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

152 researchers in the United States 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: 0.2% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 38 countries in the subfield. 28 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Harvard University has the most (7), followed by The University of Arizona (7) and Arizona State University (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
152
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
28
18.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 38 countries in Archaeology
Highest-ranked
#9,266
Zeder, Melinda A.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Harvard University72#5Bar-Yosef, Ofer #23,457
2The University of Arizona73#6Stiner, Mary C. #24,764
3Arizona State University61#7Smith, Michael E. #40,836
4University of Washington50#17D'Alpoim Guedes, Jade #176,643
5Washington University in St. Louis41#22Frachetti, Michael David #98,918
6Stanford University40#23Klein, Richard G. #112,634
7University of California, Davis40#25Bettinger, Robert Lawrence #193,766
8Pennsylvania State University40#26Hirth, Kenneth G. #235,285
9University of California, Berkeley40#27Hastorf, Christine A. #260,333
10Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History33#29Zeder, Melinda A. #9,266
11Brown University31#32Hamilakis, Yannis #35,734
12University of Oregon31#33Erlandson, Jon McVey #37,234
13University of Missouri31#34Lyman, R. Lee #39,842
14University of California, Los Angeles30#37Jeffrey Brantingham, P. Jeffrey #100,485
15New York University30#40Woolf, Greg #128,356
16University of Michigan, Ann Arbor30#43Flannery, Kent V. #162,263

