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Patrick V. Kirch 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 Patrick V. Kirch sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 277 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick V. Kirch 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 Patrick V. Kirch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Patrick V. Kirch is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on Pacific and Southeast Asian studies as well as archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The scientist's subfields of expertise cover:

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology
  • Demography
  • Atmospheric Science

Key topics in their work are:

  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Patrick V. Kirch has published papers in several prominent journals and venues, including:

  • Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania
  • Geoarchaeology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
  • Pacific Science

Recent publications include:

  • "Why are sustainable practices often elusive? The role of information flow in the management of networked human-environment interactions," 2022, Global Environmental Change
  • "Obsidian and volcanic glass artifact evidence for long-distance voyaging to the Polynesian Outlier island of Tikopia," 2020, Quaternary Research
  • "The premise and potential of model-based approaches to island archaeology: A response to Terrell," 2021, The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
  • "Stable Isotopic Evidence for Nutrient Rejuvenation and Long-Term Resilience on Tikopia Island (Southeast Solomon Islands)," 2021, Sustainability
  • "Origins of Polynesian Pigs Revealed by Mitochondrial Whole Genome Ancient DNA," 2022, Animals

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jennifer G. Kahn
  • Jillian Swift
  • Mark D. McCoy
  • Stefani A. Crabtree
  • Jennifer A. Dunne

Patrick V. Kirch has authored books published by the University of Hawaii Press, including "Feathered Gods and Fishhooks" (2023).

The scientist has received multiple honors, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1996
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1990

Best Publications

  • On the Road of the Winds

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • On the road of the winds : an archaeological history of the Pacific Islands before European contact

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • The evolution of the Polynesian chiefdoms

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology

    Patrick Vinton Kirch;Roger Curtis Green

  • Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • The wet and the dry: irrigation and agricultural intensification in Polynesia.

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • Tikopia, the Prehistory and Ecology of a Polynesian Outlier

    Patrick Vinton Kirch;D. E. Yen

  • Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania.

    Greger Larson;Greger Larson;Thomas Cucchi;Masakatsu Fujita;Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith

  • How Chiefs Became Kings

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • The Impact of the Prehistoric Polynesians on the Hawaiian Ecosystem

    Patrick V. Kirch

  • ARCHAEOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE: The Holocene Record

    Patrick V. Kirch

  • The Evolution of Polynesian Chiefdoms.

    P. Bion Griffin;Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

    Patrick Vinton Kirch

  • History, Phylogeny, and Evolution in Polynesia [and Comments and Reply]

    Patrick V. Kirch;Roger C. Green;Peter S. Bellwood;R. C. Dunnell

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

    Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  • Microcosmic histories : Island perspectives on global change

    Patrick V. Kirch

  • Historical ecology in the Pacific Islands : prehistoric environmental and landscape change

    Patrick Vinton Kirch;Terry L. Hunt

  • Soils, agriculture, and society in precontact Hawai'i.

    P. M. Vitousek;T. N. Ladefoged;P. V. Kirch;A. S. Hartshorn

  • History, Phylogeny, and Evolution in Polynesia

    Patrick V. Kirch;Roger C. Green

  • Palaeoenvironmental evidence for human colonization of remote Oceanic islands

    Patrick V. Kirch;Joanna Ellison

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver A. Chadwick
Oliver A. Chadwick University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter M. Vitousek
Peter M. Vitousek Stanford University
Warren D. Sharp
Warren D. Sharp Berkeley Geochronology Center
Matthew Spriggs
Matthew Spriggs Australian National University
David W. Steadman
David W. Steadman Florida Museum of Natural History
Marshall Sahlins
Marshall Sahlins University of Chicago
Jon M. Erlandson
Jon M. Erlandson University of Oregon
Torben C. Rick
Torben C. Rick National Museum of Natural History
Peter Bellwood
Peter Bellwood Australian National University
Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University

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