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Researcher · Arizona State Museum · United States

Walter H. Birkby

Walter H. Birkby publishes mostly in Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, on topics such as Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,233,366
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#668,775
of 1,627,098
Works
27
Citations
852
Citations per work
31.6
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 21% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Walter H. Birkby

What does Walter H. Birkby research?

Walter H. Birkby's work is mostly in Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%).

Social Sciences: 14 works · 52.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 28.6% of their workAnthropology: 7 works · 24.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 4.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 7 works · 24.3% of their workArcheology: 7 works · 24.3% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 25.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 12.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 works · 12.9% of their workPaleontology: 3 works · 10.0% of their workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 works · 2.9% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 8.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 8.6% of their workGenetics: 2 works · 8.6% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter H. Birkby27works
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences13%Social Sciences53%

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 Sciences828.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities724.3%
  2. Everything else725.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences312.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.6%
  1. 1Archeology24% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology24% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology10% of their works
  4. 4Genetics9% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science4% of their works
  6. 6Space and Planetary Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter H. Birkby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Cultural Heritage, Radiocarbon Dating and Ancient DNA.

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. Age Estimation151 topic
  2. Sex Determination151 topic
  3. Hominin Genetics81 topic
  4. Paleolithic Archaeology81 topic
  5. Agricultural Origins71 topic
  6. Cultural Heritage72 topics
  7. Radiocarbon Dating71 topic
  8. Ancient DNA61 topic
  9. Genomic Analysis61 topic
  10. Traditional Irrigation51 topic
  11. Water Sustainability51 topic
  12. African Diaspora41 topic
  13. Black Feminist Theory41 topic
  14. Archaeology21 topic
  15. Conservation21 topic
  16. Environmental Movement21 topic
  17. Remote Sensing21 topic

Where does Walter H. Birkby work?

Walter H. Birkby's main affiliation in the publication record is Arizona State Museum, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter H. Birkby have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 852 citations for Walter H. Birkby, an h-index of 10, ranking #2,233,366 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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