New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Science and Engineering Ethics12.108
2 Journal of Peasant Studies8.319
3 Journal of Chinese Political Science7.853
4 European Security7.779
5 Journal of Archaeological Research7.292
6 Annual Review of Anthropology7.009
7 Journal of Responsible Innovation6.505
8 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.475
9 Post-Soviet Affairs6.282
10 Public Understanding of Science6.055
11 Social Networks6.054
12 Agriculture and Human Values5.940
13 Medicine Health Care and Philosophy5.875
14 Social Studies of Science5.619
15 Journal of Human Evolution5.326
16 Science & Education5.191
17 Journal of Contemporary China4.336
18 Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs4.246
19 Transcultural Psychiatry4.232
20 Minerva4.211
21 British Journal for the Philosophy of Science4.065
22 Social Epistemology3.971
23 Journal of Archaeological Science3.947
24 Journal of Anthropological Archaeology3.857
25 Biology & Philosophy3.744
26 Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective3.536
27 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory3.493
28 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs3.411
29 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies3.313
30 Pacific Review3.285
31 East European Politics3.209
32 Economic Development and Cultural Change3.176
33 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences3.152
34 Evolutionary Anthropology3.150
35 Journal of Economic History3.086
36 Advances in Archaeological Practice3.037
37 Human Ecology2.989
38 Anthropological Theory2.974
39 Journal of Contemporary European Studies2.957
40 Annals of Human Biology2.938
41 Engineering Studies2.913
42 Nanoethics2.889
43 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science2.828
44 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics2.812
45 European Journal for Philosophy of Science2.764
46 Explorations in Economic History2.758
47 Cultural Anthropology2.715
48 Journal of Ethnobiology2.659
49 Journal of Contemporary Asia2.641
- Science As Culture2.641
51 Archaeological Prospection2.637
52 Journal of Asian Public Policy2.601
53 Middle East Critique2.579
54 Journal of Social Archaeology2.576
55 Race & Class2.563
56 American Journal of Human Biology2.526
57 Critical Asian Studies2.523
58 Biosemiotics2.500
59 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies2.463
60 Turkish Studies2.422
61 Eurasian Geography and Economics2.417
62 Nations and Nationalism2.408
63 Asian Survey2.342
64 Field Methods2.333
65 Asia Pacific Viewpoint2.327
66 African Affairs2.304
67 Social Anthropology2.271
- Management & Organizational History2.271
69 Journal of Field Archaeology2.260
70 Critique of Anthropology2.258
71 Ethos2.224
72 Historical Methods2.217
73 Philosophy of Science2.191
74 Cambridge Archaeological Journal2.139
75 Geoarchaeology-An International Journal2.138
76 Lithic Technology2.109
77 European Review of Economic History2.093
78 Medical Anthropology2.070
79 Culture Medicine and Psychiatry2.055
80 Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology2.035
81 American Anthropologist2.000
82 Journal of Eastern African Studies1.992
83 Latin American Politics and Society1.990
84 Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies1.978
85 Antiquity1.976
86 Foundations of Science1.973
87 Central Asian Survey1.960
88 Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology1.950
89 Anthropology & Medicine1.908
90 Environmental Archaeology1.902
91 Journal of Asian and African Studies1.870
92 New Genetics and Society1.849
93 Levant1.843
94 China Quarterly1.840
95 World Archaeology1.832
96 Memory Studies1.823
97 Archaeometry1.808
98 History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences1.803
99 Current Anthropology1.802
100 Open Archaeology1.787
101 Africa Spectrum1.783
102 Cliometrica1.764
103 Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity1.752
104 Journal of Philosophy of Education1.751
105 Archaeological Dialogues1.750
106 East European Politics and Societies1.738
107 Signs and Society1.723
108 Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University1.714
109 Foundations of Chemistry1.706
110 Pacific Affairs1.667
111 Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology1.652
112 Archive for History of Exact Sciences1.640
113 African Archaeological Review1.628
114 Review of African Political Economy1.616
115 Ancient Mesoamerica1.613
116 American Ethnologist1.603
117 Mediterranean Politics1.585
118 Modern China1.584
119 Archaeology in Oceania1.538
120 International Journal of Osteoarchaeology1.477
121 Ethnography1.452
122 Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies1.446
- Archaeological Research in Asia1.446
124 Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress1.440
125 Studies in Conservation1.401
126 History and Technology1.397
127 Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies1.392
128 European Journal of Archaeology1.385
129 Economic History Review1.383
- Business History1.383
131 Human Organization1.371
132 Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa1.355
133 History of the Family1.353
134 Contemporary Southeast Asia1.337
135 Journal for General Philosophy of Science1.326
136 Economic Anthropology1.309
137 Osiris1.286
138 International Studies in the Philosophy of Science1.282
139 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.277
140 Nexus Network Journal1.267
141 Labor History1.257
142 Past & Present1.250
143 Journal of Palestine Studies1.249
144 Comparative Studies in Society and History1.236
145 History and Theory1.219
146 China Information1.217
147 Journal of Modern African Studies1.213
148 Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites1.212
149 Ethnos1.192
150 Perspectives in Biology and Medicine1.188
151 Intelligence and National Security1.170
152 History of Psychiatry1.168
153 Journal of Material Culture1.167
154 Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy1.152
155 Cultural Studies1.151
156 Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports1.142
157 Journal of Maritime Archaeology1.141
158 Middle East Policy1.119
159 History of Science1.118
160 Latin American Antiquity1.117
161 Positions-Asia Critique1.112
162 Social Science Japan Journal1.092
163 History of Geo- and Space Sciences1.081
164 Medical Anthropology Quarterly1.075
165 Journal of Historical Geography1.070
166 Journal of Southern African Studies1.062
167 International Journal of Historical Archaeology1.056
168 Bilig1.044
169 Science and Technology Studies1.043
170 History and Anthropology1.036
171 Estudios Atacamenos1.023
- Anthropologie1.023
173 India Review1.010
174 European Review1.000
- Journal of Historical Sociology1.000
- African Studies1.000
- Korea Observer1.000
- Postcolonial Studies1.000
179 American Antiquity0.997
180 History of the Human Sciences0.978
181 Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences0.973
182 Contemporary South Asia0.966
183 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies0.962
184 Journal of Modern European History0.955
185 History of Political Economy0.953
- Planning Perspectives0.953
187 Scandinavian Journal of History0.947
- Social Science History0.947
189 Anthropologischer Anzeiger0.936
190 Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science0.935
191 Centaurus0.933
192 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought0.921
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies0.921
194 History of Psychology0.920
195 Public Culture0.915
196 Europe-Asia Studies0.914
197 Anthropological Forum0.906
198 Asian Studies Review0.901
199 IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies0.899
200 Endeavour0.894
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