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Researcher · European Synchrotron Radiation Facility · France

Paul Tafforeau

Paul Tafforeau publishes mostly in Paleontology, Radiation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0002-5962-1683 OpenAlex
World rank
#108,683
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#8,568
of 324,115
Works
414
Citations
12k
Citations per work
29.0
h-index
62
i10-index 197Top 0.6% in Paleontology
Paul Tafforeau

What does Paul Tafforeau research?

Paul Tafforeau's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (19%), Physics and Astronomy (9%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%).

Everything else: 193 works · 46.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 118 works · 28.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 79 works · 19.1% of their workPaleontology: 79 works · 19.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 39 works · 9.3% of their workRadiation: 39 works · 9.3% of their workLife Sciences: 55 works · 13.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 works · 7.5% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 31 works · 7.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 works · 5.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 24 works · 5.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 49 works · 11.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 27 works · 6.5% of their workArcheology: 27 works · 6.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 5.3% of their workAnthropology: 22 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul Tafforeau414works
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences28%Social Sciences12%

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. Everything else19346.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7919.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy399.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences317.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology245.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities276.5%
    2. Social Sciences225.3%
  1. 1Paleontology19% of their works
  2. 2Radiation9% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  4. 4Archeology6% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology6% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Tafforeau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Dinosaur, Evolution, Phase Retrieval, X-ray Imaging, Hominin Genetics and Paleolithic Archaeology.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Mammal Evolution791 topic
  2. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis791 topic
  3. Dinosaur711 topic
  4. Evolution711 topic
  5. Phase Retrieval671 topic
  6. X-ray Imaging671 topic
  7. Hominin Genetics531 topic
  8. Paleolithic Archaeology531 topic
  9. Rays361 topic
  10. Sharks361 topic
  11. Paleoproductivity341 topic
  12. Paleoredox341 topic
  13. Age Estimation281 topic
  14. Sex Determination281 topic
  15. Molecular Signaling251 topic
  16. Tooth Development251 topic

Where does Paul Tafforeau work?

Paul Tafforeau's main affiliation in the publication record is European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France.

How many publications and citations does Paul Tafforeau have?

OpenAlex counts 414 works and 12,002 citations for Paul Tafforeau, an h-index of 62, ranking #108,683 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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