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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Cultural Heritage	28
2	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
3	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	17
4	Antiquity	15
5	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	13
-	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	13
7	Journal of Archaeological Research	12
8	Advances in Archaeological Practice	11
-	Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports	11
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	11
11	Archaeological Prospection	10
-	Archaeometry	10
-	Cambridge Archaeological Journal	10
-	Journal of Field Archaeology	10
15	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	9
16	American Antiquity	8
-	Open Archaeology	8
-	World Archaeology	8
-	African Archaeological Review	8
-	Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa	8
-	Journal of Maritime Archaeology	8
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	8
-	Lithic Technology	8
24	Ancient Mesoamerica	7
-	Archaeological Research in Asia	7
-	Archaeology in Oceania	7
-	Environmental Archaeology	7
-	European Journal of Archaeology	7
-	Levant	7
-	Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress	7
31	Trabajos de Prehistoria	6
-	Historical Archaeology	6
-	International Journal of Historical Archaeology	6
-	Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology	6
-	Studies in Conservation	6
-	American Journal of Archaeology	6
-	Estudios Atacamenos	6
-	International Journal of Nautical Archaeology	6
-	Latin American Antiquity	6
40	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	5
-	Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University	5
-	Archaeological Dialogues	5
-	Australian Archaeology	5
-	Belleten	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Journal of Roman Archaeology	5
-	Oxford Journal of Archaeology	5
-	Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy	5
-	Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites	5
50	Near Eastern Archaeology	4

-	Norwegian Archaeological Review	4
-	Palestine Exploration Quarterly	4
-	Archaeofauna	4
-	Archeologicke Rozhledy	4
-	Arqueologia	4
-	Complutum	4
-	Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie	4
-	Acta Archaeologica	4
-	Asian Perspectives-The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific	4
-	Journal of Near Eastern Studies	4
61	Opuscula-Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome	3
-	Zephyrus-Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueologia	3
-	Post-Medieval Archaeology	3
-	Public Archaeology	3
-	Time & Mind-The Journal of Archaeology Consciousness and Culture	3
-	Britannia	3
67	Rossiiskaya Arkheologiya	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Agyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde	2
-	Journal of Egyptian Archaeology	2
-	North American Archaeologist	2
-	Annual of the British School at Athens	2
-	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	2
-	Industrial Archaeology Review	2
74	Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique	1
-	Journal of the British Archaeological Association	1
-	Iran-Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies	1