Colin Renfrew

20.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
216 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Colin Renfrew is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Renfrew has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Archeology, 60 papers in Paleontology and 25 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Colin Renfrew's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (60 papers), Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (35 papers) and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (23 papers). Colin Renfrew is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (60 papers), Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (35 papers) and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (23 papers). Colin Renfrew collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Colin Renfrew's co-authors include Paul G. Bahn, J. R. Cann, Peter Forster, Peter Forster, Clive Gamble, Peter Bellwood, John F. Cherry, Michael Förster, Lucy Forster and John E. Dixon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colin Renfrew

196 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogen... 1974 2026 1991 2008 2020 2003 1974 200 400 600

Peers

Colin Renfrew
Comparison fields: 5 of 207
  • Paleontology 4.1k
  • Archeology 3.3k
  • Anthropology 2.6k
  • Genetics 1.7k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 1.0k
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Countries citing papers authored by Colin Renfrew

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Renfrew

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Renfrew

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Renfrew. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Renfrew 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 Renfrew. Colin Renfrew is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 0
2 0
3 89
4
The sapient mind : archaeology meets neuroscience
35
5
Becoming human : innovation in prehistoric material and spiritual culture
70
6 2
7 3
8
Rethinking materiality : the engagement of mind with the material world
304
9 25
10 190
11
Archaeogenetics : DNA and the population prehistory of Europe
102
12
Time depth, convergence theory, and innovation in proto-indo-european : 'Old Europe' as a PIE linguistic area
20
13
El proyecto Templo Mayor
1
14
The Prehistory of Orkney
19
15 194
16
L'énigme indo-européenne : archéologie et langage
1
17
Towards an archaeology of mind : an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Cambridge on 30 November 1982
7
18
Ancient Bulgaria's golden treasures
1
19
Ancient Europe is older than we thought
0
20
The explanation of culture change : models in prehistory : proceedings of a meeting of the Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects held at the University of Sheffield
7

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