OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Archaeological Research is 10. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Breaking Down the “Barbarian” Trope: Strategic Military Coordination in Decentralized Collectives	29
Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production	29
Distributed Urban Networks in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz	26
Collapse Studies in Archaeology from 2012 to 2023	26
Hunting and the Social Lives of Southern Africa’s First Farmers	24
The Contribution of the Anthropology of Techniques to the Study of the Western Linearbandkeramik	23
Climate Change and El Niño Events in the Ancient Andes: Integrating Archaeological and Biorchaeological Perspectives	20
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition	17
Eschewing the Apocalyptic: Recent Research on the Aftermath of “Collapse” in Archaeology Across the Americas	17
Zooarchaeology of Managed, Captive, Tame, and Domestic Birds: Shifts in Human–Avian Relationships	16
Rethinking Key Transformations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Europe: A Radiocarbon Modeling Approach	16
Meeting the Urgent Need and Growing Demand for Archaeological Synthesis	14
The Past, Ethnic Purity, and the Foundations of Nazi Ideology: Archaeology at War	12
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies	10
Archaeological Research in the Canary Islands: Island Archaeology off Africa’s Atlantic Coast	10
Considering Ideas of Collective Action, Institutions, and “Hunter-Gatherers” in the American Southeast	10