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Researcher · KwaZulu-Natal Museum · South Africa

Tim Maggs

Tim Maggs publishes mostly in Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, on topics such as Archaeology and Rock Art Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

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World rank
#108,666
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#328
of 29,826
Works
73
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
25.1
h-index
23
i10-index 41Top 3.7% in Archeology (Social Sciences)
Tim Maggs

What does Tim Maggs research?

Tim Maggs's work is mostly in Social Sciences (67%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Social Sciences: 54 works · 73.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 49 works · 66.7% of their workArcheology: 22 works · 30.0% of their workAnthropology: 19 works · 25.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 8.9% of their workUrban Studies: 2 works · 2.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 6.7% of their workArcheology: 5 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 17.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 9.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 9.4% of their workPaleontology: 7 works · 9.4% of their workTHEIR WORKTim Maggs73works
Physical Sciences9%Social Sciences73%

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. Social Sciences4966.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities56.7%
  2. Everything else1317.2%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences79.4%
  1. 1Archeology30% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology26% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology9% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  5. 5Archeology7% of their works
  6. 6Urban Studies2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Tim Maggs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Archaeology, Southern Africa, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, protests and South Africa.

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. Archaeology531 topic
  2. Southern Africa531 topic
  3. Hominin Genetics291 topic
  4. Paleolithic Archaeology291 topic
  5. Agricultural Origins171 topic
  6. Radiocarbon Dating171 topic
  7. South Africa141 topic
  8. protests141 topic
  9. African Diaspora71 topic
  10. Black Feminist Theory71 topic
  11. Indian Ocean71 topic
  12. prehistoric movement71 topic
  13. Age Estimation41 topic
  14. Sex Determination41 topic
  15. Maritime Archaeology31 topic
  16. Mediterranean31 topic

Where does Tim Maggs work?

Tim Maggs's main affiliation in the publication record is KwaZulu-Natal Museum, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Tim Maggs have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 1,830 citations for Tim Maggs, an h-index of 23, ranking #108,666 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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