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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 71 716 622 338 288 251 31167

Ian Hodder publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ian Hodder between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ian Hodder published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2003. 4 of the 266 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2003. 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 4 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 8 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 6 publications 1982: 10 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 1 publication
1971 2025

266 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ian Hodder: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 2
1975 1
1976 1
1977 4
1978 3
1979 8
1980 3
1981 6
1982 10
1983 2
1984 6
1985 3
1986 5
1987 5
1988 4
1989 4
1990 6
1991 4
1992 5
1993 1
1994 3
1995 1
1996 2
1997 4
1998 5
1999 6
2000 5
2001 1
2002 3
2003 17
2004 5
2005 3
2006 5
2007 6
2008 5
2009 6
2010 9
2011 9
2012 14
2013 13
2014 12
2015 3
2016 5
2017 3
2018 5
2019 3
2020 11
2021 4
2022 6
2023 4
2024 3
2025 1
Total 266
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Ian Hodder 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 Ian Hodder sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 244–253 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 251 publications — 79th percentile

79% 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
244–253 167 251
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
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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Ian Hodder 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 Ian Hodder sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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
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 71
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

  • 2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ian Hodder is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within arts and humanities, earth and planetary sciences, and social sciences. The main subfields of their work include archaeology, paleontology, anthropology, genetics, and geography, planning, and development.

The research topics covered by Ian Hodder encompass:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Ancient Near East history
  • Forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies
  • Ancient Egypt and archaeology
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology
  • Forensic and genetic research

Ian Hodder has published a number of recent papers, including:

  • Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes, 2021, Current Biology
  • The paradox of the long term: human evolution and entanglement, 2020, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
  • Staying Egalitarian and the Origins of Agriculture in the Middle East, 2022, Cambridge Archaeological Journal
  • Mobility and kinship in the world's first village societies, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Twenty-Five Years of Research at Çatalhöyük, 2020, Near Eastern Archaeology

Frequent co-authors in their scholarly work include Marin A. Pilloud, Scott D. Haddow, Christopher J. Knüsel, Mehmet Somel, and Kıvılcım Başak Vural.

The main venues where Ian Hodder's research has been published multiple times are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Near Eastern Archaeology
  • Anatolian Studies
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Biology

In recognition of their professional work, Ian Hodder was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Symbols in Action: Ethnoarchaeological Studies of Material Culture

    Ian Hodder

  • The interpretation of documents and material culture.

    Ian Hodder

  • Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things

    Ian Hodder

  • Spatial Analysis in Archaeology

    Ian Hodder;Clive Orton

  • The archaeological process : an introduction

    Ian Hodder

  • Reading the past : current approaches to interpretation in archaeology

    Ian Hodder;Scott Randolph Hutson

  • Theory and practice in archaeology

    Ian Hodder

  • Earliest date for milk use in the Near East and southeastern Europe linked to cattle herding

    Richard P. Evershed;Sebastian Payne;Andrew G. Sherratt;Mark S. Copley

  • Symbolic and structural archaeology

    Ian Hodder

  • Reading the past

    Ian Hodder

  • Interpretación en arqueología: corrientes actuales

    Ian Hodder

  • Theoretical archaeology: a reactionary view

    Ian Hodder

  • Interpretive Archaeology and Its Role

    Ian Hodder

  • Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]

    Mark P. Leone;Parker B. Potter;Paul A. Shackel;Michael L. Blakey

  • Archaeological Theory Today

    Ian Hodder

  • 'Always momentary, fluid and flexible' : towards a reflexive excavation methodology

    Ian Hodder

  • Economic and Social Stress and Material Culture Patterning

    Ian Hodder

  • Evolution of Specialized Pottery Production: A Trial Model [and Comments and Reply]

    Prudence M. Rice;William Y. Adams;Joseph W. Ball;Whitney M. Davis

  • Processual, postprocessual and interpretive archaeologies

    Michael Shanks;Ian Hodder

  • Pattern of the past : studies in honour of David Clarke

    David L. Clarke;Ian Hodder;Glynn Llywelyn Isaac;Norman Hammond

  • Spatial Analysis in Archaeology.

    P. R. Freeman;Ian Hodder;Clive Orton

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard Mourou
Gerard Mourou École Polytechnique
Lynn Meskell
Lynn Meskell University of Pennsylvania
Timothy Earle
Timothy Earle Northwestern University
Thomas E. Levy
Thomas E. Levy University of California, San Diego
Gary M. Feinman
Gary M. Feinman Field Museum of Natural History
Mattias Jakobsson
Mattias Jakobsson Uppsala University
Anders Götherström
Anders Götherström Stockholm University
Harvey Whitehouse
Harvey Whitehouse University of Oxford
Fiona Brock
Fiona Brock Cranfield University
Can Alkan
Can Alkan Bilkent University

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