Richard Jonathan O. Taduran, Ph.D., is a prolific researcher in forensic science, biological anthropology, and the biocultural study of human variation. His body of work includes peer-reviewed articles in international journals such as HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, and University of Oxford's Journal of Public Health. These studies explore diverse topics—from sex estimation using fingerprints and teeth, to cultural perceptions of height, to complex systems in human development. His research on Filipino populations has contributed original datasets and methodologies for forensic identification.

Taduran has also authored book chapters on dental and craniofacial traits, COVID-19 fieldwork, and anthropological case studies, published by institutions such as the University of Adelaide Press and UST Publishing House. Grounded in interdisciplinary thinking, his work bridges empirical analysis and cultural insight—aiming to advance scientific standards while remaining locally relevant.

Journal Articles

Quianzon-Manuel MFL, Fabian NMC, Taduran RJO. (2023). Validity of self-reported height, weight and BMI as applied to trends in malnutrition in Davao City, Philippines. Journal of Public Health, 45(4), 840-846. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad085

Castro MAB, Tabion JMR, Taduran RJO. (2022). Sex disparity in COVID-19 infection in the Philippines: a biocultural study. Quaestiones Disputatae, 14 (29), 106-136. http://revistas.ustatunja.edu.co/index.php/qdisputatae/article/view/2503/2044

Nuphanudin, Komariah A, Shvetsova T, Gardanova Z, Podzorova M, Kurniady DA, Gladysheva M, Dudnik O, Taduran RJO, Kosov M. (2022). Effectiveness of students' motivation factors in the competency-based approach: a case study of universities in Russia and Indonesia. Emerging Science Journal, 6 (3), 578-602. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/ESJ-2022-06-03-012

Taduran RJO. (2021). Exigencia de altura: un estudio sociológico sobre las preferencias de talla en jóvenes filipinos seleccionados en base a relaciones heterosexuales. Apuntes Universitarios, 11 (3), 197-209. https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v11i3.701

Taduran RJO. (2021). Se a altura estiver correta: percepções e aspirações da juventude filipina. Laplage Em Revista, 7 (1), 563-575. https://doi.org/10.24115/S2446-6220202171859p.563-575

De Mesa RYH, Yapchiongco YBDJ, Evangelista CA, Alcantara MOM, Kub-ao KD, Taduran RJO (2021). Sex determination from plain fingerprint ridge density in Filipinos. Problemy Kryminalistyki, 313 (3), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.34836/pk.2021.313.1

Taduran RJO, Ranjitkar S, Hughes T, Townsend G, Brook AH. (2018). Two complex adaptive systems in human development: further studies of dental and fingerprint parameters. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, 13 (1), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.2495/DNE-V13-N1-93-100

Taduran RJO, Tan ML, Townsend GC. (2017). Different methods for estimating height in a Filipino sample: forensic implications. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 49(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1122081

Taduran RJO, Ishimura RB, Rosario MRN, Brook AH, Townsend GC. (2017). Sex variation in fingerprint ridge counts in Filipinos. European Journal of Forensic Sciences, 4(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5455/ejfs.239855

Taduran RJO, Ranjitkar S, Hughes T, Townsend G, Brook AH. (2016). Complex systems in human development: sexual dimorphism in teeth and fingerprints of Australian twins. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, 11(4), 676-685. https://doi.org/10.2495/DNE-V11-N4-676-685

Taduran RJO, Tadeo AKV, Escalona NAC, Townsend GC. (2016). Sex determination from fingerprint ridge density and white line counts in Filipinos. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 67(2), 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2015.11.001

Taduran RJO. (2012). Mukha mo: a premilinary study on Filipino facial expressions. Social Science Diliman, 8(2), 67-94. https://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman/article/view/3605/3315

Book Chapters

Magbuhos MMR, Pantoja PS, Taduran RJO. (2023). Impoverished and infected: the curious cases of COVID-19 in Barangay Krus Na Ligas, Quezon City. In Redillas SR, Taduran RJO (Eds.) Pagtawid: Filipinos in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. UST Publishing House. 

Taduran RJO. (2012). Sex determination from maxillary and mandibular canines of the Filipino population. In Townsend G, Kanazawa E, Takayama H, (Eds.) New Directions in Dental Anthropology: Paradigms, Methodologies and Outcomes (pp. 81-91). South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/UPO9780987171870.008