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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 44 4145 3827 1974 1791 216 8159

Tom D. Dillehay publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tom D. Dillehay between 1974 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tom D. Dillehay published across 53 years, from 1974 to 2026, averaging 4.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2007. 3 of the 246 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2007. 1974: 1 publication 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 7 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 2 publications 2026: 1 publication
1974 2026

246 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tom D. Dillehay: publications per year, 1974 to 2026
Year Publications
1974 1
1975 0
1976 0
1977 1
1978 0
1979 1
1980 1
1981 0
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 3
1986 3
1987 2
1988 6
1989 2
1990 1
1991 7
1992 3
1993 2
1994 1
1995 3
1996 4
1997 5
1998 3
1999 5
2000 3
2001 3
2002 2
2003 6
2004 6
2005 4
2006 9
2007 18
2008 7
2009 2
2010 9
2011 18
2012 6
2013 5
2014 16
2015 4
2016 6
2017 16
2018 3
2019 8
2020 11
2021 6
2022 7
2023 7
2024 5
2025 2
2026 1
Total 246
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Tom D. Dillehay 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 Tom D. Dillehay 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, 214–223 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: 216 publications — 70th percentile

70% 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
214–223 246 216
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
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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Tom D. Dillehay 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 Tom D. Dillehay 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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 44
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
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

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Tom D. Dillehay is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences. Their research encompasses subfields such as Paleontology, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Geography, Planning and Development, and Ecology.

The main topics of study in Dillehay's work include:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Latin American history and culture
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Tom D. Dillehay are:

  • "Early specialized maritime and maize economies on the north coast of Peru," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Domestication and lowland adaptation of coastal preceramic maize from Paredones, Peru," 2023, eLife
  • "Comments on Archaeological Remains at the Monte Verde Site Complex, Chile," 2020, PaleoAmerica
  • "Emergent consilience among coeval fishing and farming communities of the middle holocene on the North Peruvian coast," 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Correction: Domestication and lowland adaptation of coastal preceramic maize from Paredones, Peru," 2023, eLife

Frequent publication venues where Dillehay's work appears include:

  • PaleoAmerica
  • Latin American Antiquity
  • eLife
  • The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dillehay has collaborated multiple times with several researchers, including:

  • Teresa E. Rosales Tham
  • Patricia J. Netherly
  • Víctor F. Vásquez Sánchez
  • Mario Pino
  • S. L. Goodbred

The researcher has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2001

Best Publications

  • Monte Verde: Seaweed, Food, Medicine, and the Peopling of South America

    Tom D. Dillehay;C. Ramírez;M. Pino;M. B. Collins

  • The settlement of the Americas : a new prehistory

    Tom D. Dillehay

  • Monte Verde: A Late Pleistocene Settlement in Chile.

    Jose R. Oliver;Tom D. Dillehay

  • Preceramic Adoption of Peanut, Squash, and Cotton in Northern Peru

    Tom D. Dillehay;Jack Rossen;Thomas C. Andres;David E. Williams

  • Starch grains on human teeth reveal early broad crop diet in northern Peru

    Dolores R. Piperno;Tom D. Dillehay

  • New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Carlos Ocampo;José Saavedra;Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi

  • Long-term human response to uncertain environmental conditions in the Andes

    Tom D. Dillehay;Alan L. Kolata

  • Probing deeper into first American studies

    Tom D. Dillehay

  • Earliest hunters and gatherers of South America

    Tom D. Dillehay;Gerardo Ardila Calderón;Gustavo Politis

  • Early cultural evidence from Monte Verde in Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Michael B. Collins

  • The late Pleistocene cultures of South America

    Tom D. Dillehay

  • The late Pleistocene colonization of South America: an interdisciplinary perspective.

    Francisco Rothhammer;Francisco Rothhammer;Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay

  • Specialization, Market Exchange, and the Aztec State: A View From Huexotla [and Comments and Reply]

    Elizabeth M. Brumfiel;Kenneth L. Brown;Pedro Carrasco;Robert Chadwick

  • Preceramic maize from Paredones and Huaca Prieta, Peru

    Alexander Grobman;Duccio Bonavia;Tom D. Dillehay;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Early pre-Hispanic use of indigo blue in Peru

    Jeffrey C. Splitstoser;Tom D. Dillehay;Jan Wouters;Ana Claro

  • Mapuche ceremonial landscape, social recruitment and resource rights

    Tom D. Dillehay

  • On a Pleistocene human occupation at Pedra Furada, Brazil

    David J. Meltzer;James M. Adovasio;Tom D. Dillehay

  • Finding the first Americans.

    Todd J. Braje;Tom D. Dillehay;Jon M. Erlandson;Richard G. Klein

  • Potato remains from a late pleistocene settlement in southcentral Chile

    Donald Ugent;Tom Dillehay;Tom Dillehay;Carlos Ramirez

  • Simple technologies and diverse food strategies of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene at Huaca Prieta, Coastal Peru

    Tom D. Dillehay;Steve Goodbred;Mario Pino;Víctor F. Vásquez Sánchez

  • The First Americans: Search and Research

    Tom D. Dillehay;David J. Meltzer

  • Correction: New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Carlos Ocampo;José Saavedra;Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Pino
Mario Pino Austral University of Chile
Steven L. Goodbred
Steven L. Goodbred Vanderbilt University
Dolores R. Piperno
Dolores R. Piperno National Museum of Natural History
André Oliveira Sawakuchi
André Oliveira Sawakuchi Universidade de São Paulo
David J. Meltzer
David J. Meltzer Southern Methodist University
Jon M. Erlandson
Jon M. Erlandson University of Oregon
Torben C. Rick
Torben C. Rick National Museum of Natural History
José Iriarte
José Iriarte University of Exeter
Donald K. Grayson
Donald K. Grayson University of Washington
Michael W. Binford
Michael W. Binford University of Florida

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