John Simpson

1.5k total citations
84 papers, 699 citations indexed

About

John Simpson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Simpson has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 699 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in Archeology and 18 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in John Simpson's work include Nuclear Issues and Defense (17 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (14 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (9 papers). John Simpson is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Issues and Defense (17 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (14 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (9 papers). John Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Australia. John Simpson's co-authors include Rainer Grün, Alan Thorne, Nigel A. Spooner, Graham Mortimer, Lois Taylor, Darren Curnoe, Malcolm T. McCulloch, John Clegg, Georgina Herrmann and Paul Yule and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

John Simpson

66 papers receiving 595 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Simpson United Kingdom	11	250	193	181	123	119	84	699
Noble David Cook United States	17	327 1.3×	64 0.3×	170 0.9×	122 1.0×	121 1.0×	69	1.2k
Laura A. Lewis United States	14	306 1.2×	189 1.0×	202 1.1×	112 0.9×	45 0.4×	43	704
Richard A. Cosgrove United States	14	287 1.1×	82 0.4×	242 1.3×	186 1.5×	89 0.7×	50	697
Thurstan Shaw Nigeria	17	347 1.4×	174 0.9×	242 1.3×	68 0.6×	58 0.5×	62	837
George Nicholas Canada	17	301 1.2×	245 1.3×	307 1.7×	89 0.7×	26 0.2×	48	1.1k
David Kennedy Australia	19	150 0.6×	428 2.2×	226 1.2×	281 2.3×	252 2.1×	134	1.2k
Linda A. Newson United Kingdom	14	279 1.1×	50 0.3×	255 1.4×	205 1.7×	83 0.7×	59	954
Graham Connah Australia	17	456 1.8×	198 1.0×	246 1.4×	68 0.6×	52 0.4×	75	785
Paul Lane United Kingdom	21	631 2.5×	244 1.3×	265 1.5×	134 1.1×	51 0.4×	85	1.3k
Grant McCall United States	17	412 1.6×	160 0.8×	318 1.8×	186 1.5×	37 0.3×	72	954

Countries citing papers authored by John Simpson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Simpson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simpson, John, et al.. (2025). Tracing glass production in urban centers along the Silk Roads in the early Islamic period. iScience. 28(2). 111845–111845.

Fedrigo, Anna, et al.. (2024). Neutron tomography reveals extensive modern modification in Iron Age Iranian swords. Journal of Archaeological Science. 171. 106018–106018.

Simpson, John, et al.. (2021). New radiocarbon dates and environmental analyses of finds from 1903 excavations in the eastern plot of the Tashtyk cemetery of Oglakhty. Sibirskie istoricheskie issledovaniya. 24–59. 1 indexed citations

Sauer, Eberhard, et al.. (2020). Dariali: the 'Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from antiquity to the age of the Huns and the middle ages: the joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations and surveys of 2013-2016. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 4 indexed citations

Sauer, Eberhard, et al.. (2020). Dariali: The 'Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. Oxbow Books. 2 indexed citations

Herrmann, Georgina, et al.. (2017). The International Merv Project. Iran. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Roger, et al.. (2012). Proceedings of the 7th International Congress On the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 12 April–16 April 2010, the British Museum and UCL, London. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 4 indexed citations

Baker, Keith, Gerry Stoker, & John Simpson. (2011). Assessing the prospects for a revival of nuclear power in Britain. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy. 226(3). 339–350. 2 indexed citations

Grün, Rainer, Nigel A. Spooner, John Magee, et al.. (2011). Stratigraphy and chronology of the WLH 50 human remains, Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, Australia. Journal of Human Evolution. 60(5). 597–604. 8 indexed citations

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Curtis, John & John Simpson. (2010). The world of Achaemenid Persia : history, art and society in Iran and the ancient Near East : proceedings of a conference at the British Museum, 29th September-1st October 2005. I.B.Tauris eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Simpson, John. (2009). In a Crisis, Our Nation Must Have an Ambitious Education Strategy.. The chronicle of higher education. 55(28).

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Simpson, John, et al.. (2005). The 2005 NPT Review Conference: Mission Impossible?. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5 indexed citations

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Thorne, Alan, Rainer Grün, Graham Mortimer, et al.. (1999). Australia's oldest human remains: age of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(6). 591–612. 222 indexed citations

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Cole, Ben, et al.. (1999). Surveying the nuclear future: Which way from here?. Contemporary Security Policy. 20(1). 5–41. 2 indexed citations

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Simpson, John & Rainer Grün. (1998). Non-destructive gamma spectrometric U-series dating. Quaternary Science Reviews. 17(11). 1009–1022. 64 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Georgina, et al.. (1996). The International Merv Project. Preliminary Report on the Fourth Season (1995). Iran. 34. 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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Simpson, John. (1994). Note on Qasr Serij. Iraq. 56. 149–151. 1 indexed citations

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Simpson, John. (1994). A Note on Qasr Serij. Iraq. 56. 149–149. 2 indexed citations

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Simpson, John, et al.. (1993). Nuclearisation and denuclearisation in South Africa. Survival. 35(3). 154–173. 11 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Georgina, et al.. (1993). The International Merv Project: Preliminary Report on the Eighth Season (1999). Iran. 31. 1–22. 22 indexed citations

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