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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Cultural Heritage	28
2	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
3	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	16
4	Antiquity	15
5	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	12
-	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	12
7	Archaeometry	11
8	American Antiquity	10
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
10	Archaeological Prospection	9
-	Journal of Field Archaeology	9
-	Advances in Archaeological Practice	9
-	Cambridge Archaeological Journal	9
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	9
-	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	9
-	Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports	9
17	African Archaeological Review	8
-	European Journal of Archaeology	8
19	American Journal of Archaeology	7
-	Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa	7
-	Environmental Archaeology	7
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	7
-	Latin American Antiquity	7
-	Lithic Technology	7
-	Open Archaeology	7
-	Studies in Conservation	7
-	World Archaeology	7
-	Ancient Mesoamerica	7
-	Archaeological Dialogues	7
-	Archaeological Research in Asia	7
-	Archaeology in Oceania	7
32	Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress	6
-	Journal of Maritime Archaeology	6
-	International Journal of Historical Archaeology	6
-	Levant	6
-	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	6
37	International Journal of Nautical Archaeology	5
-	Oxford Journal of Archaeology	5
-	Australian Archaeology	5
-	Estudios Atacamenos	5
-	Historical Archaeology	5
-	Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Journal of Roman Archaeology	5
-	Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University	5
-	Trabajos de Prehistoria	5
47	Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy	4
-	Asian Perspectives-The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific	4
-	Complutum	4
-	Journal of Near Eastern Studies	4

-	Post-Medieval Archaeology	4
-	Time & Mind-The Journal of Archaeology Consciousness and Culture	4
-	Archaeofauna	4
-	Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites	4
-	Near Eastern Archaeology	4
-	Norwegian Archaeological Review	4
-	Palestine Exploration Quarterly	4
58	Acta Archaeologica	3
-	Annual of the British School at Athens	3
-	Britannia	3
-	North American Archaeologist	3
-	Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie	3
-	Archeologicke Rozhledy	3
-	Arqueologia	3
-	Belleten	3
-	Journal of Egyptian Archaeology	3
-	Opuscula-Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome	3
-	Zephyrus-Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueologia	3
69	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	2
-	Hesperia	2
-	Industrial Archaeology Review	2
-	Iran-Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies	2
-	Public Archaeology	2
-	Rossiiskaya Arkheologiya	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Agyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde	2
76	Journal of the British Archaeological Association	1