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World 3,874 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Archeology Rankings - 2025

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve Weiner
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
66
0.496
* 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
100
62
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dorian Q Fuller
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
anthropocene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
70
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Richards
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
53
0.558
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Armstrong
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
48
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julia Lee Thorp
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
47
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin Richards
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDN
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
37
0.468
* 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
76
51
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stephen Shennan
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dolores Piperno
archaeology
archaeobotany
paleoecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
42
0.560

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* 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
22
0.310
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Li Liu
Chinese archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
46
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
João Zilhão
Archeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
39
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zenobia Jacobs
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
47
0.691
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malcolm K Hughes
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
35
0.515
* 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
66
55
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolutio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
34
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kristian Kristiansen
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
44
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael E Smith
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequalit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
37
0.578
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julian Thomas
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
28
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anna Belfer Cohen
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
33
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Oliver Craig
Biomolecular archaeology
Palaeodiet
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
44
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elisabetta Boaretto
Archaeological Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
41
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amy Bogaard
Archaeobotany
prehistoric farming
western Eurasia
agroecology
inequalit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
40
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve Weiner
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
66
0.496
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
62
0.620
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
98
70
0.714
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
anthropocene
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Richards
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
53
0.558
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeolog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Armstrong
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
48
0.539
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronolog
* 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
47
0.588
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironment
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin Richards
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
37
0.468
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDN
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Douglas J Kennett
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stephen Shennan
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dolores Piperno
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
42
0.560

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Karl Butzer
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
22
0.310
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
69
46
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
João Zilhão
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
39
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zenobia Jacobs
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
47
0.691
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Scienc
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malcolm K Hughes
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
35
0.515
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nicole Boivin
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
55
0.833
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
66
34
0.515
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolutio
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kristian Kristiansen
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
44
0.688
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeolog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael E Smith
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
37
0.578
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequalit
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julian Thomas
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
28
0.444
archaeology
prehistory
neolithic
archaeological theor
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anna Belfer Cohen
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
33
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
James F O Connell
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
32
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Oliver Craig
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
44
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elisabetta Boaretto
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
41
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amy Bogaard
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
40
0.667
Archaeobotany
prehistoric farming
western Eurasia
agroecology
inequalit