Ian Ralston

876 total citations
60 papers, 455 citations indexed

About

Ian Ralston is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Space and Planetary Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Ralston has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 455 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Archeology, 21 papers in Paleontology and 13 papers in Space and Planetary Science. Recurrent topics in Ian Ralston's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (13 papers) and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (11 papers). Ian Ralston is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (13 papers) and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (11 papers). Ian Ralston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and France. Ian Ralston's co-authors include Kevin J. Edwards, John Hunter, Fraser Hunter, Manuel Fernández‐Götz, Alastair M. D. Gemmell, Peter S. Wells, Barry Cunliffe, Niall Sharples, Bill Finlayson and Olivier Büchsenschütz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Quaternary Science, Boreas and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Ian Ralston

53 papers receiving 349 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ian Ralston United Kingdom 11 239 173 126 70 61 60 455
Robert Van de Noort United Kingdom 12 193 0.8× 171 1.0× 71 0.6× 52 0.7× 50 0.8× 36 372
Dries Tys Belgium 12 185 0.8× 149 0.9× 58 0.5× 59 0.8× 57 0.9× 37 386
Simon Stoddart United Kingdom 12 250 1.0× 274 1.6× 106 0.8× 52 0.7× 43 0.7× 54 480
Michael L. Galaty United States 14 263 1.1× 273 1.6× 150 1.2× 35 0.5× 57 0.9× 31 469
Alan Saville United Kingdom 12 275 1.2× 160 0.9× 160 1.3× 88 1.3× 30 0.5× 46 397
Frans Verhaeghe Belgium 8 161 0.7× 127 0.7× 140 1.1× 52 0.7× 24 0.4× 60 377
Colin Haselgrove United Kingdom 14 230 1.0× 154 0.9× 140 1.1× 36 0.5× 37 0.6× 47 463
John Coles United Kingdom 13 309 1.3× 173 1.0× 166 1.3× 82 1.2× 38 0.6× 61 567
Caroline Wickham‐Jones United Kingdom 15 446 1.9× 281 1.6× 252 2.0× 121 1.7× 62 1.0× 71 659
Francesco Menotti Switzerland 10 150 0.6× 98 0.6× 56 0.4× 81 1.2× 23 0.4× 26 272

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Ralston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Ralston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Ralston

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ralston, Ian, et al.. (2024). L’âge du Fer en Europe. Mélanges offerts à Olivier Buchsenschutz. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Ralston, Ian & Gary Lock. (2019). Hillforts: Britain, Ireland and the Nearer Continent. Papers from the Atlas of hillforts of Britain and Ireland Conference, June 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Breeze, David J., et al.. (2019). Marguerite Wood and Margaret Simpson, two pioneering Scottish women. 41(1). 108–118. 3 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian. (2017). Oppida in Caesar’s Gallic War. 1 indexed citations
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Brophy, Kenneth, Gavin MacGregor, & Ian Ralston. (2016). The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian. (2010). Obituary: Ian Alexander George Shepherd. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 139. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian, et al.. (2010). Artefacts and sites: a long and problematic relationship. 32(1). 1–13.
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Ralston, Ian, et al.. (2009). Le siège d'Avaricum en 52 avant J.-C. ou comment les Gaulois se sont défendus contre les Romains. 145–156. 1 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian. (2004). Hill-Forts of Pictland since `The Problem of the Picts'. 9 indexed citations
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Büchsenschütz, Olivier, et al.. (2001). The 5th century BC at Bourges, Berry, France: new discoveries. Antiquity. 75(287). 23–24. 5 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian. (1999). The Iron Age: aspects of the human communities and their environments. Journal of Quaternary Science. 14(6). 501–512. 3 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian, et al.. (1998). The excavation of a square-ditched barrow and other cropmarks at Boysack Mills, Inverkeilor, Angus. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127. 359–386. 9 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian, Kevin J. Edwards, Alastair M. D. Gemmell, et al.. (1997). Four short cists from north-east Scotland and Easter Ross. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 126. 121–155. 9 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian, Ann Clarke, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (1996). Excavations at Inveravon on the Antonine Wall, 1991. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 125. 521–576. 8 indexed citations
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Armit, Ian, Trevor Cowie, Ian Ralston, et al.. (1995). Excavation of pits containing grooved ware at Hillend, Clydesdale district, Strathclyde Region. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 124. 113–127. 7 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian. (1992). Les enceintes fortifiées du Limousin. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Ralston, Ian. (1987). The Yorkshire Television vitrified wall experiment at East Tullos, City of Aberdeen District. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 116. 17–40. 13 indexed citations
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Edwards, Kevin J. & Ian Ralston. (1980). New dating and environmental evidence from Burghead Fort, Moray. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 109. 202–210. 8 indexed citations

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