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Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.6), DOAJ. Published by University of Sistan and Baluchestan.
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ISSN 2251-743XVerify ISSN ↗2676-2919Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Sistan and Baluchestan
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 208 / 462 | 54th | Q2 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 333 / 692 | 51st | Q2 |
| Archeology | 197 / 388 | 49th | Q3 |
| Anthropology | 324 / 536 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.6.
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies is Q2 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 208 of 462), Q2 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 333 of 692) and Q3 in Archeology (rank 197 of 388), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q2, 54th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.146, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 2.
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies is published by University of Sistan and Baluchestan. Its print ISSN is 2251-743X and its online ISSN is 2676-2919.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #321 of 394 Scopus journals in Archeology (arts and humanities).
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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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