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Researcher · Owens Community College · United States

W. Boyd Dawkins

W. Boyd Dawkins publishes mostly in Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology, on topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,558,829
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#992,592
of 1,627,098
Works
122
Citations
589
Citations per work
4.8
h-index
12
i10-index 21Top 52% in Paleontology
W. Boyd Dawkins

What does W. Boyd Dawkins research?

W. Boyd Dawkins's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (25%), Social Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 42 works · 34.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 works · 24.8% of their workPaleontology: 25 works · 20.7% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 works · 4.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 11 works · 9.3% of their workEcology: 11 works · 9.3% of their workEverything else: 41 works · 33.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 33 works · 27.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 25 works · 20.3% of their workAnthropology: 25 works · 20.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 8 works · 6.9% of their workArcheology: 8 works · 6.9% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 4.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 works · 4.8% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKW. Boyd Dawkins122works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences34%Social Sciences27%

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 Sciences3024.8%
    2. Environmental Science119.3%
  2. Everything else4133.9%
    1. Social Sciences2520.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities86.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.8%
  1. 1Paleontology21% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology20% of their works
  3. 3Ecology9% of their works
  4. 4Archeology7% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Boyd Dawkins's research?

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

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. Molecular Phylogeny512 topics
  2. Hominin Genetics471 topic
  3. Paleolithic Archaeology471 topic
  4. Mammal Evolution421 topic
  5. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis421 topic
  6. Climate Change182 topics
  7. Animal Movement141 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates141 topic
  9. Beaver Dams121 topic
  10. Ecosystem Engineering121 topic
  11. Agricultural Origins111 topic
  12. Radiocarbon Dating111 topic
  13. Bats91 topic
  14. Glacial Cycles91 topic
  15. Hibernation91 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology91 topic
  17. Groundwater61 topic
  18. Karst61 topic

Where does W. Boyd Dawkins work?

W. Boyd Dawkins's main affiliation in the publication record is Owens Community College, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. Boyd Dawkins have?

OpenAlex counts 122 works and 589 citations for W. Boyd Dawkins, an h-index of 12, ranking #3,558,829 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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