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Colin Renfrew 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 Colin Renfrew sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 374 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Colin Renfrew 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 Colin Renfrew sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Colin Renfrew was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions primarily spanned the fields of Arts and Humanities, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Social Sciences. Renfrew's work had a strong focus on Archaeology, with significant involvement in subfields such as Paleontology, Anthropology, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics.

Themes explored in their research included Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Ancient Near East History, Archaeology and Historical Studies, Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Renfrew's publication venues featured journals and encyclopedias notable for archaeological and scientific discourse. Frequent venues were:

  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Encyclopedia of Ancient History
  • Journal of Field Archaeology
  • JOURNAL OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY

Several papers attributed to Renfrew include:

  • The sanctuary at Keros in the Aegean Early Bronze Age: from centre of congregation to centre of power, 2022, JOURNAL OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Open Area, Open Data: Advances in Reflexive Archaeological Practice, 2021, Journal of Field Archaeology
  • Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reply to Sánchez-Pacheco et al., Chookajorn, and Mavian et al.: Explaining phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global perspectives on obsidian studies in archaeology, 2020, Quaternary International

Renfrew collaborated frequently with other researchers including Michael J. Boyd, Evi Margaritis, Myrto Georgakopoulou, Myrsini Gkouma, and Ioanna Moutafi. Boyd was the most frequent coauthor, with 13 joint works.

Among their book publications, Renfrew authored Early Islamic North Africa published by Bloomsbury Academic eBooks in 2020.

Throughout their career, Renfrew received several recognitions, such as the International Balzan Prize in 2004, election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996, and membership in Academia Europaea in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

    Peter Forster;Lucy Forster;Colin Renfrew;Michael Forster

  • Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice

    Colin Renfrew;Paul G. Bahn

  • Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins

    Clive Gamble;Colin Renfrew

  • Ancient DNA from the first European farmers in 7500-year-old Neolithic sites

    Wolfgang Haak;Peter Forster;Barbara Bramanti;Shuichi Matsumura

  • Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins

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  • The emergence of civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the third millennium B.C

    Colin Renfrew

  • Mitochondrial DNA and the origins of the domestic horse

    Thomas Jansen;Peter Forster;Marsha A. Levine;Hardy Oelke

  • Examining the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis

    Peter S. Bellwood;Colin Renfrew

  • ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

    Colin Renfrew

  • Peer Polity Interaction and Socio-political Change

    Colin Renfrew;John F. Cherry

  • Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins

    Colin Renfrew

  • The Characterization of Obsidian and its application to the Mediterranean Region.

    J. R. Cann;Colin Renfrew

  • Phylogenetic Star Contraction Applied to Asian and Papuan mtDNA Evolution

    Peter Forster;Antonio Torroni;Colin Renfrew;Arne Röhl

  • Before civilization: The radiocarbon revolution and prehistoric Europe

    Colin Renfrew

  • Revealing the prehistoric settlement of Australia by Y chromosome and mtDNA analysis

    Georgi Hudjashov;Toomas Kivisild;Peter A. Underhill;Phillip Endicott

  • Obsidian and Early Cultural Contact in the Near East

    Colin Renfrew;J. E. Dixon;J. R. Cann

  • The Explanation of Culture Change: Models in Prehistory

    Michael Walker;Colin Renfrew

  • Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice.

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  • Rethinking materiality : the engagement of mind with the material world

    Elizabeth DeMarrais;Christopher Gosden;Colin Renfrew

  • The Ancient Mind: Elements of Cognitive Archaeology

    Colin Renfrew;Ezra B. W. Zubrow

  • Archaeology and language

    Colin Renfrew

  • Parallel Evolution of Genes and Languages in the Caucasus Region

    Oleg Balanovsky;Oleg Balanovsky;Khadizhat Dibirova;Anna Dybo;Oleg Mudrak

  • Further Analysis of Near Eastern Obsidians

    Colin Renfrew;J. E. Dixon;J. R. Cann

  • Cognitive Life of Things: Recasting the Boundaries of the Mind

    Lambros Malafouris;Colin Renfrew

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Heggarty
Paul Heggarty Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Wolfgang Haak
Wolfgang Haak Max Planck Society
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Chris D. Frith
Chris D. Frith University College London
Bruce G. Trigger
Bruce G. Trigger McGill University
Peter Bellwood
Peter Bellwood Australian National University
Stephen Shennan
Stephen Shennan University College London
Matthew E. Hurles
Matthew E. Hurles Wellcome Sanger Institute
Lluis Quintana-Murci
Lluis Quintana-Murci Institut Pasteur

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