Niall Sharples

1.3k total citations
50 papers, 752 citations indexed

About

Niall Sharples is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Niall Sharples has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 752 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Paleontology, 24 papers in Archeology and 15 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Niall Sharples's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (38 papers), Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (14 papers) and Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers). Niall Sharples is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (38 papers), Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (14 papers) and Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers). Niall Sharples collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Argentina and Switzerland. Niall Sharples's co-authors include Mike Parker Pearson, Jacqui Mulville, Alison Sheridan, Lucy Cramp, Richard P. Evershed, Helen L. Whelton, Jennifer R. Jones, Jessica Smyth, Terry O’Connor and Michael J. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Radiocarbon and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Niall Sharples

46 papers receiving 624 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Niall Sharples United Kingdom 16 511 283 225 137 127 50 752
Alison Sheridan United Kingdom 14 507 1.0× 292 1.0× 235 1.0× 93 0.7× 117 0.9× 64 732
Šarūnas Milišauskas United States 12 420 0.8× 336 1.2× 245 1.1× 53 0.4× 68 0.5× 42 663
Volker Heyd United Kingdom 15 563 1.1× 481 1.7× 249 1.1× 98 0.7× 60 0.5× 47 874
Eszter Bánffy Hungary 16 494 1.0× 351 1.2× 286 1.3× 105 0.8× 61 0.5× 49 684
Bisserka Gaydarska United Kingdom 16 382 0.7× 259 0.9× 176 0.8× 84 0.6× 46 0.4× 40 585
Caroline Wickham‐Jones United Kingdom 15 446 0.9× 281 1.0× 252 1.1× 71 0.5× 62 0.5× 71 659
Kathleen McSweeney Russia 11 520 1.0× 329 1.2× 233 1.0× 197 1.4× 107 0.8× 32 613
Payson Sheets United States 9 447 0.9× 156 0.6× 326 1.4× 78 0.6× 122 1.0× 16 642
Kevin Gibbs United States 12 615 1.2× 254 0.9× 304 1.4× 236 1.7× 246 1.9× 24 774
Alexia Smith United States 11 336 0.7× 208 0.7× 132 0.6× 70 0.5× 94 0.7× 33 484

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niall Sharples

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sharples, Niall. (2019). A Norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides: excavations at mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist. Oxbow Books.
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Davis, Oliver, Niall Sharples, & David Wyatt. (2014). The CAER Heritage Project: A preliminary note on recent research and community engagement at Caerau Hillfort, Cardiff. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 2 indexed citations
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Cramp, Lucy, Jennifer R. Jones, Alison Sheridan, et al.. (2014). Immediate replacement of fishing with dairying by the earliest farmers of the northeast Atlantic archipelagos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1780). 20132372–20132372. 123 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall. (2012). A late iron age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides : excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist. Oxbow Books. 6 indexed citations
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Mulville, Jacqui, et al.. (2011). Archaeological remains on Uist's machairthreats and potential. 48. 55–85. 2 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall, et al.. (2011). The excavations at Whitchurch 2006-2009: an interim report. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 7 indexed citations
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Davis, Oliver, et al.. (2008). Changing Perspectives on the First Millennium BC: Proceedings of the Iron Age Research Student Seminar 2006. 8 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall, et al.. (2008). Topographies of accumulation at Late Bronze Age Potterne. 161–184. 3 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall. (2006). The first (permanent) houses: an interpretation of the monumental domestic architecture of Iron Age Orkney. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 281–306. 4 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall. (2001). Later prehistory in the Outer Hebrides. Antiquity. 75(289). 633–635. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, Mike Parker & Niall Sharples. (1999). Between land and sea: excavations at Dun Vulan, South Uist. 38 indexed citations
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Pearson, Mike Parker, Niall Sharples, & Jacqui Mulville. (1999). Excavations at Dun Vulan: a correction. Antiquity. 73(279). 149–152. 10 indexed citations
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Pearson, Mike Parker, Niall Sharples, & Jacqui Mulville. (1996). Brochs and Iron Age society: a reappraisal. Antiquity. 70(267). 57–67. 28 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall & Alison Sheridan. (1992). Vessels for the ancestors : essays on the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland in honour of Audrey Henshall. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall. (1991). Maiden Castle: Excavations and Field Survey 1985-6. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 57 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall, et al.. (1985). Excavations at Pierowall Quarry, Westray, Orkney. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 114. 75–125. 35 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall, et al.. (1982). The excavation of a chambered cairn, the Ord North, at Lairg, Sutherland by J X W P Corcoran. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 111. 21–62. 5 indexed citations
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Sharples, Niall. (1952). NEW ZEALAND MOLLUSCAN SYSTEMATICS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES: PART 8. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 21 indexed citations

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