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World 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 3.925 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Steve Weiner
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
72
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
67
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Dorian Q Fuller
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Michael Richards
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 :5
Richard Armstrong
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
51
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Julia Lee Thorp
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironments
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Martin Richards
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDNA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
41
0.519
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Douglas J Kennett
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 :9
Dolores Piperno
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 :10
Stephen Shennan
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
49
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Karl Butzer
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 :12
Li Liu
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 :13
João Zilhão
Archeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
44
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Malcolm K Hughes
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 :15
Zenobia Jacobs
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
48
0.716
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Nicole Boivin
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
55
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
38
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Michael E Smith
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 :19
James F O Connell
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
35
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Kristian Kristiansen
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
43
0.705
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Annette And Michael Schiffer
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 :22
Julian Thomas
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
30
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Anna Belfer Cohen
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
35
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Oliver Craig
Biomolecular archaeology
Palaeodiet
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
45
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Elisabetta Boaretto
Archaeological Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
42
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve Weiner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
72
0.545
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
67
0.684
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dorian Q Fuller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Richards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
58
0.611
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Armstrong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
51
0.580
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julia Lee Thorp
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironments
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin Richards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
41
0.519
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDNA
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dolores Piperno
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
44
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stephen Shennan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
49
0.671
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Li Liu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
49
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
João Zilhão
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
44
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malcolm K Hughes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
38
0.559
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zenobia Jacobs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
48
0.716
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nicole Boivin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
55
0.846
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
38
0.594
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James F O Connell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
35
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kristian Kristiansen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
43
0.705
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Annette And Michael Schiffer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Julian Thomas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
30
0.500
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anna Belfer Cohen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
35
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Oliver Craig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
45
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elisabetta Boaretto
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
42
0.724