Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 348 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,552
34,293
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,257
17,742
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,149
5,394
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,873
7,974
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,834
6,958
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,483
3,654
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,736
4,351
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Archaeobotany
prehistoric farming
western Eurasia
agroecology
inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,051
6,325
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,444
3,793
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Artefacts
Archaeometry
Ancient Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,214
4,279
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,199
3,364
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biomolecular archaeology
Palaeodiet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,512
6,309
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dendrochronology
woodland history
environmental archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,401
2,645
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,790
2,618
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human-environment interactions
physical geography
tephrochronology
environmental archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,605
2,544
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Archaeological science
isotope analysis
palaeodiet
residential mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,494
4,195
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Archaeology
Anthropology
Philosophy
Cognitive Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,827
4,980
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Prehistory
Palaeoanthropology
Chronology
Human origins
Fire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,769
2,515
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
archaeology
archaeobotany
coupled human environmental systems
phytoliths
early Formative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,807
3,962
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,629
2,792
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Archaeology
Environmental Archaeology
Prehistory
Human Palaeoecology
Palaeodiets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,289
3,371
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Archaeology
Roman archaeology
ancient history
ancient technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,208
3,138
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,780
1,463
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Roman archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,770
1,437
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Archaeology
Heritage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,579
2,194
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,041
329
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,552
34,293
0.387
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,736
1,659
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dorian Q Fuller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,257
17,742
0.518
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,360
2,205
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Martin Richards
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,149
5,394
0.192
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,569
2,663
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julia Lee Thorp
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,873
7,974
0.321
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,497
3,024
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephen Shennan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,834
6,958
0.305
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,974
4,329
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julian Thomas
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,483
3,654
0.209
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,686
5,877
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Charlotte Roberts
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,736
4,351
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,327
6,249
649
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amy Bogaard
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,051
6,325
0.485
Archaeobotany
prehistoric farming
western Eurasia
agroecology
inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,711
6,629
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Geoff Bailey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,444
3,793
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,499
6,760
558
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ian Freestone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,214
4,279
0.350
Artefacts
Archaeometry
Ancient Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,640
6,769
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrew Chamberlain
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,199
3,364
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,384
7,198
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Oliver Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,512
6,309
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,306
8,022
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Coralie Mills
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,401
2,645
0.254
Dendrochronology
woodland history
environmental archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,250
8,574
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tony Wilkinson
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,790
2,618
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,484
8,721
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrew Dugmore
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,605
2,544
0.265
Human-environment interactions
physical geography
tephrochronology
environmental archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,918
8,817
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Janet Montgomery
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,494
4,195
0.442
Archaeological science
isotope analysis
palaeodiet
residential mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,114
9,477
874
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lambros Malafouris
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,827
4,980
0.564
Archaeology
Anthropology
Philosophy
Cognitive Archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,023
9,552
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John Gowlett
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,769
2,515
0.287
Prehistory
Palaeoanthropology
Chronology
Human origins
Fire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,091
10,760
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jose Iriarte
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,807
3,962
0.507
archaeology
archaeobotany
coupled human environmental systems
phytoliths
early Formative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,487
10,988
954
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Mitchell
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,629
2,792
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,274
11,432
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Clive Bonsall
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,289
3,371
0.462
Archaeology
Environmental Archaeology
Prehistory
Human Palaeoecology
Palaeodiets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,002
11,559
985
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew Ian Wilson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,208
3,138
0.435
Archaeology
Roman archaeology
ancient history
ancient technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,590
12,209
583
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Millett
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,780
1,463
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,835
12,226
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael G Fulford
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,770
1,437
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,435
12,533
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Schofield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,579
2,194
0.333