Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
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
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
66
0.496
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
63
0.624
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
anthropocen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
71
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
53
0.552
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
49
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
48
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
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
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
52
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demograph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
archaeology
archaeobotany
paleoecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
43
0.573
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Archaeology
geomorphology
climate change
history of science science
scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
22
0.306
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Chinese archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
48
0.686
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Archeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
40
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
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: 15
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
36
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material cultur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
56
0.848
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
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: 18
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
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequalit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
38
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Biomolecular archaeology
Palaeodie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
34
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
32
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
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
Artefacts
Archaeometry
Ancient Technolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
37
0.607
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
66
0.496
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
63
0.624
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Scienc
Dorian Q Fuller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
71
0.717
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
anthropocen
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
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
Julia Lee Thorp
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
48
0.593
diet
human evolution
isotopes
palaeoenvironment
Martin Richards
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
37
0.468
Human evolution
archaeogenetics
phylogeography
mtDN
Douglas J Kennett
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
52
0.684
archaeology
human Paleoecology
climate change
isotope geochemistry
genomic
Stephen Shennan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
Evolutionary archaeology
European prehistory
prehistoric demograph
Dolores Piperno
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
43
0.573
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Karl Butzer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
22
0.306
Archaeology
geomorphology
climate change
history of science science
scienc
Li Liu
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
48
0.686
João Zilhão
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
40
0.580
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
Malcolm K Hughes
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
36
0.529
dendrochronology
paleoclimate
tree biology
forest ecolog
Nicole Boivin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
56
0.848
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material cultur
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
Kristian Kristiansen
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
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
Michael E Smith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
38
0.585
Aztecs
Teotihuacan
Comparative urbanism
Urban sustainability
Inequalit
James F O Connell
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
Oliver Craig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
Anna Belfer Cohen
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
34
0.557
Annette And Michael Schiffer
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
32
0.525
technological change
ceramics
archaeological theor
Elisabetta Boaretto
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
41
0.683
Ian Freestone
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
37
0.607
Artefacts
Archaeometry
Ancient Technolog