Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social SciencesSocial Sciences / Archeology Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
700
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Eduardo Goes Neves
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,534
7,038
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,584
355
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
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
5,865
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Charlotte Roberts
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,500
4,920
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,802
521
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Anna Belfer Cohen
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,021
4,163
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,713
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
6,345
654
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Amy Bogaard
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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
31,492
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Thomas C Hart
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,392
12,231
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,866
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
3,586
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Matthew Spriggs
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,164
3,659
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,813
268
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Judith Sealy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,067
4,010
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,287
6,734
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Andrew Chamberlain
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
3,847
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,399
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
615
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Elisabetta Boaretto
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,772
6,271
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,148
3,834
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Atholl Anderson
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
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
1,129
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Pedro Paulo A Funari
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
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
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
89,326
36,153
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Yannis Hamilakis|Γιάννης Χαμηλακης
Brown University
Providence, United States
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
2,065
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
José María Caparrós
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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
4,082
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Mark Collard
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
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
306
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Алексей Алексеевич Тишкин
Altai State University
Barnaul, Russia
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
7,998
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Coralie Mills
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
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
4,450
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Richard Fullagar
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,160
3,803
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,950
50
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thilo Rehren
Cyprus Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
4,944
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,444
2,508
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Vanhaeren
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,004
3,483
0.348