| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Ethnography in/of the World System: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1995 | 5,419 |
| 2 | Poetics and Performances as Critical Perspectives on Language and Social Life | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1990 | 2,263 |
| 3 | Migrant “Illegality” and Deportability in Everyday Life | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2002 | 2,206 |
| 4 | The Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2013 | 2,073 |
| 5 | OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS* | Archaeometry | 1999 | 1,921 |
| 6 | Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis | American Historical Review | 1986 | 1,879 |
| 7 | Willow Smoke and Dogs’ Tails: Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems and Archaeological Site Formation | American Antiquity | 1980 | 1,862 |
| 8 | The temporality of the landscape | World Archaeology | 1993 | 1,751 |
| 9 | BoneJ: Free and extensible bone image analysis in ImageJ | Bone | 2010 | 1,695 |
| 10 | Basic biomechanical measurements of bone: A tutorial | Bone | 1993 | 1,441 |
| 11 | Preparation and characterization of bone and tooth collagen for isotopic analysis | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1990 | 1,417 |
| 12 | Fracture incidence and association with bone mineral density in elderly men and women: the Rotterdam Study | Bone | 2004 | 1,324 |
| 13 | Language and Agency | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2001 | 1,307 |
| 14 | Bone Collagen Quality Indicators for Palaeodietary and Radiocarbon Measurements | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1999 | 1,299 |
| 15 | Think Practically and Look Locally: Language and Gender as Community-Based Practice | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1992 | 1,200 |
| 16 | Refugees and Exile: From "Refugee Studies" to the National Order of Things | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1995 | 1,189 |
| 17 | Characterization of cells with osteogenic potential from human marrow | Bone | 1992 | 1,186 |
| 18 | The molecular understanding of osteoclast differentiation | Bone | 2007 | 1,177 |
| 19 | The worldwide problem of osteoporosis: Insights afforded by epidemiology | Bone | 1995 | 1,160 |
| 20 | Language Ideology | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1994 | 1,109 |
| 21 | Parks and Peoples: The Social Impact of Protected Areas | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2006 | 1,073 |
| 22 | The Local and the Global: The Anthropology of Globalization and Transnationalism | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1995 | 1,058 |
| 23 | A meta-analysis of previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk | Bone | 2004 | 1,052 |
| 24 | Aging is associated with decreased maximal life span and accelerated senescence of bone marrow stromal cells, | Bone | 2003 | 1,037 |
| 25 | Three Waves of Variation Study: The Emergence of Meaning in the Study of Sociolinguistic Variation | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2012 | 1,001 |
| 26 | Archaeology as Anthropology | American Antiquity | 1962 | 999 |
| 27 | The Anthropology of Emotions | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1986 | 960 |
| 28 | The Social Transformation of American Medicine | American Historical Review | 1984 | 949 |
| 29 | Demography and Cultural Evolution: How Adaptive Cultural Processes Can Produce Maladaptive Losses—The Tasmanian Case | American Antiquity | 2004 | 939 |
| 30 | Strontium Isotopes from the Earth to the Archaeological Skeleton: A Review | Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory | 2006 | 937 |
| 31 | A reference standard for the description of osteoporosis | Bone | 2008 | 929 |
| 32 | Bisphosphonates: The first 40years | Bone | 2011 | 929 |
| 33 | Epidemiology of fractures in England and Wales | Bone | 2001 | 908 |
| 34 | Osteocytes, mechanosensing and Wnt signaling | Bone | 2008 | 904 |
| 35 | The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business | American Historical Review | 1978 | 878 |
| 36 | The Cultural Anthropology of Time: A Critical Essay | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1992 | 878 |
| 37 | The role of synovitis in osteoarthritis pathogenesis | Bone | 2012 | 868 |
| 38 | Inflammation, fracture and bone repair | Bone | 2016 | 825 |
| 39 | Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference | American Historical Review | 2001 | 808 |
| 40 | The Social Brain: Mind, Language, and Society in Evolutionary Perspective | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2003 | 808 |
| 41 | Materials against materiality | Archaeological Dialogues | 2007 | 808 |
| 42 | The Effects of Sample Treatment and Diagenesis on the Isotopic Integrity of Carbonate in Biogenic Hydroxylapatite | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1997 | 798 |
| 43 | Bisphosphonates: A review of their pharmacokinetic properties | Bone | 1996 | 783 |
| 44 | PROCEDURES FOR COMPARING AND COMBINING RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATIONS: A CRITIQUE | Archaeometry | 1978 | 780 |
| 45 | THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING: BETA‐DOSE ATTENUATION IN QUARTZ GRAINS | Archaeometry | 1979 | 768 |
| 46 | Osteoporosis: A still increasing prevalence | Bone | 2006 | 763 |
| 47 | Bisphosphonates: from the laboratory to the clinic and back again | Bone | 1999 | 761 |
| 48 | NARRATING THE SELF | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1996 | 757 |
| 49 | The cultural biography of objects | World Archaeology | 1999 | 756 |
| 50 | Orthosilicic acid stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis and osteoblastic differentiation in human osteoblast-like cells in vitro | Bone | 2003 | 751 |
| 51 | DOING GOOD? The Politics and Antipolitics of NGO Practices | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1997 | 745 |
