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World 5,152 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Anthropology 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
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art
Architectur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
86
0.699
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
cultural psychiatry
medical anthropology
psychological anthropology
philosophy of psychiatr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
72
0.637
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeedin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
65
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DN
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
80
0.784
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
nuclear architecture
4D nucleom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
36
0.360
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Forensic science
Physical anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Anthropology
biologica
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
88
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Digital Anthropology.
Material Cultur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
53
0.535
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Human
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
63
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
geometric morphometrics
multivariate data analysis
biometry
statistic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
49
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary biology
evolutionary anthropology
evolutionary approaches to economics
political scien
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
61
0.642
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
cultural evolution
evolutionary theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
60
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Paleoanthropolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
40
0.421
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Human Growth and Development
Public healt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
23
0.253
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
linguistics
language typology
syntax
syntactic theory
morpholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
66
0.725
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Archaeology
Neolithic of Europe and the Middle East
Archaeological theory and metho
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
49
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Genetics
Population Genetics
Pigmentation
Facial Features
Anthropolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
46
0.523
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
cultural evolution
animal cognition
language evolution
philosophy of biology
historical linguistic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
57
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
behavioral ecology
primatology
chimpanzee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
51
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
48
0.578
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
anthropolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
45
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
national memory
national narratives
collective memory
semiotic mediatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
42
0.519
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Anthropology and environment
Amazon
land use
global change
institution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
51
0.646
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
violence
everyday
family
health
India
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
49
0.628
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
molecular biology
ancient DNA
evolutionary genetic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
66
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
environmental health
climate change
medical anthropology
social inequalit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
43
0.558
Tim Ingold
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
86
0.699
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art
Architectur
Laurence J Kirmayer
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
72
0.637
cultural psychiatry
medical anthropology
psychological anthropology
philosophy of psychiatr
Jonathan CK Wells
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
65
0.619
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeedin
Ludovic Orlando
Université de Toulouse III
Toulouse, France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
80
0.784
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DN
Thomas Cremer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
36
0.360
Kewal Krishan
Panjab University
Chandigarh, India
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
88
0.889
Forensic science
Physical anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Anthropology
biologica
Daniel Miller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
53
0.535
Digital Anthropology.
Material Cultur
Jean-Jacques Hublin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
63
0.643
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Human
F James Rohlf
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
49
0.505
geometric morphometrics
multivariate data analysis
biometry
statistic
John Tooby
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
61
0.642
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary biology
evolutionary anthropology
evolutionary approaches to economics
political scien
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Robert Boyd
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
60
0.632
cultural evolution
evolutionary theor
Erik Trinkaus
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
40
0.421
Stanley Marion Garn
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
23
0.253
Human Growth and Development
Public healt
Martin Haspelmath
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
66
0.725
linguistics
language typology
syntax
syntactic theory
morpholog
Ian Hodder
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
49
0.557
Archaeology
Neolithic of Europe and the Middle East
Archaeological theory and metho
Mark D Shriver
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
46
0.523
Genetics
Population Genetics
Pigmentation
Facial Features
Anthropolog
Russell D Gray
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
57
0.671
cultural evolution
animal cognition
language evolution
philosophy of biology
historical linguistic
Anne Pusey
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
51
0.600
behavioral ecology
primatology
chimpanzee
T Douglas Price
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
48
0.578
Elinor Ochs
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
45
0.556
James Wertsch
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
42
0.519
national memory
national narratives
collective memory
semiotic mediatio
Eduardo S Brondizio
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
51
0.646
Anthropology and environment
Amazon
land use
global change
institution
Veena Das
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
49
0.628
violence
everyday
family
health
India
Matthias Meyer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
66
0.857
molecular biology
ancient DNA
evolutionary genetic
Merrill Singer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
43
0.558
environmental health
climate change
medical anthropology
social inequalit