New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

History & Archaeology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Science and Engineering Ethics13.058
2 Journal of Chinese Political Science8.200
3 European Security7.755
4 Journal of Peasant Studies7.461
5 Annual Review of Anthropology7.066
6 Agriculture and Human Values6.584
7 Journal of Responsible Innovation6.536
8 Journal of Archaeological Research6.460
9 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.341
10 Public Understanding of Science6.064
11 Medicine Health Care and Philosophy5.982
12 Journal of Human Evolution5.625
13 Social Studies of Science5.593
14 Social Networks5.580
15 Science & Education5.511
16 Social Epistemology4.246
17 Transcultural Psychiatry4.170
18 Minerva4.157
19 Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs4.129
20 Journal of Archaeological Science3.993
21 British Journal for the Philosophy of Science3.946
22 Journal of Anthropological Archaeology3.745
23 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies3.626
24 Economic Development and Cultural Change3.572
25 Biology & Philosophy3.545
26 Pacific Review3.542
27 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory3.458
28 Evolutionary Anthropology3.288
- Nanoethics3.288
30 Journal of Economic History3.271
31 Anthropological Theory3.253
- Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs3.253
33 Advances in Archaeological Practice3.218
34 East European Politics3.201
35 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences3.187
36 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.120
37 Journal of Contemporary European Studies3.082
38 Human Ecology3.054
39 Annals of Human Biology3.051
40 Journal of Social Archaeology2.982
41 Journal of Ethnobiology2.893
42 Explorations in Economic History2.839
43 European Journal for Philosophy of Science2.801
44 Engineering Studies2.776
45 Critical Asian Studies2.766
46 Middle East Critique2.750
47 Journal of Contemporary Asia2.725
48 American Journal of Human Biology2.684
- Journal of Asian Public Policy2.684
50 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies2.630
51 Archaeological Prospection2.623
52 Eurasian Geography and Economics2.617
53 Asian Survey2.580
54 Field Methods2.538
55 Science As Culture2.484
56 Critique of Anthropology2.479
57 Management & Organizational History2.414
58 Biosemiotics2.395
59 Historical Methods2.391
60 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science2.360
61 Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies2.310
62 Journal of Field Archaeology2.299
63 Turkish Studies2.292
64 Asia Pacific Viewpoint2.287
65 African Affairs2.286
66 Race & Class2.285
67 Cambridge Archaeological Journal2.241
68 Cultural Anthropology2.223
69 American Anthropologist2.206
70 Latin American Politics and Society2.167
71 European Review of Economic History2.144
72 Lithic Technology2.139
73 Geoarchaeology-An International Journal2.113
74 Nations and Nationalism2.094
75 Africa Spectrum2.092
76 Foundations of Science2.081
77 Ethos2.077
78 Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology2.048
79 Culture Medicine and Psychiatry2.040
80 Journal of Eastern African Studies2.036
81 Antiquity1.997
82 New Genetics and Society1.962
83 Journal of Asian and African Studies1.961
84 Environmental Archaeology1.956
85 Journal of Philosophy of Education1.950
86 Anthropology & Medicine1.946
87 Cliometrica1.912
88 Philosophy of Science1.904
89 Current Anthropology1.900
90 Open Archaeology1.897
91 Medical Anthropology1.886
92 Memory Studies1.872
93 Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University1.843
94 China Quarterly1.831
95 Levant1.813
96 Mediterranean Politics1.809
97 Modern China1.792
98 Review of African Political Economy1.786
99 Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology1.783
100 Social Anthropology1.779
101 African Archaeological Review1.771
102 History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences1.747
103 Archaeometry1.727
104 American Ethnologist1.722
105 Contemporary Southeast Asia1.711
106 Ancient Mesoamerica1.697
107 Central Asian Survey1.689
108 Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity1.687
109 Archive for History of Exact Sciences1.684
110 Archaeology in Oceania1.672
111 Foundations of Chemistry1.667
- Human Organization1.667
113 Signs and Society1.653
114 Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress1.636
115 World Archaeology1.634
116 East European Politics and Societies1.633
117 Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology1.613
118 Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies1.600
119 Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa1.552
120 Economic History Review1.494
121 Archaeological Dialogues1.491
122 Ethnography1.461
123 History of the Family1.438
124 Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies1.420
125 Business History1.411
126 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.409
127 Osiris1.407
128 History and Technology1.392
129 European Journal of Archaeology1.383
130 International Journal of Osteoarchaeology1.376
131 Economic Anthropology1.369
132 International Studies in the Philosophy of Science1.366
133 Journal of Palestine Studies1.356
134 Journal of Modern African Studies1.328
135 History and Theory1.326
136 Comparative Studies in Society and History1.315
137 Labor History1.308
138 Studies in Conservation1.294
139 Past & Present1.292
140 Archaeological Research in Asia1.288
141 China Information1.280
142 Journal of Maritime Archaeology1.276
143 Nexus Network Journal1.260
144 Ethnos1.207
145 Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports1.181
146 History of Psychiatry1.174
147 African Studies1.160
148 Middle East Policy1.158
149 History of the Human Sciences1.150
150 Perspectives in Biology and Medicine1.148
151 Journal of Historical Geography1.144
152 Intelligence and National Security1.137
153 Bilig1.125
154 Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy1.122
155 Cultural Studies1.121
156 India Review1.120
157 History of Geo- and Space Sciences1.108
158 Korea Observer1.101
159 European Review1.098
160 Journal of Material Culture1.077
161 Anthropologie1.074
162 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies1.071
163 Scandinavian Journal of History1.063
164 Positions-Asia Critique1.051
165 Public Culture1.047
166 Journal of Southern African Studies1.046
167 Science and Technology Studies1.045
168 History of Political Economy1.044
169 Latin American Antiquity1.042
170 Contemporary South Asia1.036
171 Planning Perspectives1.034
172 Social Science History1.028
173 IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies1.020
174 Journal for General Philosophy of Science1.017
175 Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science1.015
176 Anthropologischer Anzeiger1.014
177 History and Anthropology1.011
178 Anthropological Forum1.009
179 Rethinking History1.000
- Journal of Modern European History1.000
181 Asian Studies Review0.985
182 Modern Asian Studies0.984
- Belleten0.984
184 Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies0.983
185 Medical Anthropology Quarterly0.981
186 International Journal of Historical Archaeology0.980
187 Estudios Atacamenos0.977
188 Anthropology & Education Quarterly0.967
189 Australian Archaeology0.959
190 Postcolonial Studies0.944
191 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought0.935
192 Latin American Perspectives0.918
193 Europe-Asia Studies0.917
194 East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal0.905
195 Journal of Modern Italian Studies0.889
196 Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites0.888
197 Enterprise & Society0.886
198 Social Science Japan Journal0.871
199 South East Asia Research0.865
200 Indonesia and the Malay World0.859
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