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Richard E. Leakey

Richard E. Leakey publishes mostly in Paleontology, Social Psychology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology and Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

World rank
#177,424
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#51
of 810
Works
21
Citations
132
Citations per work
6.3

What does Richard E. Leakey research?

Paleontology: 14.3%Social Psychology: 14.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14.3%Ecology: 7.1%other fields: 50.0%14%top field
Paleontology14.3%Social Psychology14.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics14.3%Ecology7.1%other fields50.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Paleontology14% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology14% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics14% of their works
  4. 4Ecology7% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  6. 6General Arts and Humanities7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard E. Leakey's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Molecular Phylogeny, Conservation, Conservation Biology, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Primates and Social Behavior.

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.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change33 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny32 topics
  3. Conservation22 topics
  4. Conservation Biology22 topics
  5. Mammal Evolution21 topic
  6. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis21 topic
  7. Primates21 topic
  8. Social Behavior21 topic
  9. Sustainability22 topics
  10. Adaptation11 topic
  11. Animal Movement11 topic
  12. Bats11 topic
  13. Ecological Citizenship11 topic
  14. Ecological Niche11 topic
  15. Hibernation11 topic
  16. Leadership11 topic
  17. Livestock Farming11 topic
  18. Occupancy Rates11 topic
  19. Policy Advocacy11 topic
  20. Rewilding11 topic
  21. Species Distribution Modeling11 topic

Where does Richard E. Leakey work?

Richard E. Leakey's main affiliation in the publication record is National Museums of Kenya, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Richard E. Leakey have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 132 citations for Richard E. Leakey, ranking #177,424 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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