Bruce G. Trigger publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bruce G. Trigger between 1962 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bruce G. Trigger published across 62 years, from 1962 to 2023, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2003. 3 of the 304 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

1962 2023

304 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bruce G. Trigger: publications per year, 1962 to 2023
Year	Publications
1962	1
1963	2
1964	0
1965	4
1966	3
1967	9
1968	7
1969	8
1970	4
1971	9
1972	12
1973	0
1974	5
1975	6
1976	6
1977	4
1978	6
1979	5
1980	8
1981	4
1982	6
1983	9
1984	8
1985	4
1986	7
1987	5
1988	7
1989	9
1990	7
1991	9
1992	8
1993	5
1994	10
1995	6
1996	13
1997	5
1998	4
1999	3
2000	2
2001	3
2002	3
2003	34
2004	0
2005	0
2006	12
2007	0
2008	4
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	8
2018	0
2019	1
2020	1
2021	5
2022	1
2023	2
Total	304

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Bruce G. Trigger publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce G. Trigger sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 298 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106	298
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Bruce G. Trigger D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce G. Trigger sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166	51
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Research.com Recognitions

1976 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Bruce G. Trigger was affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research contributions spanned several fields within the social sciences and humanities.

The primary fields of study included:

Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities

Their work covered a range of subfields such as:

Archeology
Anthropology
Sociology and Political Science
Museology
Paleontology

The main topics addressed in their publications were:

Museums and Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
Canadian Identity and History

Bruce G. Trigger's recent papers included:

A Present of their Past? Anthropologists, Native People, and their Heritage (2021, Culture)
Archaeological Analysis and Concepts of Causality (2021, Culture)
Loaves and Fishes: Sustaining Anthropology at McGill (2021, Culture)
Evolutionism, Relativism and Putting Native People into Historical Context (2021, Culture)
Reply to Michael Ames (2021, Culture)

Their frequent publication venue was the journal Culture, with a total of seven publications.

Among their recognitions, Bruce G. Trigger was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1976, associated with the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

A History of Archaeological Thought

Bruce G. Trigger

2164
Citations
Understanding early civilizations : a comparative study

Bruce G. Trigger

673
Citations
Monumental architecture: A thermodynamic explanation of symbolic behaviour

Bruce G. Trigger

535
Citations
Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist

Bruce G. Trigger

521
Citations
Foragers, Genuine or Spurious?: Situating the Kalahari San in History [and Comments and Reply]

Jacqueline S. Solway;Richard B. Lee;Alan Barnard;M. G. Bicchieri

395
Citations
The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660

Bruce G. Trigger

314
Citations
ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE IMAGE OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

Bruce G. Trigger

280
Citations
World Prehistory: A New Outline.

Unknown

261
Citations
Processual Archaeology and the Radical Critique [and Comments and Reply]

Timothy K. Earle;Robert W. Preucel;Elizabeth M. Brumfiel;Christopher Carr

253
Citations
Ancient Egypt: A Social History

B. G. Trigger;B. J. Kemp;D. O'Connor;A. B. Lloyd

216
Citations
Natives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered

Bruce G Trigger

213
Citations
Understanding Early Civilizations

Bruce G. Trigger

207
Citations
Ancient Egypt: List of figures

B. G. Trigger;B. J. Kemp;D. O'Connor;A. B. Lloyd

194
Citations
Monumentality and the Rise of Religious Authority in Precontact Hawai'i [and Comments and Reply]

Michael J. Kolb;Ross Cordy;Timothy Earle;Gary Feinman

187
Citations
The Huron: Farmers of the North

Bruce G. Trigger

171
Citations
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas

Bruce G. Trigger;Wilcomb E. Washburn

165
Citations
Anthropological Perspectives on Ancient Trade [and Comments and Replies]

Robert McC. Adams;J. M. Adovasio;Burchard Brentjes;H. Neville Chittick

161
Citations
Nubia under the Pharaohs

Bruce G. Trigger

154
Citations
Beyond History: The Methods of Prehistory

Bruce G. Trigger

142
Citations
Cognition and material culture : the archaeology of symbolic storage

Bruce G. Trigger;Colin Renfrew;Chris Scarre

123
Citations
A History of Archaeological Thought

Brian Fagan;Bruce G. Trigger

66
Citations
A History of Archaeological Thought

Stuart Piggott;Bruce G. Trigger

62
Citations
The Collapse of Complex Societies

Bruce G. Trigger;Joseph A. Tainter

49
Citations
Handbook of North American Indians

Yasuhide Kawashima;Bruce G. Trigger

44
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Renfrew University of Cambridge

Robert Gordon Wilfrid Laurier University

Tim Ingold University of Aberdeen

Stephen Shennan University College London

Robin Dennell University of Exeter

Ian Hodder Stanford University

Gary M. Feinman Field Museum of Natural History

Timothy Earle Northwestern University

Nicholas J. Conard University of Tübingen

Stuart B. Schwartz Yale University

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