Simon Best
Impact in
- Geography, Planning and Development top 0.5%
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Papers in
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- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies 15
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- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 1
- Co-authors
- Robin J. Parker (1 shared paper)Peter Sheppard (1 shared paper)Trevor Henry Worthy (2 shared papers)Stuart Hawkins (2 shared papers)Geoffrey J. Irwin (1 shared paper)Mark Horrocks (2 shared papers)Patrick Vinton Kirch (1 shared paper)Stuart Bedford (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (3 papers)Scientific Reports (1 paper)International Journal of Historical Archaeology (1 paper)Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (1 paper)ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- New ZealandAustraliaUnited States
In The Last Decade
Simon Best
14 papers receiving 256 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 29
- Geography, Planning and Development 276
- Paleontology 41
- Archeology 49
- Space and Planetary Science 3
- Anthropology 16
Countries citing papers authored by Simon Best
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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Best
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Co-authors
The 14 scholars most cited alongside Simon Best, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Necromancing the Stone: Archaeologists and Adzes in Samoa | 1992 | 77 |
| 2 | Lapita : a view from the East | 2002 | 62 |
| 3 | 1987 | 53 | |
| 4 | At the Halls of the Mountain Kings. Fijian and Samoan fortifications: comparison and analysis | 1993 | 39 |
| 5 | 2011 | 27 | |
| 6 | 2016 | 22 | |
| 7 | 1988 | 19 | |
| 8 | 2004 | 9 | |
| 9 | THE MAORI ADZE: AN EXPLANATION FOR CHANGE | 2016 | 7 |
| 10 | 1980 | 6 | |
| 11 | Report on the Second Phase of Fieldwork at the Tataga-Matau Site, American Samoa | 1988 | 5 |
| 12 | Fortifications in Fiji and Samoa: Comparisons and Predictions | 1992 | 5 |
| 13 | 1989 | 1 | |
| 14 | A Short Site Survey in Western Samoa: Preliminary Results | 1994 | 1 |
| 15 | Analysis of Sediments and Plant Remains from the Find-spot of a Cache of Polynesian Gardening Tools at Ruakaka, Northern New Zealand | 2003 | 1 |
| 16 | 2026 | 0 |
About Simon Best
Simon Best is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Paleontology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Waste Management and Disposal and Infectious Diseases, having authored 16 papers that have together received 334 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Geography, Planning and Development (276 citations), Paleontology (41 citations), Archeology (49 citations), Space and Planetary Science (3 citations) and Anthropology (16 citations). Simon Best has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Robin J. Parker, Peter Sheppard, Trevor Henry Worthy, Stuart Hawkins, Geoffrey J. Irwin, Mark Horrocks, Patrick Vinton Kirch, Stuart Bedford, Geoffrey Clark and Michael John Rowland. Their work appears in journals such as Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association and ANU Open Research (Australian National University).
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