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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Archaeology?

101 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Archaeology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.6% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 38 countries in the subfield. 19 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Cambridge has the most (15), followed by Oxford Social Sciences Division (7) and University of York (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
101
0.6% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
19
18.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 38 countries in Archaeology
Highest-ranked
#3,885
Fuller, Dorian Q.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Cambridge154#1Robb, John E. #77,815
2Oxford Social Sciences Division72#4Hedges, Robert E.M. #22,878
3University of York61#8Bailey, Geoff N. #80,134
4Durham University60#9Gowland, R. L. #126,688
5University of Liverpool60#10Gowlett, John A.J. #133,255
6University College London54#13Fuller, Dorian Q. #3,885
7University of Leicester50#16van der Veen, Marijke #152,513
8University of Exeter41#19Outram, Alan K. #57,190
9The University of Manchester41#21Buckley, Michael #85,070
10University of Bristol32#28Evershed, Richard P. #6,948
11University of Southampton31#31Shennan, Stephen J. #30,145
12University of Oxford30#38Mitchell, Peter J. #107,529
13University of Glasgow30#41Hardy, Karen #136,139
14University of Aberdeen30#44Britton, Kate #169,250

The top 100 in Archaeology in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Fuller, Dorian Q.
    University College London
  2. 2
    Evershed, Richard P.
    University of Bristol
  3. 3
    Hedges, Robert E.M.
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  4. 4
    Shennan, Stephen J.
    University of Southampton
  5. 5
    Harrison, Rodney
    University College London
  6. 6
    Bogaard, Amy
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  7. 7
    Tite, Michael S.
    Res. Lab. for Archaeo./the H.
  8. 8
    Mays, Simon A.
    The University of Edinburgh
  9. 9
    Outram, Alan K.
    University of Exeter
  10. 10
    Montgomery, Janet
    Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
  11. 11
    Freestone, Ian C.
    University College London
  12. 12
    Robb, John E.
    University of Cambridge
  13. 13
    Crema, Enrico R.
    University of Cambridge
  14. 14
    Bevan, Andrew H.
    University College London
  15. 15
    Bailey, Geoff N.
    University of York
  16. 16
    Buckley, Michael
    The University of Manchester
  17. 17
    O'Connell, Tamsin C.
    University of Cambridge
  18. 18
    Collins, Matthew J.
    University of Cambridge
  19. 19
    Bayliss, Alex
    University of Bristol
  20. 20
    Stevens, Chris J.
    University College London
  21. 21
    Mitchell, Peter J.
    University of Oxford
  22. 22
    Renfrew, Colin
    University of Cambridge
  23. 23
    Halstead, Paul
    The University of Sheffield
  24. 24
    Henderson, Julian
    University of Nottingham
  25. 25
    Tilley, Christopher F.
    University of Wales
  26. 26
    Canti, Matthew G.
    Historic England
  27. 27
    Gowland, R. L.
    Durham University
  28. 28
    Jones, Siân
    University of Stirling
  29. 29
    Fowler, Chris
    Newcastle University
  30. 30
    Gowlett, John A.J.
    University of Liverpool
  31. 31
    Pollard, A. Mark
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  32. 32
    Hardy, Karen
    University of Glasgow
  33. 33
    Iriarte, José
    University of Exeter
  34. 34
    Craig, Oliver Edward
    University of York
  35. 35
    Hendy, Jessica
    University of York
  36. 36
    Tamburini, Diego
    The British Museum
  37. 37
    Schulting, Rick J.
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  38. 38
    Mellars, Paul A.
    University of Cambridge
  39. 39
    Pettitt, Paul B.
    Durham University
  40. 40
    Gosden, Chris
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  41. 41
    van der Veen, Marijke
    University of Leicester
  42. 42
    Gamble, Clive S.
    University of Southampton
  43. 43
    Mithen, Steven John
    University of Reading
  44. 44
    Booth, Thomas James
    The Francis Crick Institute
  45. 45
    Jones, Glynis E.M.
    The University of Sheffield
  46. 46
    Dennell, Robin William
    University of Exeter
  47. 47
    Britton, Kate
    University of Aberdeen
  48. 48
    Mitchell, Piers D.
    University of Cambridge
  49. 49
    Edgeworth, Matt
    University of Leicester
  50. 50
    Harris, Oliver J.T.
    University of Leicester
  51. 51
    Shortland, Andrew J.
    Cranfield University
  52. 52
    Labadi, Sophia
    University of Kent
  53. 53
    Evans, Jane A.
    British Geological Survey
  54. 54
    Redfern, R. C.
    Museum of London
  55. 55
    Millard, Andrew R.
    Durham University
  56. 56
    Waldron, Tony
    St Mary's Hospital
  57. 57
    Rowley-Conwy, Peter A.
    Durham University
  58. 58
    Jones, Martin K.
    University of Cambridge
  59. 59
    Chirikure, Shadreck
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  60. 60
    Barker, Graeme W.W.
    University of Cambridge
  61. 61
    Buckley, Michael
    The University of Manchester
  62. 62
    Haslam, Michael
    Independent Researcher
  63. 63
    Key, Alastair J.M.
    University of Cambridge
  64. 64
    Grove, Matt
    University of Liverpool
  65. 65
    Schofield, John
    University of York
  66. 66
    Petrie, Cameron A.
    University of Cambridge
  67. 67
    Sofaer, Joanna R.
    University of Southampton
  68. 68
    Lane, Paul J.
    University of Cambridge
  69. 69
    Thomas, Julian
    The University of Manchester
  70. 70
    Osborne, Robin
    University of Cambridge
  71. 71
    Mattingly, David J.
    University of Leicester
  72. 72
    Kabukcu, Ceren
    University of Liverpool
  73. 73
    Tarlow, Sarah A.
    University of Leicester
  74. 74
    Brodie, Neil
    University of Liverpool
  75. 75
    Dunne, Julie
    University of Bristol
  76. 76
    Lin Foxhall, Lin
    University of Liverpool
  77. 77
    Wilson, Andrew
    University of Oxford
  78. 78
    Blench, Roger M.
    University of Cambridge
  79. 79
    Lamb, Angela L.
    British Geological Survey
  80. 80
    Bernard Knapp, A.
    University of Glasgow
  81. 81
    Eren, Metin I.
    University of Cambridge
  82. 82
    Huggett, Jeremy
    University of Glasgow
  83. 83
    Sherratt, Andrew G.
    Ashmolean Museum
  84. 84
    Asouti, Eleni
    University of Liverpool
  85. 85
    Bradley, Richard J.
    Institute of Archaeology
  86. 86
    Halcrow, Siân E.
    Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
  87. 87
    Fernändez-Götz, Manuel A.
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  88. 88
    Riggs, Christina
    Durham University
  89. 89
    Orton, David C.
    University of York
  90. 90
    Wilkinson, Tony James
    Durham University
  91. 91
    Beaumont, Julia
    University of Bradford
  92. 92
    Brown, Terence A.
    The University of Manchester
  93. 93
    Prag, Jonathan R. W.
    University of Oxford
  94. 94
    Matthews, Wendy
    University of Reading
  95. 95
    Armit, Ian
    University of York
  96. 96
    Dobney, Keith M.
    University of Aberdeen
  97. 97
    Bello, Silvia M.
    The Natural History Museum, London
  98. 98
    Pitts, Martin
    University of Exeter
  99. 99
    Turner, Sam
    Newcastle University
  100. 100
    Madgwick, Richard
    Cardiff University

101 listed scientists in Archaeology in the United Kingdom

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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