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D-Index
89
Citations
26494
World Ranking
211
National Ranking
98

Ofer Bar-Yosef 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 Ofer Bar-Yosef sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 310 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ofer Bar-Yosef 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 Ofer Bar-Yosef sits on this spectrum.

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: 89 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Ofer Bar-Yosef was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic work primarily focused on fields within Arts and Humanities, especially archaeology.

The main fields of study encompassed:

  • Arts and Humanities

Within these, their subfield specialization was in archaeology.

  • Archaeology

The research topics covered in their publications included:

  • Ancient Near East History
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Ancient Egypt and Archaeology

The scientist collaborated frequently with Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer.

  • Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer

In recognition of their work, Ofer Bar-Yosef was inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Differential Burning, Recrystallization, and Fragmentation of Archaeological Bone

    Mary C. Stiner;Steven L. Kuhn;Stephen Weiner;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • States of preservation of bones from prehistoric sites in the Near East: A survey

    Stephen Weiner;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Paleolithic population growth pulses evidenced by small animal exploitation

    Mary C. Stiner;Natalie D. Munro;Todd A. Surovell;Eitan Tchernov

  • The Upper Paleolithic Revolution

    Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • The Natufian culture in the Levant, threshold to the origins of agriculture

    Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • The Big Deal about Blades: Laminar Technologies and Human Evolution

    Ofer Bar-Yosef;Steven L. Kuhn

  • Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians

    Eppie R. Jones;Gloria Gonzalez-Fortes;Gloria Gonzalez-Fortes;Sarah Connell;Veronika Siska

  • The origins of sedentism and farming communities in the Levant

    Ofer Bar-Yosef;Anna Belfer-Cohen

  • Thermoluminescence dating of Mousterian Troto-Cro-Magnon' remains from Israel and the origin of modern man

    H. Valladas;J. L. Reyss;J. L. Joron;G. Valladas

  • Neandertals and modern humans in Western Asia

    Takeru Akazawa;Kenichi Aoki;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Early Pottery at 20,000 Years Ago in Xianrendong Cave, China

    Xiaohong Wu;Chi Zhang;Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg;David Cohen

  • From Africa to Eurasia — early dispersals

    Ofer Bar-Yosef;A. Belfer-Cohen

  • The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel

    O. Bar-Yosef;B. Vandermeersch;B. Arensburg;A. Belfer-Cohen

  • The broad spectrum revisited: Evidence from plant remains

    Ehud Weiss;Wilma Wetterstrom;Dani Nadel;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Thermoluminescence dates for the Neanderthal burial site at Kebara in Israel

    H. Valladas;J. L. Joron;G. Valladas;B. Arensburg

  • Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley

    Mordechai E. Kislev;Anat Hartmann;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • ESR dates for the hominid burial site of Qafzeh in Israel

    H.P. Schwarcz;R. Grün;B. Vandermeersch;O. Bar-Yosef

  • The Chaîne Opératoire Approach in Middle Paleolithic Archaeology

    Ofer Bar-Yosef;Philip Van Peer

  • Ash deposits in Hayonim and Kebara caves, Israel : Macroscopic, microscopic and mineralogical observations, and their archaeological implications

    Solveig Schiegl;Paul Goldberg;Ofer Bar-Yosef;Steve Weiner

  • The Faunas of Hayonim Cave, Israel: A 200,000-Year Record of Paleolithic Diet, Demography, and Society

    Mary C. Stiner;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Last hunters - first farmers : new perspectives on the prehistoric transition to agriculture

    T. Douglas Price;Anne Birgitte Gebauer;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Ahead of the Game: Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Hunting Behaviors in the Southern Caucasus

    Daniel S. Adler;Guy Bar-Oz;Anna Belfer-Cohen;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Mousterian vegetal food in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel

    Efraim Lev;Mordechai E. Kislev;Ofer Bar-Yosef

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehouda Enzel
Yehouda Enzel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Paul Goldberg
Paul Goldberg Boston University
Anna Belfer-Cohen
Anna Belfer-Cohen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elisabetta Boaretto
Elisabetta Boaretto Weizmann Institute of Science
Steven L. Kuhn
Steven L. Kuhn University of Arizona
Hélène Valladas
Hélène Valladas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Avi Gopher
Avi Gopher Tel Aviv University
Henry P. Schwarcz
Henry P. Schwarcz McMaster University
Rosa M. Albert
Rosa M. Albert Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Norbert Mercier
Norbert Mercier University of Bordeaux

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