Iain Banks

446 total citations
37 papers, 226 citations indexed

About

Iain Banks is a scholar working on Space and Planetary Science, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain Banks has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 226 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Space and Planetary Science, 14 papers in Archeology and 11 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Iain Banks's work include Archaeological Research and Protection (15 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (8 papers). Iain Banks is often cited by papers focused on Archaeological Research and Protection (15 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (8 papers). Iain Banks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Finland and Norway. Iain Banks's co-authors include Tony Pollard, John Atkinson, Gavin MacGregor, Jacqueline I. McKinley, Camilla Dickson, Oula Seitsonen, Andy M. Jones, Helen Smith, Sheila Boardman and Alison Sheridan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Leading Edge, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and Cambridge Archaeological Journal.

In The Last Decade

Iain Banks

29 papers receiving 163 citations

Peers

Iain Banks
Carol McDavid United States
Jonathan Last United Kingdom
Audrey Horning United Kingdom
W.J.H. Willems Netherlands
Reinhard Bernbeck Germany
Laurent Olivier France
Alain Schnapp France
Ömür Harmanşah United States
Stephen H. Savage United States
Jody Joy United Kingdom
Carol McDavid United States
Iain Banks
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Countries citing papers authored by Iain Banks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Iain Banks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iain Banks

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

All Works

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Herva, Vesa‐Pekka, et al.. (2024). Folk Magic and the Haunting of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 34(4). 547–565.
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Banks, Iain. (2022). Nazis, we still hate those guys!. 17(3). 147–154. 1 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain. (2014). Digging in the Dark: The Underground War on the Western Front in World War I. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 9(3). 156–176. 12 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain. (2012). Geophysics and the Great Escape. The Leading Edge. 31(8). 916–920. 6 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony & Iain Banks. (2010). Now the Wars are Over: The Past, Present and Future of Scottish Battlefields. International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 14(3). 414–441. 4 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony & Iain Banks. (2008). Archaeological Investigation of Military Sites on Inchkeith Island. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 4(1-2). 109–136. 1 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony & Iain Banks. (2007). War and Sacrifice: Studies in the archaeology of Conflict. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 11 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain. (2007). Ghosts in the Desert: the Archaeological Investigation of a Sub-Saharan Battlefield. 3(1). 1–28. 4 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony & Iain Banks. (2006). Past Tense: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 8 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain, et al.. (2006). Leith Open Spaces Project (Leith siege works) Geophysics. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 2 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony & Iain Banks. (2005). Why a Journal of Conflict Archaeology and Why Now?. 1(1). iii–vii. 10 indexed citations
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Knapp, A. Bernard, et al.. (2003). Settlement and cemetery in and around Katydhata village: from prehistory to the Roman era. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 2 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain, et al.. (2002). Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure at Woodend Farm, Johnstonebridge, Annandalw, 1994 and 1997. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 130. 223–281. 1 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain. (2000). Look to Windward. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Photos-Jones, Effie, John Atkinson, A. J. Hall, & Iain Banks. (1998). The bloomery mounds of the Scottish Highlands. Part 1: the archaeological background. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 9 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony, et al.. (1997). Excavation of a Neolithic settlement and ritual complex at Beckton Farm, Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127(14). 69–121. 19 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain, et al.. (1996). Excavation at Lintshie Gutter Unenclosed Platform Settlement, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 125. 369–427. 14 indexed citations
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Banks, Iain, Camilla Dickson, Jacqueline I. McKinley, et al.. (1996). The excavation of three cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 125. 289–343. 15 indexed citations
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Pollard, Tony, John Atkinson, & Iain Banks. (1996). 10. It Is the Technical Side of the Work which is My Stumbling Block: A Shell Midden Site on Risga Reconsidered. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 165–182. 5 indexed citations
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Atkinson, John, et al.. (1996). Nationalism and archaeology : Scottish Archaeological Forum. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 23 indexed citations

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