| 52 | Burnt bones and teeth: an experimental study of color, morphology, crystal structure and shrinkage | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1984 | 739 |
| 53 | Novel insights into actions of bisphosphonates on bone: Differences in interactions with hydroxyapatite | Bone | 2006 | 737 |
| 54 | Archaeological Context and Systemic Context | American Antiquity | 1972 | 736 |
| 55 | Three rules for bone adaptation to mechanical stimuli | Bone | 1998 | 735 |
| 56 | Differential Burning, Recrystallization, and Fragmentation of Archaeological Bone | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1995 | 734 |
| 57 | The Anthropology of Food and Eating | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2002 | 734 |
| 58 | Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of adolescents and adults in two seasonal subpopulations from NHANES III | Bone | 2002 | 721 |
| 59 | Nitrogen isotopes and the trophic level of humans in archaeology | Journal of Archaeological Science | 2007 | 721 |
| 60 | Language Socialization | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1986 | 719 |
| 61 | The Problem of Informant Accuracy: The Validity of Retrospective Data | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1984 | 710 |
| 62 | Dual effect of strontium ranelate: Stimulation of osteoblast differentiation and inhibition of osteoclast formation and resorption in vitro | Bone | 2008 | 705 |
| 63 | Structural and cellular assessment of bone quality of proximal femur | Bone | 1993 | 704 |
| 64 | Trophic level isotopic enrichment of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen: case studies from recent and ancient terrestrial ecosystems | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | 2003 | 702 |
| 65 | Stable carbon isotope ratio differences between bone collagen and bone apatite, and their relationship to diet | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1989 | 696 |
| 66 | Three-dimensional methods for quantification of cancellous bone architecture | Bone | 1997 | 688 |
| 67 | The Characterization of Biologically Available Strontium Isotope Ratios for the Study of Prehistoric Migration | Archaeometry | 2002 | 680 |
| 68 | Style and Social Information in Kalahari San Projectile Points | American Antiquity | 1983 | 676 |
| 69 | Age-related changes in the collagen network and toughness of bone | Bone | 2002 | 670 |
| 70 | Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 B.C.–A.D. 400) | Journal of Roman Studies | 1980 | 659 |
| 71 | Kill-off Patterns in Sheep and Goats: the Mandibles from Aşvan Kale | Anatolian Studies | 1973 | 654 |
| 72 | The ability of three-dimensional structural indices to reflect mechanical aspects of trabecular bone | Bone | 1999 | 651 |
| 73 | Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance | American Museum Novitates | 2002 | 645 |
| 74 | Epidemiology of hip fractures | Bone | 1996 | 622 |
| 75 | A Class Act: Anthropology and the Race to Nation Across Ethnic Terrain | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1989 | 619 |
| 76 | Stable Isotope Evidence for Similarities in the Types of Marine Foods Used by Late Mesolithic Humans at Sites Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1999 | 615 |
| 77 | Time perspectives, palimpsests and the archaeology of time | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology | 2007 | 608 |
| 78 | Worrying about Emotions in History | American Historical Review | 2002 | 607 |
| 79 | Was Agriculture Impossible during the Pleistocene but Mandatory during the Holocene? A Climate Change Hypothesis | American Antiquity | 2001 | 606 |
| 80 | Quantification of connectivity in cancellous bone, with special emphasis on 3-D reconstructions | Bone | 1993 | 605 |
| 81 | FRAX® and its applications to clinical practice | Bone | 2009 | 605 |
| 82 | In vivo measurement of human tibial strains during vigorous activity | Bone | 1996 | 604 |
| 83 | The Globalization of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2004 | 604 |
| 84 | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the anabolic effect of intermittent PTH | Bone | 2007 | 603 |
| 85 | Effects of diet, climate and physiology on nitrogen isotope abundances in terrestrial foodwebs | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1991 | 601 |
| 86 | Cell surface antigens on human marrow-derived mesenchymal cells are detected by monoclonal antibodies | Bone | 1992 | 595 |
| 87 | TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF LOW‐FIRED TERRACOTTA STATUES FROM AYIA IRINI, KEA | Archaeometry | 1982 | 589 |
| 88 | The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity | Journal of Roman Studies | 1971 | 582 |
| 89 | Collagen cross-links in mineralizing tissues: A review of their chemistry, function, and clinical relevance | Bone | 1998 | 582 |
| 90 | The clinical consequences of vertebral compression fracture | Bone | 1992 | 580 |
| 91 | Biological Changes in Human Populations with Agriculture | Annual Review of Anthropology | 1995 | 579 |
| 92 | Social Status and Health in Humans and Other Animals | Annual Review of Anthropology | 2004 | 579 |
| 93 | SOST is a target gene for PTH in bone | Bone | 2005 | 579 |
| 94 | Morphometric Analysis of Human Bone Biopsies: A Quantitative Structural Comparison of Histological Sections and Micro-Computed Tomography | Bone | 1998 | 575 |
| 95 | Interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α, but not interleukin-6, stimulate osteoprotegerin ligand gene expression in human osteoblastic cells | Bone | 1999 | 575 |
| 96 | Music Structure and Emotional Response: Some Empirical Findings | Psychology of Music | 1991 | 566 |
| 97 | Genetic variability in adult bone density among inbred strains of mice | Bone | 1996 | 562 |
| 98 | The biological role of strontium | Bone | 2004 | 560 |
| 99 | Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises | American Historical Review | 1979 | 559 |
| 100 | ON ISOTOPES AND OLD BONES* | Archaeometry | 2008 | 557 |
