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Australia 163 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Archeology Rankings - 2025
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These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
49
0.551
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
48
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolutio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
35
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
28
0.483
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
33
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Dendrochronology
palaeoecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
31
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
25
0.481
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
archaeology
usewear residue analysi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Peatland
pollen
archaeology
fir
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
21
0.420
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Archaeology
New Guinea
Domestication
Environmental Chang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
29
0.630
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Aboriginal Studies
Terrestrial Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Native Titl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Quaternary geochronology
archaeology
palaeoanthropology
palaeontology
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
archaeology lithics stone artefacts india neanderthals modern humans australi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
31
0.705
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Pacific and Australian archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
14
0.318
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Archaeology
Australian Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Island Archaeology
Environmental Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology
coastal archaeology
Torres Strai
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
22
0.512
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Archaeology
Oceania
archaeometr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
19
0.452
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Human Origins & Palaeolithic Archaeology
Geochronology & Geoarchaeology
Archaeomagnetism & Palaeomagnetism
Speleology & Cav
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
24
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Archaeology
evolution of human behaviour
language origins
rock art
stone tool
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Archaeology of Southeast Asia
Zooarchaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629
Richard Armstrong
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
49
0.551
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronolog
Zenobia Jacobs
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
48
0.706
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Scienc
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
35
0.538
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolutio
Matthew Spriggs
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
28
0.483
Sue O Connor
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
33
0.635
Jonathan Palmer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
31
0.596
Atholl Anderson
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
25
0.481
archaeology
history
Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
palaeoecolog
Richard Fullagar
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
Geoffrey Hope
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
21
0.420
Tim Denham
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
29
0.630
Archaeology
New Guinea
Domestication
Environmental Chang
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Peter Veth
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Aboriginal Studies
Terrestrial Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Native Titl
Lee J Arnold
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
Quaternary geochronology
archaeology
palaeoanthropology
palaeontology
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Christopher Clarkson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
31
0.705
archaeology lithics stone artefacts india neanderthals modern humans australi
J Peter White
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
14
0.318
Sean Ulm
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
Archaeology
Australian Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Island Archaeology
Environmental Archaeolog
Ian J McNiven|Ian McNiven
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
22
0.512
Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology
coastal archaeology
Torres Strai
Marshall Weisler
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
19
0.452
Andy IR Herries
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
Human Origins & Palaeolithic Archaeology
Geochronology & Geoarchaeology
Archaeomagnetism & Palaeomagnetism
Speleology & Cav
Judith Field
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
24
0.600
Iain Davidson
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
Archaeology
evolution of human behaviour
language origins
rock art
stone tool
Alison Crowther
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
Rachel Wood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithi
Philip Piper
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
Archaeology of Southeast Asia
Zooarchaeolog
Andrew S Fairbairn
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
Alison Betts
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629