Hawks, John PhD
Professor at
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Senior researcher
with 188 publications
in the last 26 years
ORCID:
0000-0003-3187-3755
Professor John Hawks is an internationally recognized expert on human evolution and genetics. He works to integrate the fossil record of human origins with the growing record of DNA variation in living and archaic people. He is known for his contributions to the discovery and continuing analysis of the new hominin species, Homo naledi. He has published widely on modern human origins, the evolution and history of Neanderthals, and the genetic record of archaic humans from ancient DNA. Professor Hawks's work in genetics has helped to document the rapid evolution of modern humans within the past 40,000 years. His work on human genetics has included connections to global health, with research exploring the structure of genetic networks underlying celiac disease and type 2 diabetes. Hawks’ work has been featured in documentaries from PBS Nova, PBS Secrets of the Dead, National Geographic Channel, Science Channel, and the BBC. Print coverage of his work has included cover and feature articles in Discover, Scientific American, Archaeology, Science News, New Scientist, coverage in the New York Times, USA Today, Time, Der Spiegel and many others. Professor Hawks has been a leader in public outreach and the movement toward open science. His blog (http://johnhawks.net) was recognized by Nature as one of the top 15 science blogs, the site received more than 1 million visits from readers in 2018, more than 40% outside the U.S. He taught a massive open online course (MOOC) titled “Human Evolution: Past and Future” for the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014, with a registration of more than 40,000 students worldwide. In 2012, he organized the first-ever “open cast lab” for professional anthropologists, an event covered by Science. He assists with the development of new AP Biology curricular materials, educational film materials from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and with the UW-Madison Instutute for Biology Education on improving undergraduate biology career training. Hawks has been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2002, and is presently the Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology. He serves as Associate Chair of Anthropology and an associate member of both the Department of Zoology and the J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution. He is a recent Fulbright Scholar, and has a continuing affiliation as a visiting professor within the Evolution Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
188
Total documents
6.02
Normalized Impact
47
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
34.57
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Dimensions One by One
Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic
attributes.
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Activity
944
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
549
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
592
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
769
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
598
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
456
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
0
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 188 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 7.23 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 133 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 123 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 2 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 8 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 2 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 2 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 0 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 0 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 16 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | N/A | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 4560 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 372 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 8.158 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 91.842 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 169 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 24.26 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 6.018 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 1.758 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 32 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 64 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 56 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.559 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.537 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 47 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 2.5 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 6 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 3.191 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 1 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 7 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 100 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 53.19 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 18 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 9.57 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | 0 | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | 0 | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | 0 | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | 0 | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | 0 | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 8.34 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 7.98 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 1.75 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 65 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 34.57 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 9 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | 0 | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | 0 | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | 0 | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | 0 | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 0 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | 0 | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 73 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 38.83 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 20 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 31 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 4 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 13 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 115 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | 0 | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | 0 | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | 0 | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | 0 | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |