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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
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
53
0.552
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
33
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Archaeology
Hunter-gatherers
Siberi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Archaeology
Art History
Aegean Prehistor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
archaeology
ethnobiology
palaeothnobotany
historical ecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
27
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Geoarchaeology
Vibrational Spectroscop
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
archaeology
Lapita
Northwest Coast
Fiji
Tong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
16
0.432
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Biological Anthropology
Human Osteology
Bioarchaeology
Forensic Anthropology
Juvenile Osteolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Archaeology
Anthropology
Prehistory
Social Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
18
0.514
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Conflict Archaeology
Geoarchaeology
Geomorpholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
13
0.394
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
archaeology
Ghana
materiality
Afric
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
16
0.516
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
zooarchaeology
dogs
domestication
Great Plains
Siberi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Human Origins
Geoscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Archaeology
Eastern Mediterranean & British prehistory
lithics
obsidian sourcin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
18
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Archaeology and Environmental Histor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
19
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Archaeology
Cultural Heritage
Indigenous Archaeology
Wetlands
Archaeological Theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Archaeological Science
Isotope analysis
Osteology
Geophysic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
22
0.880
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
archaeology
mummies
Peru
Egypt
hominin evolutio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
15
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
13
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
human-animal relationships
collaborative archaeology
zooarchaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
Paleolithic
Behavioral Ecology
Taphonom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Michael Richards
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
53
0.552
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeolog
Mark Collard
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
33
0.569
Human evolution
evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
archaeological scienc
Andrzej Weber
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
Carl Knappett
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
Archaeology
Art History
Aegean Prehistor
Dana Lepofsky
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
27
0.659
archaeology
ethnobiology
palaeothnobotany
historical ecolog
Francesco Berna
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Geoarchaeology
Vibrational Spectroscop
David Burley
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
16
0.432
archaeology
Lapita
Northwest Coast
Fiji
Tong
Haskel Greenfield
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
Hugo FV Cardoso
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
Biological Anthropology
Human Osteology
Bioarchaeology
Forensic Anthropology
Juvenile Osteolog
Edward B Banning
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
18
0.514
Archaeology
Anthropology
Prehistory
Social Science
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David G Passmore
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
13
0.394
Conflict Archaeology
Geoarchaeology
Geomorpholog
Dennis Sandgathe
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
Ann B Stahl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
16
0.516
Robert J Losey
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
zooarchaeology
dogs
domestication
Great Plains
Siberi
Julio Mercader
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
Tristan Carter
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
18
0.600
Archaeology
Eastern Mediterranean & British prehistory
lithics
obsidian sourcin
James Conolly
Trent University
Peterborough, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
Ariane Burke
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
19
0.655
George Nicholas
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
Archaeology
Cultural Heritage
Indigenous Archaeology
Wetlands
Archaeological Theor
Vaughan Grimes
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
22
0.880
Archaeological Science
Isotope analysis
Osteology
Geophysic
Andrew Martindale
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
Andrew J Nelson
Western University Canada
London, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
15
0.600
archaeology
mummies
Peru
Egypt
hominin evolutio
Jonathan Driver
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
13
0.520
Tatiana Nomokonova
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
human-animal relationships
collaborative archaeology
zooarchaeolog
Eugã ̈Ne Morin
Trent University
Peterborough, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
Paleolithic
Behavioral Ecology
Taphonom