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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.4), WoS AHCI/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1047-482XVerify ISSN ↗1099-1212Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,220 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 48 / 462 | 89th | Q1 |
| Archeology | 45 / 388 | 88th | Q1 |
| Anthropology | 103 / 536 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.4.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is Q1 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 48 of 462), Q1 in Archeology (rank 45 of 388) and Q1 in Anthropology (rank 103 of 536), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.526, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 77.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,220 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1047-482X and its online ISSN is 1099-1212.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology has an h-index of 91 and a 2-year mean of 0.84 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #66 of 394 Scopus journals in Archeology (arts and humanities).
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology published 114 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 136. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (10%), United Kingdom (8.3%) and United States (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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