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Researcher · University College London · United Kingdom

Paul Upchurch

Paul Upchurch publishes mostly in Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and General Health Professions, on topics such as Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

ORCID 0000-0002-8823-4164 OpenAlex
World rank
#52,927
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#4,339
of 367,258
Works
212
Citations
11k
Citations per work
51.5
h-index
61
i10-index 123Top 0.7% in Paleontology
Paul Upchurch

What does Paul Upchurch research?

Paul Upchurch's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (53%), Environmental Science (17%), Health Professions (9%).

Physical Sciences: 149 works · 70.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 113 works · 53.4% of their workPaleontology: 113 works · 53.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 36 works · 17.1% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 28 works · 13.2% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 27 works · 12.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 20 works · 9.3% of their workHealth Professions: 20 works · 9.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 20 works · 9.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 4.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 10 works · 4.7% of their workPhilosophy: 10 works · 4.7% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 2.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 works · 2.6% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 2.6% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul Upchurch212works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences11353.4%
    2. Environmental Science3617.1%
  2. Everything else2712.9%
    1. Health Professions209.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities104.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.6%
  1. 1Paleontology53% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation13% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions9% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy5% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change4% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Upchurch's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogenetic Analysis, Dinosaur, Evolution, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Population Dynamics, Rays and Sharks.

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. Phylogenetic Analysis1542 topics
  2. Dinosaur1331 topic
  3. Evolution1331 topic
  4. Mammal Evolution1301 topic
  5. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis1301 topic
  6. Population Dynamics822 topics
  7. Rays611 topic
  8. Sharks611 topic
  9. Aging251 topic
  10. Elderly251 topic
  11. Healthcare Legislation251 topic
  12. Hermeneutics251 topic
  13. Narrative251 topic
  14. Patient Rights251 topic
  15. Amphibian Declines211 topic
  16. Chytridiomycosis211 topic
  17. Paleoproductivity171 topic
  18. Paleoredox171 topic

Where does Paul Upchurch work?

Paul Upchurch's main affiliation in the publication record is University College London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Paul Upchurch have?

OpenAlex counts 212 works and 10,909 citations for Paul Upchurch, an h-index of 61, ranking #52,927 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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