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

  1. 1
    Zeder, Melinda A.
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  2. 2
    Ambrose, Stanley H.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  3. 3
    Piperno, Dolores R.
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  4. 4
    Hodder, Ian
    The Ohio State University
  5. 5
    Bar-Yosef, Ofer
    Harvard University
  6. 6
    Stiner, Mary C.
    The University of Arizona
  7. 7
    Meskell, Lynn M.
    University of Pennsylvania
  8. 8
  9. 9
    Smith, Bruce D.
    Smithsonian Institution
  10. 10
    Hamilakis, Yannis
    Brown University
  11. 11
    Erlandson, Jon McVey
    University of Oregon
  12. 12
    Lyman, R. Lee
    University of Missouri
  13. 13
    Smith, Michael E.
    Arizona State University
  14. 14
    Bentley, R. Alexander
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  15. 15
    Kennett, Douglas J.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  16. 16
    Binford, Lewis R.
    The University of New Mexico
  17. 17
    Harper, Kyle
    Santa Fe Institute
  18. 18
    Anthony, David W.
    Hartwick College
  19. 19
    Kuhn, Steven L.
    The University of Arizona
  20. 20
    Ortner, Donald J.
    Smithsonian Institution
  21. 21
    Schiffer, Michael Brian
    The University of Arizona
  22. 22
    Rick, Torben C.
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  23. 23
    Shea, John J.
    Stony Brook University
  24. 24
    Kelly, Robert L.
    University of Wyoming
  25. 25
    Manning, Sturt W.
    Cornell University
  26. 26
    Feinman, Gary M.
    Northwestern University
  27. 27
    McCormick, Michael
    Harvard University
  28. 28
    Frachetti, Michael David
    Washington University in St. Louis
  29. 29
    Jeffrey Brantingham, P. Jeffrey
    University of California, Los Angeles
  30. 30
    Lycett, Stephen J.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  31. 31
    McGovern, Patrick E.
    Phoenix Children's Hospital
  32. 32
    Price, T. Douglas
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  33. 33
    Klein, Richard G.
    Stanford University
  34. 34
    Liu, Li
    Stanford University
  35. 35
    Meltzer, David J.
    Southern Methodist University
  36. 36
    Villa, Paola
    University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
  37. 37
    Woolf, Greg
    New York University
  38. 38
    Voss, Barbara L.
    Stanford University
  39. 39
    Fitzpatrick, Scott M.
    University of Oregon
  40. 40
    Kirch, Patrick Vinton
    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  41. 41
    Lipson, Mark
    Harvard University
  42. 42
    Dibble, Harold Lewis
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  43. 43
    Dillehay, Tom Dalton
    Vanderbilt University
  44. 44
    Silverman, Helaine
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  45. 45
    Smith, Monica L.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  46. 46
    Flannery, Kent V.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  47. 47
  48. 48
    Inomata, Takeshi
    The University of Arizona
  49. 49
    van Dommelen, Peter
    Brown University
  50. 50
    O'Connell, James F.
    The University of Utah
  51. 51
    D'Alpoim Guedes, Jade
    University of Washington
  52. 52
    Munro, Natalie D.
    University of Connecticut
  53. 53
    Frahm, Ellery
    Yale University
  54. 54
    Marwick, Ben
    University of Washington
  55. 55
    Mills, Barbara J.
    The University of Arizona
  56. 56
    Kuijt, Ian
    University of Notre Dame
  57. 57
    Knudson, Kelly J.
    Arizona State University
  58. 58
    Grayson, Donald K.
    University of Washington
  59. 59
    Casana, Jesse
    Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  60. 60
    Bettinger, Robert Lawrence
    University of California, Davis
  61. 61
    Gifford-Gonzalez, Diane P.
    University of California, Santa Cruz
  62. 62
    Waters, Michael R.
    Texas A&M University
  63. 63
    Perri, Angela R.
    Chronicle Heritage
  64. 64
    Lazaridis, Iosif
    Harvard Medical School
  65. 65
    Kohler, Timothy A.
    Washington State University System
  66. 66
    Barton, C. Michael
    Arizona State University
  67. 67
    Taylor, William Timothy Treal
    University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
  68. 68
    Earle, Timothy K.
    Northwestern University
  69. 69
    Cline, Eric H.
    The George Washington University
  70. 70
    Braun, David R.
    Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology
  71. 71
    Arbuckle, Benjamin S.
    College of Arts and Sciences
  72. 72
    Winterhalder, Bruce P.
    University of California, Davis
  73. 73
    Pearsall, Deborah M.
    University of Missouri
  74. 74
    Davis, Dylan S.
    Columbia University
  75. 75
    Marshall, Fiona B.
    Washington University in St. Louis
  76. 76
    Llobera, Marcos
    University of Washington
  77. 77
    Tuross, Noreen C.
    Harvard University
  78. 78
    Eerkens, Jelmer W.
    University of California, Davis
  79. 79
    Ur, Jason A.
    Harvard University
  80. 80
    Ortman, Scott G.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  81. 81
    Dietler, Michael
    The University of Chicago
  82. 82
    Hirth, Kenneth G.
    Pennsylvania State University
  83. 83
    Wright, Lori E.
    Texas A&M University
  84. 84
    Braje, Todd J.
    University of Oregon
  85. 85
    Glascock, Michael D.
    University of Missouri
  86. 86
    Charola, Asuncion Elena
    Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute
  87. 87
    Andrefsky, William
    Washington State University Pullman
  88. 88
    Marston, John M.
    Boston University
  89. 89
    Geller, Pamela L.
    University of Miami
  90. 90
    Peeples, Matthew A.
    Arizona State University
  91. 91
    Reitsema, Laurie Jean
    University of Georgia
  92. 92
    Hastorf, Christine A.
    University of California, Berkeley
  93. 93
    Shackley, Michael Steven
    University of California, Berkeley
  94. 94
    Witmore, Christopher L.
    Texas Tech University
  95. 95
    Speth, John D.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  96. 96
    Tryon, Christian A.
    University of Connecticut
  97. 97
    Potts, Daniel Thomas
    New York University
  98. 98
    Houston, Stephen D.
    Brown University
  99. 99
    Joyce, Rosemary A.
    University of California, Berkeley
  100. 100
    Curta, Florin
    University of Florida

152 listed scientists in Archaeology in the United States

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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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