Tacon work?

Paul S. C. Tacon's main affiliation in the publication record is Griffith University, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Paul S. C. Tacon have?

OpenAlex counts 265 works and 3,647 citations for Paul S. C. Tacon, an h-index of 32, ranking #97,183 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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