Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology is a research topic within Archeology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 21.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on maritime archaeology in the Mediterranean Sea, exploring sea-level changes, ancient harbours, underwater cultural heritage, shipwrecks, coastal evolution, tidal notches, and geoarchaeology during the Holocene period. The research encompasses a wide range of topics related to the submerged landscapes, human-environment interactions, and historical maritime activities in the Mediterranean region.
- Mediterranean
- Maritime Archaeology
- Sea-Level Change
- Ancient Harbours
- Underwater Cultural Heritage
- Geoarchaeology
- Shipwrecks
- Coastal Evolution
- Tidal Notches
- Holocene
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Maritime and Coastal Archaeology research?
By volume, the United States and France publish the most (524 and 461 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 524 works
- 2 France 461 works
- 3 United Kingdom 402 works
- 4 Italy 328 works
- 5 China 212 works
- 6 Spain 176 works
- 7 Greece 118 works
- 8 Türkiye 116 works
- 9 Croatia 114 works
- 10 Australia 98 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Maritime and Coastal Archaeology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Cambridge publishes the most Maritime and Coastal Archaeology research, followed by Department of Archaeology and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 77 works
- 2 Department of ArchaeologySri Lanka 47 works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
- 4 University of ZadarCroatia 28 works
- 5 University of HaifaIsrael 20 works
- 6 University of MaltaMalta 18 works
- 7 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques PréventivesFrance 18 works
- 8 Oxford ArchaeologyUnited Kingdom 15 works
- 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 15 works
- 10 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Maritime and Coastal Archaeology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Maritime and Coastal Archaeology include Hai Cheng and J. W. Head.
- 1 Hai Cheng China 2.9k citations
- 2 J. W. Head United States 2.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Maritime and Coastal Archaeology research done?
The largest centres of Maritime and Coastal Archaeology research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Cambridge (United Kingdom), London (United Kingdom) and Rome (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zadar, Aix-en-Provence and Colombo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZadarHR · 39.2 works158×
- Aix-en-ProvenceFR · 21.1 works60×
- ColomboLK · 51.4 works26×
- VeniceIT · 25.4 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Maritime and Coastal Archaeology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Maritime and Coastal Archaeology?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Cádiz, University of Haifa and Ca' Foscari University of Venice 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad de CádizSpain | 75.7 | 44.0% | 21.4× | 14 | +200.3% |
| 2 | University of HaifaIsrael | 66.7 | 39.6% | 22.7× | 20 | +63.2% |
| 3 | Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly | 60.2 | 24.2% | 14.0× | 13 | +319.0% |
| 4 | University of PatrasGreece | 58.0 | 28.3% | 12.3× | 12 | +119.4% |
| 5 | University of ZadarCroatia | 56.8 | 27.4% | 154.5× | 28 | +21.4% |
| 6 | University of MaltaMalta | 56.3 | 10.5% | 35.2× | 18 | +296.0% |
| 7 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 53.8 | 4.5% | 18.2× | 77 | +1.7% |
| 8 | Flinders UniversityAustralia | 53.3 | 32.9% | 10.1× | 9 | +13.9% |
| 9 | National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece | 53.2 | 48.1% | 5.8× | 11 | +48.4% |
| 10 | Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance | 49.6 | 28.3% | 8.0× | 9 | +104.5% |
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 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Maritime and Coastal Archaeology.
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.