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Researcher · Universidad de la República de Uruguay · Uruguay

Richard A. Fariña

Richard A. Fariña publishes mostly in Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

ORCID 0000-0003-0898-0333 OpenAlex
World rank
#785,352
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uruguay
#79
of 3,394
Works
115
Citations
2.6k
Citations per work
22.7
h-index
28
i10-index 54Top 12% in Paleontology
Richard A. Fariña

What does Richard A. Fariña research?

Richard A. Fariña's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (33%), Social Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 48 works · 41.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 works · 32.7% of their workPaleontology: 34 works · 29.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 4 works · 3.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 11 works · 9.2% of their workEcology: 11 works · 9.2% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 30.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 19.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 11.6% of their workAnthropology: 13 works · 11.6% of their workPsychology: 9 works · 7.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 9 works · 7.5% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 8.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 8.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 works · 8.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard A. Fariña115works
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences42%Social Sciences19%

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 Sciences3832.7%
    2. Environmental Science119.2%
  2. Everything else3530.8%
    1. Social Sciences1311.6%
    2. Psychology97.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences98.2%
  1. 1Paleontology29% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology8% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard A. Fariña's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Evolution, Climate Change and Primates.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Phylogeny852 topics
  2. Mammal Evolution671 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis671 topic
  4. Hominin Genetics331 topic
  5. Paleolithic Archaeology331 topic
  6. Evolution322 topics
  7. Climate Change242 topics
  8. Primates221 topic
  9. Social Behavior221 topic
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis192 topics
  11. Bats181 topic
  12. Hibernation181 topic
  13. Animal Movement101 topic
  14. Dinosaur101 topic
  15. Occupancy Rates101 topic
  16. Paleontology101 topic
  17. Geometric Morphometrics91 topic
  18. Morphological Integration91 topic
  19. Glacial Cycles61 topic
  20. Paleoclimatology61 topic

Where does Richard A. Fariña work?

Richard A. Fariña's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay.

How many publications and citations does Richard A. Fariña have?

OpenAlex counts 115 works and 2,605 citations for Richard A. Fariña, an h-index of 28, ranking #785,352 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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