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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,189
9,458
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,788
5,403
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,430
8,531
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Dendrochronology
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,932
11,030
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,966
3,493
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,259
2,781
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
archaeology
usewear residue analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,971
3,649
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Peatland
pollen
archaeology
fire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,424
2,114
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Archaeology
New Guinea
Domestication
Environmental Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,358
4,939
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,969
4,713
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Quaternary geochronology
archaeology
palaeoanthropology
palaeontology
palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,222
5,068
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Archaeology
evolution of human behaviour
language origins
rock art
stone tools
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,415
1,728
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Human Origins & Palaeolithic Archaeology
Geochronology & Geoarchaeology
Archaeomagnetism & Palaeomagnetism
Speleology & Cave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,126
3,361
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
archaeology lithics stone artefacts india neanderthals modern humans australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,051
3,717
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,004
2,544
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,934
3,822
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Archaeology
stone artefact
human-environment interactions
human evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
2,238
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Archaeological Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,380
2,600
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology
coastal archaeology
Torres Strait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,370
2,630
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
archaeology
stone tools
Papua New Guinea
museums
starch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,311
1,178
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Aboriginal Studies
Terrestrial Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Native Title
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,248
2,386
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Archaeogenetics
Human Evolution
Neolithic
Ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,869
3,476
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,694
4,332
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Archaeology of Southeast Asia
Zooarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,560
2,578
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Pacific and Australian archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,479
675
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,263
1,240
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Armstrong
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,189
9,458
0.375
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,228
1,642
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,788
5,403
0.260
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,415
2,112
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Zenobia Jacobs
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,430
8,531
0.489
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,332
2,192
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan Palmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,932
11,030
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,358
3,554
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matthew Spriggs
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,966
3,493
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,258
3,789
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Atholl Anderson
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,259
2,781
0.247
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,120
4,408
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Fullagar
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,971
3,649
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,428
4,690
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geoffrey Hope
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,424
2,114
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,215
4,728
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tim Denham
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,358
4,939
0.528
Archaeology
New Guinea
Domestication
Environmental Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,349
4,969
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sue O Connor
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,969
4,713
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,565
5,444
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lee J Arnold
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,222
5,068
0.616
Quaternary geochronology
archaeology
palaeoanthropology
palaeontology
palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,964
6,136
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Iain Davidson
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,415
1,728
0.233
Archaeology
evolution of human behaviour
language origins
rock art
stone tools
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,703
6,384
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andy IR Herries
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,126
3,361
0.472
Human Origins & Palaeolithic Archaeology
Geochronology & Geoarchaeology
Archaeomagnetism & Palaeomagnetism
Speleology & Cave
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,298
6,457
539
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christopher Clarkson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,051
3,717
0.527
archaeology lithics stone artefacts india neanderthals modern humans australia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,361
6,506
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Judith Field
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,004
2,544
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,860
6,589
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rachel Wood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,934
3,822
0.551
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,157
6,642
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Sutikna
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
2,238
0.326
Archaeology
stone artefact
human-environment interactions
human evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,831
7,174
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Colin Smith
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,380
2,600
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,096
7,186
602
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ian J McNiven|Ian McNiven
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,370
2,630
0.413
Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology
coastal archaeology
Torres Strait
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,610
7,263
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robin Torrence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,311
1,178
0.187
archaeology
stone tools
Papua New Guinea
museums
starch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,214
7,336
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter Veth
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,248
2,386
0.382
Aboriginal Studies
Terrestrial Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Native Title
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,663
7,785
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cristina Valdiosera
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,869
3,476
0.592
Archaeogenetics
Human Evolution
Neolithic
Ancient DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,782
8,004
653
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alison Crowther
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,694
4,332
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,013
8,205
414
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Philip Piper
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,560
2,578
0.464
Archaeology of Southeast Asia
Zooarchaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,693
8,329
611
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
J Peter White
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,479
675
0.123