H-Index
Rankings
North America Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Archeology Rankings 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
58
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
53
0.716
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
archaeology
archaeobotany
paleoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
44
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Archaeology
geomorphology
climate change
history of science science
science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
25
0.352
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
Chinese archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
38
0.559
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
41
0.661
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
35
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
dendrochronology
climatology
hydrology
time series analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
36
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Archaeology
Modern Greek Studies
Contemporary Archaeology
Archaeological theory
Aegean prehistory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
archaeology
paleoclimates & paleoenvironments
Neolithic societies
US Southwest
inequality in prehistory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
archaeology
Maya
contextual analysis
remote sensing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
29
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
paleolithic archaeology
lithic analysis
western Europe
Near East
human origins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
18
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Archaeology
Hunter-gatherers
Siberia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Maya
Archaeology
Complex Societies
Mortuary Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
27
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Prehistoric Foragers
Bioarchaeology
Forager-Farmer Transition
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition
Prehistoric Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Archaeology
Climate Change
CRM
Paleoindian
Archaic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
archaeology
archaeological science
bioarchaeology
stable isotope analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Archaeology
Art History
Aegean Prehistory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
29
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
First Americans Archaeology & Geoarchaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
27
0.628
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
archaeology
Southwestern United States
Marxism
archaeology of the contemporary
historic archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
23
0.535
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Archaeology
Design
Classics
Art History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
archaeology
ethnobiology
palaeothnobotany
historical ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
Michael Richards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
58
0.611
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
Douglas J Kennett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
53
0.716
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomics
Dolores Piperno
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
44
0.595
Karl Butzer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
25
0.352
Archaeology
geomorphology
climate change
history of science science
science
Li Liu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
Malcolm K Hughes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
38
0.559
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
Michael E Smith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
41
0.661
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequality
James F O Connell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
35
0.565
Annette And Michael Schiffer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theory
Mark Collard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological science
David M Meko
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
36
0.643
dendrochronology
climatology
hydrology
time series analysis
Yannis Hamilakis|Γιάννης Χαμηλακης
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
Archaeology
Modern Greek Studies
Contemporary Archaeology
Archaeological theory
Aegean prehistory
Timothy A Kohler|Tim Kohler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
archaeology
paleoclimates & paleoenvironments
Neolithic societies
US Southwest
inequality in prehistory
Arlen F Chase
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
29
0.604
archaeology
Maya
contextual analysis
remote sensing
Geoffrey Clark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
18
0.375
paleolithic archaeology
lithic analysis
western Europe
Near East
human origins
Andrzej Weber
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
Diane Z Chase
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
27
0.600
Maya
Archaeology
Complex Societies
Mortuary Analysis
Dusan Boric
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
Prehistoric Foragers
Bioarchaeology
Forager-Farmer Transition
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition
Prehistoric Archaeolog
David G Anderson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
Archaeology
Climate Change
CRM
Paleoindian
Archaic
Kelly J Knudson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
archaeology
archaeological science
bioarchaeology
stable isotope analysis
Carl Knappett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
29
0.674
Archaeology
Art History
Aegean Prehistory
Michael Waters
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
27
0.628
First Americans Archaeology & Geoarchaeology
Randall H McGuire
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
23
0.535
archaeology
Southwestern United States
Marxism
archaeology of the contemporary
historic archaeology
Michael Shanks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
Dana Lepofsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
archaeology
ethnobiology
palaeothnobotany
historical ecology