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 :1
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,131
39,005
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,665
23,496
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,964
14,708
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,346
19,466
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Radiocarbon Dating
Calibration Curve IntCal
Paleolithic Archaeology
Paleolithic
Chronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,701
13,990
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,879
6,455
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,882
6,525
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,629
9,835
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,520
9,248
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
archaeology
archaeobotany
paleoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,539
8,160
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,562
8,181
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,948
5,004
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,136
5,631
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Archaeology
geomorphology
climate change
history of science science
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,539
3,938
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,089
11,876
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,942
10,879
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Archaeology
Design
Classics
Art History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,870
4,532
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,779
7,845
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,803
8,849
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Dendrochronology
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,585
11,670
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,455
3,877
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
dendrochronology
climatology
hydrology
time series analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,292
6,027
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,186
4,293
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Chinese archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,806
9,485
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Archaeology
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,739
5,106
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,035
327
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,131
39,005
0.448
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,790
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,665
23,496
0.299
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,671
731
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Richards
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,964
14,708
0.421
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,970
1,674
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dorian Q Fuller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,346
19,466
0.584
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,016
942
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sahra Talamo
Università di Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,701
13,990
0.487
Radiocarbon Dating
Calibration Curve IntCal
Paleolithic Archaeology
Paleolithic
Chronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,065
2,182
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Martin Richards
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,879
6,455
0.232
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,453
12,140
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Malcolm K Hughes
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,882
6,525
0.243
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,453
1,261
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Armstrong
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,629
9,835
0.384
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,395
2,648
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Julia Lee Thorp
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,520
9,248
0.377
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,242
14,583
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dolores Piperno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,539
8,160
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,211
3,003
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stephen Shennan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,562
8,181
0.363
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,577
15,959
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Annette And Michael Schiffer
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,948
5,004
0.228
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,528
1,659
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,136
5,631
0.266
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,110
17,403
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karl Butzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,539
3,938
0.192
Archaeology
geomorphology
climate change
history of science science
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,346
17,871
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Douglas J Kennett
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,089
11,876
0.591
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,739
548
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kristian Kristiansen
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,942
10,879
0.546
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,941
18,111
645
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael Shanks
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,870
4,532
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,190
92
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
João Zilhão
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,779
7,845
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,559
2,127
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zenobia Jacobs
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,803
8,849
0.497
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,339
2,158
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jonathan Palmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,585
11,670
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,850
21,208
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
James F O Connell
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,455
3,877
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,486
21,466
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David M Meko
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,292
6,027
0.349
dendrochronology
climatology
hydrology
time series analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,901
4,337
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Julian Thomas
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,186
4,293
0.250
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,322
22,174
732
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Li Liu
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,806
9,485
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,590
22,288
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bruce Bourque
Bates College
Lewiston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,739
5,106
0.305