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Researcher · American University in Cairo · Egypt

Salima Ikram

Salima Ikram publishes mostly in Archeology, Political Science and International Relations and Paleontology, on topics such as Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Paleopathology and ancient diseases.

ORCID 0000-0001-6640-7055 OpenAlex
World rank
#245,872
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Egypt
#625
of 36,277
Works
244
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
8.8
h-index
28
i10-index 51Top 1.8% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Salima Ikram

What does Salima Ikram research?

Salima Ikram's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (58%), Social Sciences (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Social Sciences: 170 works · 69.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 142 works · 58.3% of their workArcheology: 142 works · 58.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 27 works · 11.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 works · 6.8% of their workAnthropology: 11 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 53 works · 21.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 17 works · 6.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 works · 4.4% of their workPaleontology: 11 works · 4.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 2.4% of their workEcology: 6 works · 2.4% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 2.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 2.1% of their workGenetics: 5 works · 2.1% of their workTHEIR WORKSalima Ikram244works
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences7%Social Sciences70%

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. Arts and Humanities14258.3%
    2. Social Sciences2711.2%
  2. Everything else5321.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences114.4%
    2. Environmental Science62.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.1%
  1. 1Archeology58% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology4% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology4% of their works
  5. 5Ecology2% of their works
  6. 6Genetics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Salima Ikram's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Linguistics, Arabia, Byzantine, Ancient Health, Paleoparasitology and Babylonian.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Archaeology1372 topics
  2. Ancient Egypt1171 topic
  3. Linguistics1171 topic
  4. Arabia741 topic
  5. Byzantine741 topic
  6. Ancient Health591 topic
  7. Paleoparasitology591 topic
  8. Babylonian331 topic
  9. Mesopotamia331 topic
  10. Agricultural Origins261 topic
  11. Radiocarbon Dating261 topic
  12. Age Estimation221 topic
  13. Sex Determination221 topic
  14. Mediterranean201 topic
  15. Pottery Production201 topic
  16. Ancient Magic171 topic
  17. Gnosticism171 topic

Where does Salima Ikram work?

Salima Ikram's main affiliation in the publication record is American University in Cairo, Egypt.

How many publications and citations does Salima Ikram have?

OpenAlex counts 244 works and 2,157 citations for Salima Ikram, an h-index of 28, ranking #245,872 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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