Colin Breen

822 total citations
54 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

Colin Breen is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Space and Planetary Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Breen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Archeology, 19 papers in Anthropology and 18 papers in Space and Planetary Science. Recurrent topics in Colin Breen's work include Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (27 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (18 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (15 papers). Colin Breen is often cited by papers focused on Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (27 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (18 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (15 papers). Colin Breen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Kenya. Colin Breen's co-authors include Wes Forsythe, Paul Lane, Rory Quinn, Lucy Blue, Kieran Westley, Daniel Rhodes, Myles Mander, Martin Dean, Mark Lawrence and Roy McConkey and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Archaeological Science and Journal of the Geological Society.

In The Last Decade

Colin Breen

52 papers receiving 423 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Breen United Kingdom 12 272 116 102 56 53 54 451
Lucy Blue United Kingdom 10 217 0.8× 108 0.9× 62 0.6× 26 0.5× 41 0.8× 52 316
Joanne Clarke United Kingdom 8 159 0.6× 50 0.4× 41 0.4× 83 1.5× 58 1.1× 28 356
Wes Forsythe United Kingdom 10 213 0.8× 73 0.6× 76 0.7× 45 0.8× 8 0.2× 32 307
Sam Turner United Kingdom 12 205 0.8× 40 0.3× 108 1.1× 36 0.6× 19 0.4× 47 478
Robert Van de Noort United Kingdom 12 171 0.6× 71 0.6× 50 0.5× 16 0.3× 28 0.5× 36 372
Louise Rayne United Kingdom 8 147 0.5× 49 0.4× 180 1.8× 11 0.2× 30 0.6× 16 323
J.C.A. Kolen Ukraine 12 145 0.5× 125 1.1× 30 0.3× 12 0.2× 19 0.4× 40 542
Kathryn A. Bard United States 16 367 1.3× 141 1.2× 25 0.2× 28 0.5× 8 0.2× 41 643
Marnix Pieters Belgium 9 162 0.6× 33 0.3× 14 0.1× 48 0.9× 31 0.6× 43 327
Francesco Carrer United Kingdom 12 141 0.5× 76 0.7× 47 0.5× 21 0.4× 8 0.2× 36 392

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Breen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Breen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Breen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Breen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Breen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Colin Breen. Colin Breen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Westley, Kieran, et al.. (2022). Big Data in Maritime Archaeology: Challenges and Prospects from the Middle East and North Africa. Journal of Field Archaeology. 47(3). 131–148. 12 indexed citations
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Blue, Lucy, et al.. (2022). Establishing a baseline for the study of maritime cultural heritage in the Gaza Strip. Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 156(1). 4–42. 4 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2022). Documenting, Protecting and Managing Endangered Maritime Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 17(3). 341–352. 3 indexed citations
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Forsythe, Wes, et al.. (2021). The Archaeology of Salt Production in Post-Medieval Ireland. Post-Medieval Archaeology. 55(1). 91–108.
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Westley, Kieran, et al.. (2021). Climate change and coastal archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa: assessing past impacts and future threats. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 18(2). 251–283. 32 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2020). Constructing Contemporary Nationhood in the Museums and Heritage Centres of Catalonia. Museum and Society. 18(2). 170–182. 1 indexed citations
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Jackson, Derek, et al.. (2020). Whole-island wind bifurcation and localized topographic steering: Impacts on aeolian dune dynamics. The Science of The Total Environment. 763. 144444–144444. 4 indexed citations
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Blue, Lucy & Colin Breen. (2019). Maritime Archaeology and Capacity Development in the Global South. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 14(3). 321–332. 7 indexed citations
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Forsythe, Wes, et al.. (2018). Persistence and risk: salt production in post-medieval Ireland. World Archaeology. 50(4). 603–619. 2 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2016). Heritage and separatism in Barcelona: the case of El Born Cultural Centre. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 22(6). 434–445. 5 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2015). Heritage, identity and community engagement at Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 21(9). 919–937. 4 indexed citations
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Montgomery, Paul, Wes Forsythe, & Colin Breen. (2015). Intertidal Fish Traps from Ireland: Some Recent Discoveries in Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 10(2). 117–139. 7 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Daniel, Colin Breen, & Wes Forsythe. (2015). Zanzibar: A Nineteenth-Century Landscape of the Omani Elite. International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 19(2). 334–355. 10 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2011). Survey and excavation at Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyll. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 140. 165–178. 1 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2011). Excavations at the medieval Red Sea port of Suakin, Sudan. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 46(2). 205–220. 7 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Wayne, Colin Breen, & Michael Entzeroth. (2007). Genomics as knowledge enterprise: Implementing an electronic research habitat at the Biopolis Experimental Therapeutics Center. Biotechnology Journal. 3(3). 364–369. 2 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin & Paul Lane. (2004). Archaeological approaches to East Africa’s changing seascapes. World Archaeology. 35(3). 469–489. 50 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin. (2000). An unidentified late 18th century shipwreck in Derrynane Harbour, Co Kerry. 29. 135–142. 1 indexed citations

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