Scholarly Index

Archaeology and Rock Art Studies

2021-2025 World Top1000 Scholar ranking for Archaeology and Rock Art Studies.

World rank	Scholar	Impact score	Total citations	Total publications
1	Marlize Lombard	99.09	5,731	148
2	Patrick Schmidt	96.76	2,666	152
3	Shadreck Chirikure	96.66	2,243	115
4	Manuel Will	94.26	1,144	52
5	Matthew V. Caruana	93.81	681	47
6	Jayne Wilkins	92.80	4,188	84
7	Amy E. Thompson	92.32	684	45
8	Sam Challis	91.89	569	34
9	Margarita Díaz‐Andreu	91.61	1,413	194
10	David S.G. Thomas	91.21	16,748	294
11	Neemías Santos da Rosa	91.07	112	23
12	Michelle R. Bebber	90.90	852	80
13	Emily Hallinan	90.74	186	19
14	Alex Mackay	89.91	3,837	122
15	Robert T. Nyamushosho	89.88	162	17
16	Lucinda Backwell	88.70	3,872	62
17	Andrew S. Skinner	88.50	1,687	35
18	Lyn Wadley	87.89	10,032	159
19	Aurore Val	87.45	575	40
20	Guilhem Mauran	86.94	214	37
21	Sally K. May	86.84	814	72
22	Patrick Roberts	86.72	6,792	252
23	Joakim Goldhahn	86.47	864	156
24	Paloma de la Peña	86.32	1,174	76
25	Dan Lawrence	86.29	2,034	60
26	M. La Grove	85.45	2,686	83
27	Tim Forssman	85.03	259	43
28	Steven T. Goldstein	85.00	1,150	45
29	Matt G. Lotter	84.96	359	34
30	Paul Taçon	84.95	3,147	189
31	Charles Higham	84.77	4,036	153
32	Izzy Wisher	84.58	66	15
33	Sigrid Staurset	84.26	383	13
34	Keith M. Prufer	84.14	3,587	106
35	Gonzalo Linares‐Matás	84.08	410	43
36	Nicole Boivin	83.65	13,857	256
37	Gregor D. Bader	82.60	274	27
38	Sheila Coulson	82.53	446	24
39	Lidia Álvarez-Morales	82.50	330	26
40	Gary M. Feinman	82.22	8,643	234
41	Anke Hein	81.97	633	44
42	Steven Mithen	81.48	5,488	194
43	Sallie L. Burrough	80.90	1,480	54
44	Daryl Wesley	80.53	769	58
45	Andrew Needham	79.88	580	40
46	Rafaël Verbuyst	79.64	158	30
47	Peter Mitchell	79.60	5,798	206
48	David J. Nash	79.58	6,388	154
49	Ran Barkai	79.29	6,290	155
50	Diego Gárate Maidagán	79.28	1,852	246