Archaeology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Cultural Heritage	25
2	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
3	Antiquity	13
-	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	13
5	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	12
6	American Antiquity	10
-	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	10
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
9	Archaeological Prospection	9
-	Archaeometry	9
-	Cambridge Archaeological Journal	9
12	African Archaeological Review	8
-	Environmental Archaeology	8
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	8
-	Journal of Field Archaeology	8
16	Archaeological Dialogues	7
-	European Journal of Archaeology	7
-	Latin American Antiquity	7
-	Lithic Technology	7
-	Australian Archaeology	7
-	International Journal of Historical Archaeology	7
22	World Archaeology	6
-	Trabajos de Prehistoria	6
-	Ancient Mesoamerica	6
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	6
26	Levant	5
-	American Journal of Archaeology	5
-	Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy	5
-	Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa	5
-	Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Oxford Journal of Archaeology	5
-	Studies in Conservation	5
-	Estudios Atacamenos	5
-	Journal of Maritime Archaeology	5
36	Palestine Exploration Quarterly	4
-	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	4
-	Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University	4
-	Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress	4
-	International Journal of Nautical Archaeology	4
-	Journal of Roman Archaeology	4
-	Arqueologia	4
-	Historical Archaeology	4
44	Near Eastern Archaeology	3
-	Norwegian Archaeological Review	3
-	Annual of the British School at Athens	3
-	Archeologicke Rozhledy	3
-	Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research	3
-	Complutum	3
-	Journal of Egyptian Archaeology	3

-	North American Archaeologist	3
-	Post-Medieval Archaeology	3
-	Zephyrus-Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueologia	3
-	Acta Archaeologica	3
-	Belleten	3
-	Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites	3
-	Journal of Near Eastern Studies	3
58	Rossiiskaya Arkheologiya	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie	2
-	Asian Perspectives-The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific	2
-	Britannia	2
-	Hesperia	2
-	Iran-Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies	2
-	Public Archaeology	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Agyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde	2
-	Archaeofauna	2
67	Industrial Archaeology Review	1
-	Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique	1
69	Journal of the British Archaeological Association	0