Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Archeology Highly Cited Researchers 3.921 Scientists Citation 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: 26
Germany
Nicole Boivin
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,857
10,311
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Brazil
Eduardo Goes Neves
Archaeology
Amazonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,819
6,228
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Norway
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Archaeology
Middle Stone Age
Early Sapiens Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,446
4,530
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
United Kingdom
Charlotte Roberts
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: 30
United States
Michael E Smith
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,237
4,966
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Israel
Anna Belfer Cohen
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,217
3,666
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
United Kingdom
Amy Bogaard
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: 33
United States
Thomas C Hart
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,578
12,361
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
United Kingdom
Geoff Bailey
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: 35
Australia
Matthew Spriggs
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,357
3,089
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
United Kingdom
Ian Freestone
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: 37
South Africa
Judith Sealy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,206
3,493
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
United Kingdom
Andrew Chamberlain
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: 39
Israel
Elisabetta Boaretto
Archaeological Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,043
5,598
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Australia
Atholl Anderson
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,605
2,551
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
United Kingdom
Oliver Craig
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: 42
Brazil
Pedro Paulo A Funari
Arqueologia
História
Antiguidade
Latim
Grego
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,379
2,991
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
United States
Yannis Hamilakis|Γιάννης Χαμηλακης
Archaeology
Modern Greek Studies
Contemporary Archaeology
Archaeological theory
Aegean prehistory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,141
4,015
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Spain
José María Caparrós
Early Medieval Archaeology
castra
castle rock
Landscape Archaeology
routes and territorial control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,953
2,921
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Canada
Mark Collard
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,804
3,471
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Russia
Алексей Алексеевич Тишкин
археология
рентгенофлюоресцентный анализ
социальная структура
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,639
1,688
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
United Kingdom
Coralie Mills
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: 48
Australia
Richard Fullagar
archaeology
usewear residue analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,291
3,298
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Cyprus
Thilo Rehren
Archaeological Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,221
4,396
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
France
Vanhaeren
beads
archaeology
ethnoarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,209
2,914
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,893
Germany
2,479
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Nicole Boivin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,857
10,311
0.650
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,231
Brazil
696
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Eduardo Goes Neves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,819
6,228
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,321
Norway
364
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,446
4,530
0.314
Archaeology
Middle Stone Age
Early Sapiens Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,686
United Kingdom
5,877
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Charlotte Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,736
4,351
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,038
United States
29,901
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Michael E Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,237
4,966
0.375
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,176
Israel
523
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Anna Belfer Cohen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,217
3,666
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,327
United Kingdom
6,249
649
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Amy Bogaard
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
76,701
United States
31,574
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Thomas C Hart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,578
12,361
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,711
United Kingdom
6,629
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Geoff Bailey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,444
3,793
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,387
Australia
3,607
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Matthew Spriggs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,357
3,089
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,499
United Kingdom
6,760
558
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
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
79,571
South Africa
271
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Judith Sealy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,206
3,493
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,640
United Kingdom
6,769
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Andrew Chamberlain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,199
3,364
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,865
Israel
605
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Elisabetta Boaretto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,043
5,598
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,633
Australia
3,871
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Atholl Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,605
2,551
0.220
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,384
United Kingdom
7,198
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Oliver Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,512
6,309
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,644
Brazil
1,139
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Pedro Paulo A Funari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,379
2,991
0.263
Arqueologia
História
Antiguidade
Latim
Grego
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,872
United States
35,942
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Yannis Hamilakis|Γιάννης Χαμηλακης
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,141
4,015
0.360
Archaeology
Modern Greek Studies
Contemporary Archaeology
Archaeological theory
Aegean prehistory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,702
Spain
2,066
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
José María Caparrós
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,953
2,921
0.267
Early Medieval Archaeology
castra
castle rock
Landscape Archaeology
routes and territorial control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,177
Canada
4,111
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Mark Collard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,804
3,471
0.321
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,829
Russia
308
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Алексей Алексеевич Тишкин
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,639
1,688
0.159
археология
рентгенофлюоресцентный анализ
социальная структура
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,306
United Kingdom
8,022
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Coralie Mills
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
97,513
Australia
4,509
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Richard Fullagar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,291
3,298
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,260
Cyprus
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thilo Rehren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,221
4,396
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,401
France
2,496
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Vanhaeren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,209
2,914
0.285