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Richard L. Burger

Richard L. Burger

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
35
Citations
4640
World Ranking
6772
National Ranking
3291

Richard L. Burger 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 Richard L. Burger sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 128 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard L. Burger 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 Richard L. Burger 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: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Quebrada Jaguay : Early South American maritime adaptations

    Daniel H. Sandweiss;Heather McInnis;Richard L. Burger;Asunción Cano

  • Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas

    Bastien Llamas;Lars Fehren-Schmitz;Guido Valverde;Julien Soubrier

  • The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru

    Michael Edward Moseley

  • Through the glass darkly : Prehispanic obsidian procurement and exchange in southern Peru and northern Bolivia

    Richard L. Burger;Karen L. Mohr Chávez;Sergio J. Chávez

  • Maize and the Origin of Highland Chavín Civilization: An Isotopic Perspective

    Richard L. Burger;Nikolaas J. Van der Merwe

  • A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes

    Nathan Nakatsuka;Nathan Nakatsuka;Iosif Lazaridis;Chiara Barbieri;Chiara Barbieri;Pontus Skoglund

  • Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution

    Arthur Kocher;Luka Papac;Rodrigo Barquera;Felix M. Key

  • OUR FATHER THE CAYMAN, OUR DINNER THE LLAMA; ANIMAL UTILIZATION AT CHAVIN DE HUANTAR, PERU

    George R. Miller;Richard L. Burger

  • Chavín de Huántar and Its Sphere of Influence

    Richard L. Burger

  • The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru

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  • Locating the Quispisisa Obsidian Source in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru

    Richard L. Burger;Michael D. Glascock

  • Atalla: A Center on the Periphery of the Chavín Horizon

    Richard L. Burger;Ramiro Matos Mendieta

  • The Second Season of Investigations at the Initial Period Center of Cardal, Peru

    Richard Burger;Lucy Salazar-Burger

  • Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization.

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  • An Initial Consideration of Obsidian Procurement and Exchange in Prehispanic Ecuador

    Richard L. Burger;Frank Asaro;Helen V. Michel;Fred H. Stross

  • Evidence for Early Long-Distance Obsidian Exchange and Watercraft Use from the Southern Lake Titicaca Basin of Bolivia and Peru

    Charles Stanish;Richard L. Burger;Lisa M. Cipolla;Michael D. Glascock

  • Early central andean metalworking from mina perdida, peru

    Richard L. Burger;Robert B. Gordon

  • Ecuadorian Obsidian Sources Used for Artifact Production and Methods for Provenience Assignments

    Frank Asaro;Ernesto Salazar;Helen V. Michel;Richard L. Burger

  • Archaeology of Formative Ecuador

    Tamara L. Bray;J. Scott Raymond;Richard L. Burger

  • The 1912 Yale Peruvian Scientific Expedition collections from Machu Picchu : human and animal remains

    Richard L. Burger;Lucy C. Salazar

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Asaro
Frank Asaro Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wolfgang Haak
Wolfgang Haak Max Planck Society
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Michal Feldman
Michal Feldman Tel Aviv University
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Francesco Cucca
Francesco Cucca University of Sassari
Peter de Knijff
Peter de Knijff Leiden University Medical Center
Antti Sajantila
Antti Sajantila University of Helsinki
Kay Prüfer
Kay Prüfer Max Planck Society
Amy C. Clement
Amy C. Clement University of Miami

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