OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences is 24. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The earliest known Italian case of bilateral non-osseous calcaneonavicular coalition from the mediaeval cemetery of Troina (Enna, Sicily)	68
Lithic technological choices of late Neandertals in a mountain environment south of the Ebro Valley, Iberian Peninsula (Peña Miel level e)	68
Interregional interactions across the Southern Andes: Yavi-Chicha ceramic circulation in northern Chile during the Late pre-Hispanic periods	57
Accuracy of the typological classifications of the Late Glacial and Early Holocene osseous projectile points according to the new AMS dates of selected artifacts from Poland	57
The geopolitics of the Upper Galilee at the dawn of the Iron Age: a petrographic study of Mt. Adir	55
A multi-technique approach to characterization: the Sant Martí de Tous chert as a prehistoric resource for the NE of the Iberian Peninsula	52
Crisis? What crisis? Recycling of silver for Roman Republican coinage	45
Further investigation into the impact of manuring on stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen isotope (δ15N) values in pulses: a four-year experiment examining Celtic bean (Vicia faba)	42
Unraveling Châtelperronian high-density accumulations: the open-air site of Aranbaltza II (Bizkaia, Spain)	40
Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on the small vertebrates from the Middle Paleolithic of Hohle Fels Cave, SW Germany	39
Emphasising the community: demographic composition of an exceptional tomb—the Chalcolithic burial site of Camino del Molino, Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia	37
A comparative analysis of stone- and earth-wall settlement locations of the Lower Xiajiadian Culture in Aohan Banner, China	37
Reconstructing Mesolithic social networks on the Iberian Peninsula using ornaments	36
Investigating the Neolithic rubble layers of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan, using luminescence dating	35
Revealing the manufacturing and corrosion characteristics of Chinese archaeological metal arrows by non-destructive neutron techniques	34
Bias and potential misinterpretations in the analysis of insects collected from human remains of archaeological interest	34
Lithic use-wear analysis of Lupemban Middle Stone Age core-axes from Kalambo Falls, Zambia	33
Surviving punishment by body reduction in a hierarchical society: A bioarcheological study of two punitive amputation cases in Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771–256 BCE) with references to the penal and medic	31
Metallurgical technology and resources mobility in the El Argar culture: An archaeometallurgical study at Laderas del Castillo (Callosa de Segura, Alicante)	30
New evidence on Iron Age bronze metallurgy in southwestern Iberian Peninsula: ingots and artefacts from Cabeço Redondo (Portugal)	30
Mycenaean ‘gold-embroidery’ and questions of craftsmanship: a combined archaeological, archaeometric and experimental approach	27
One city to rule them all? The production of copper in Enkomi, Cyprus: the evidence from the metallurgical ceramic assemblage	27
Application of electrochemical methods to assess the stability and investigation of factors influencing the ancient copper-arsenic artefacts from 3rd Millennium BC	25
An archaeometric approach to biocontamination with manganese pigments in ancient marine hunter-gatherers of the Atacama Desert: health, ideological, and socioecononic considerations	24