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Researcher · Estonian Biocentre · Estonia

Toomas Kivisild

Toomas Kivisild publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology, on topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic diversity and population structure and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6297-7808 OpenAlex
World rank
#10,028
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Estonia
#9
of 4,874
Works
327
Citations
30k
Citations per work
92.4
h-index
86
i10-index 176Top 1% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Toomas Kivisild

What does Toomas Kivisild research?

Toomas Kivisild's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (65%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Social Sciences (4%).

Life Sciences: 213 works · 65.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 213 works · 65.1% of their workGenetics: 175 works · 53.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 38 works · 11.6% of their workEverything else: 64 works · 19.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 42 works · 12.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 29 works · 8.8% of their workArcheology: 29 works · 8.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 3.9% of their workAnthropology: 9 works · 2.8% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 works · 1.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 2.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 works · 2.7% of their workPaleontology: 9 works · 2.7% of their workTHEIR WORKToomas Kivisild327works
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences3%Social Sciences13%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21365.1%
  2. Everything else6419.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities298.8%
    2. Social Sciences133.9%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.7%
  1. 1Genetics54% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Archeology9% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology3% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology3% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Toomas Kivisild's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Population Genetics, Genetic Structure, Population Dynamics, Age Estimation and Sex Determination.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient DNA2312 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis1841 topic
  3. Population History1841 topic
  4. Population Genetics1503 topics
  5. Genetic Structure731 topic
  6. Population Dynamics731 topic
  7. Age Estimation651 topic
  8. Sex Determination651 topic
  9. Genetics541 topic
  10. Race541 topic
  11. Yersinia pestis471 topic
  12. plague471 topic
  13. RNA-Seq291 topic
  14. sequence alignment291 topic
  15. Genetic Variation231 topic
  16. Genome-Wide Association231 topic
  17. Agricultural Origins211 topic
  18. Radiocarbon Dating211 topic

Where does Toomas Kivisild work?

Toomas Kivisild's main affiliation in the publication record is Estonian Biocentre, Estonia.

How many publications and citations does Toomas Kivisild have?

OpenAlex counts 327 works and 30,204 citations for Toomas Kivisild, an h-index of 86, ranking #10,028 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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