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Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History

Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History is a research topic within Archeology. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 15.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on archaeological studies of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, with a particular emphasis on pottery production, cultural exchange, the Roman economy, Cyprus, the Hellenistic period, urbanization, and the Bronze Age. The papers cover a wide range of topics including pollen sequences, production centers, olive cultivation, religious practices, and societal changes in various ancient Mediterranean regions.

  • Mediterranean
  • Archaeology
  • Pottery Production
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Roman Economy
  • Cyprus
  • Hellenistic Period
  • Sagalassos
  • Urbanization
  • Bronze Age
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History research?

By volume, France and Italy publish the most (708 and 578 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 708 works
  2. 2 Italy 578 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 481 works
  4. 4 United States 341 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 235 works
  6. 6 Spain 199 works
  7. 7 Israel 171 works
  8. 8 Germany 143 works
  9. 9 Russia 138 works
  10. 10 Greece 117 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

France: 22.8%Italy: 18.6%Türkiye: 15.5%United States: 10.9%6 others listed: 32.2%23%largest
France708 · 22.8%Italy578 · 18.6%Türkiye481 · 15.5%United States341 · 10.9%6 others listed1,003 · 32.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Israel Antiquities Authority publishes the most Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Israel Antiquities AuthorityIsrael 119 works
  2. 2 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 44 works
  3. 3 Histoire et Sources des Mondes AntiquesFrance 40 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
  5. 5 University of BolognaItaly 30 works
  6. 6 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 28 works
  7. 7 University of MilanItaly 28 works
  8. 8 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques PréventivesFrance 27 works
  9. 9 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 26 works
  10. 10 Université de LilleFrance 23 works

Where is Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History research done?

The largest centres of Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Jerusalem (Israel), Rome (Italy) and Lyon (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Metz, Aix-en-Provence and Jerusalem.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 172 works
  2. 2 Jerusalem Israel 134 works
  3. 3 Rome Italy 112 works
  4. 4 Lyon France 99 works
  5. 5 Athens Greece 73 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 67 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 67 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 67 works
  9. 9 Ankara Türkiye 61 works
  10. 10 Naples Italy 59 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MetzFR · 27.0 works96×
  2. Aix-en-ProvenceFR · 22.5 works61×
  3. JerusalemIL · 133.6 works47×
  4. NanterreFR · 49.3 works40×
  5. LyonFR · 98.8 works25×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History?

Among universities, judged by research, Aarhus University, University of Cyprus and Sapienza University of Rome score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 21.76%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Aarhus University: 28, 29.3%University of Cyprus: 11, 19.1%Sapienza University of Rome: 44, 13.9%University of Warsaw: 23, 15.0%Eötvös Loránd University: 8, 40.4%University of Haifa: 13, 26.8%Selçuk University: 13, 19.0%Anadolu University: 9, 31.2%Akdeniz University: 13, 16.1%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 26, 6.8%Aarhus UniversityUniversity of CyprusUniversity of WarsawSapienza University …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 71.829.3%9.7×28 +93.0%
2 University of CyprusCyprus 64.319.1%18.8×11 +222.9%
3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 62.413.9%9.6×44 +151.6%
4 University of WarsawPoland 61.915.0%10.8×23 +261.9%
5 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary 59.140.4%7.5×8 +77.3%
6 University of HaifaIsrael 59.026.8%14.7×13 +52.2%
7 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 59.019.0%10.1×13 +444.6%
8 Anadolu UniversityTürkiye 57.731.2%17.8×9 +69.7%
9 Akdeniz UniversityTürkiye 57.216.1%15.1×13 +329.3%
10 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 56.66.8%26.4×26 +649.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.