Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Archeology Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
15,300
10,764
0.704
* 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
14,534
7,038
0.484
* 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
14,303
5,320
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
United Kingdom
Charlotte Roberts
bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,500
4,920
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Israel
Anna Belfer Cohen
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,021
4,163
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
United States
Michael E Smith
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,891
5,594
0.434
* 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
12,652
6,900
0.545
* 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
12,392
12,231
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
United Kingdom
Geoff Bailey
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,316
4,481
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Australia
Matthew Spriggs
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,164
3,659
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
South Africa
Judith Sealy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,067
4,010
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
United Kingdom
Andrew Chamberlain
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
3,847
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United Kingdom
Ian Freestone
Artefacts
Archaeometry
Ancient Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,992
4,833
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Israel
Elisabetta Boaretto
Archaeological Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,772
6,271
0.533
* 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
11,435
2,928
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Brazil
Pedro Paulo A Funari
Arqueologia
História
Antiguidade
Latim
Grego
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,260
3,597
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United Kingdom
Oliver Craig
Biomolecular archaeology
Palaeodiet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,179
6,914
0.618
* 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
10,878
4,633
0.426
* 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
10,754
3,387
0.315
* 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
10,660
4,024
0.377
* 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
10,564
2,192
0.207
* 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
10,244
3,245
0.317
* 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
10,160
3,803
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Cyprus
Thilo Rehren
Archaeological Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
4,944
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
France
Vanhaeren
beads
archaeology
ethnoarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,004
3,483
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,205
Germany
2,542
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Nicole Boivin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,300
10,764
0.704
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,263
Brazil
700
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Eduardo Goes Neves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,534
7,038
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,584
Norway
355
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,303
5,320
0.372
Archaeology
Middle Stone Age
Early Sapiens Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,577
United Kingdom
5,865
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Charlotte Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,500
4,920
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,802
Israel
521
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Anna Belfer Cohen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,021
4,163
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,713
United States
30,180
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Michael E Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,891
5,594
0.434
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,454
United Kingdom
6,345
654
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Amy Bogaard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,652
6,900
0.545
Archaeobotany
prehistoric farming
western Eurasia
agroecology
inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,313
United States
31,492
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Thomas C Hart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,392
12,231
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,866
United Kingdom
6,566
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Geoff Bailey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,316
4,481
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,041
Australia
3,586
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Matthew Spriggs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,164
3,659
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,813
South Africa
268
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Judith Sealy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,067
4,010
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,287
United Kingdom
6,734
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Andrew Chamberlain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
3,847
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,399
United Kingdom
6,743
557
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Ian Freestone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,992
4,833
0.403
Artefacts
Archaeometry
Ancient Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,190
Israel
615
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Elisabetta Boaretto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,772
6,271
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,148
Australia
3,834
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Atholl Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,435
2,928
0.256
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,714
Brazil
1,129
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Pedro Paulo A Funari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,260
3,597
0.319
Arqueologia
História
Antiguidade
Latim
Grego
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,471
United Kingdom
7,295
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Oliver Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,179
6,914
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,325
United States
36,153
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Yannis Hamilakis|Γιάννης Χαμηλακης
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,878
4,633
0.426
Archaeology
Modern Greek Studies
Contemporary Archaeology
Archaeological theory
Aegean prehistory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,565
Spain
2,065
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
José María Caparrós
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,754
3,387
0.315
Early Medieval Archaeology
castra
castle rock
Landscape Archaeology
routes and territorial control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,515
Canada
4,082
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Mark Collard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,660
4,024
0.377
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,507
Russia
306
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Алексей Алексеевич Тишкин
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,564
2,192
0.207
археология
рентгенофлюоресцентный анализ
социальная структура
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,868
United Kingdom
7,998
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Coralie Mills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,244
3,245
0.317
Dendrochronology
woodland history
environmental archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,772
Australia
4,450
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Richard Fullagar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,160
3,803
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,950
Cyprus
50
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thilo Rehren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
4,944
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,444
France
2,508
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Vanhaeren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,004
3,483
0.348