Simon Best
Impact in
- Geography, Planning and Development top 0.5%
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Paleontology top 5%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Papers in ⓘ
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- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies 12
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- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs 7
- Co-authors
- Peter Sheppard (1 shared paper)R. J. Parker (1 shared paper)Stuart Hawkins (2 shared papers)Trevor H. Worthy (2 shared papers)Mark Horrocks (2 shared papers)Geoffrey Irwin (1 shared paper)Michael J. Rowland (1 shared paper)Stuart Bedford (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Journal of the Polynesian Society (3 papers)Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (2 papers)Scientific Reports (1 paper)International Journal of Historical Archaeology (1 paper)Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- New ZealandUnited StatesAustralia
In The Last Decade
Simon Best
15 papers receiving 224 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 41
- Geography, Planning and Development 268
- Paleontology 188
- Demography 78
- Anthropology 56
- Ecology 103
Countries citing papers authored by Simon Best
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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Best
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Co-authors
The 12 scholars most cited alongside Simon Best, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Necromancing the Stone: Archaeologists and Adzes in Samoa | 1992 | 76 |
| 2 | Lapita : a view from the East | 2002 | 50 |
| 3 | 1987 | 47 | |
| 4 | At the Halls of the Mountain Kings. Fijian and Samoan fortifications: comparison and analysis | 1993 | 41 |
| 5 | 2011 | 21 | |
| 6 | 1988 | 18 | |
| 7 | 2016 | 13 | |
| 8 | THE MAORI ADZE: AN EXPLANATION FOR CHANGE | 2016 | 7 |
| 9 | 2004 | 7 | |
| 10 | 1980 | 6 | |
| 11 | Report on the Second Phase of Fieldwork at the Tataga-Matau Site, American Samoa | 1988 | 6 |
| 12 | Quaker Events for Young People: Informal Education and Faith Transmission | 2007 | 5 |
| 13 | Fortifications in Fiji and Samoa: Comparisons and Predictions | 1992 | 5 |
| 14 | Fifty Years in the Field: Essays in Honour and Celebration of Richard Shutler Jr's Archaeological Career [Book Review] | 2003 | 1 |
| 15 | Analysis of Sediments and Plant Remains from the Find-spot of a Cache of Polynesian Gardening Tools at Ruakaka, Northern New Zealand | 2003 | 1 |
| 16 | A Short Site Survey in Western Samoa: Preliminary Results | 1994 | 0 |
| 17 | 2013 | 0 |
About Simon Best
Simon Best is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Demography, Ecology, Paleontology and Aquatic Science, having authored 17 papers that have together received 304 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (12 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (7 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 papers), Echinoderm biology and ecology (2 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (2 papers), Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment (2 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geography, Planning and Development (268 citations), Paleontology (188 citations), Demography (78 citations), Anthropology (56 citations) and Ecology (103 citations). Simon Best has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Peter Sheppard, R. J. Parker, Stuart Hawkins, Trevor H. Worthy, Mark Horrocks, Geoffrey Irwin, Michael J. Rowland, Stuart Bedford, Matthew Spriggs and Geoffrey Clark. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the Polynesian Society, Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Historical Archaeology and Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association.
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