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Best Archeology (arts and humanities) journals

459 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Archeology (arts and humanities). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 116 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Archaeological Research 11.3 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
2 Journal of Agrarian Change 6.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
3 Journal of Cultural Heritage 6.2 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
4 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 6 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
5 Journal of World Prehistory 6 99th Q1 – – No
6 Quaternary Science Reviews 6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 npj Heritage Science 5.8 98th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
8 Boreas 5.3 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 5.2 98th Q1 – – No
10 Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 4.8 97th Q1 ESCI – No
11 Environmental Archaeology 4.8 97th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
12 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 4.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Virtual Archaeology Review 4.5 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
14 Cambridge Archaeological Journal 4.4 97th Q1 AHCI – No
15 Journal of Archaeological Science 4.4 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
16 Heritage 4.3 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 4.1 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
18 Race and Class 3.8 96th Q1 SSCI – No
19 Advances in Archaeological Practice 3.7 95th Q1 AHCI – Yes
20 Historic Environment: Policy and Practice 3.7 95th Q1 AHCI – No
21 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 3.6 95th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
22 European Journal of Archaeology 3.6 95th Q1 AHCI – No
23 Radiocarbon 3.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 3.6 94th Q1 AHCI – No
25 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 Holocene 3.5 94th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Queensland Archaeological Research 3.4 94th Q1 – – No
28 Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 3.3 94th Q1 – – Yes
29 Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology 3.3 93rd Q1 – – No
30 Bioarchaeology International 3.2 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
31 Geoarchaeology - An International Journal 3.1 93rd Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
32 Lithic Technology 3.1 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
33 Tel Aviv 3.1 92nd Q1 AHCI – No
34 Current Anthropology 2.9 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
35 International Journal of Paleopathology 2.9 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
36 PaleoAmerica 2.9 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
37 World Archaeology 2.9 92nd Q1 AHCI – No
38 Journal of Field Archaeology 2.9 91st Q1 AHCI – No
39 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2.8 91st Q1 AHCI – No
40 Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 2.8 91st Q1 – – Yes
41 Journal of Wetland Archaeology 2.7 91st Q1 – – No
42 International Journal of Historical Archaeology 2.6 91st Q1 AHCI – No
43 African Archaeological Review 2.6 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
44 Archaeology in Oceania 2.5 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
45 Azania 2.5 90th Q1 AHCI – No
46 Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage 2.5 90th Q1 – – No
47 Archaeological Research in Asia 2.4 89th Q1 AHCI – No
48 International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2.4 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
49 Levant 2.3 89th Q1 AHCI – No
50 Palestine Exploration Quarterly 2.3 89th Q1 AHCI – No
51 Bulletin of ASOR 2.2 89th Q1 AHCI – No
52 American Journal of Archaeology 2.1 88th Q1 AHCI – No
53 Latin American Antiquity 2.1 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
54 Nawpa Pacha 2.1 88th Q1 ESCI – No
55 Norwegian Archaeological Review 2.1 88th Q1 AHCI – No
56 Journal of Urban Archaeology 2.1 87th Q1 – – No
57 Open Archaeology 2.1 87th Q1 AHCI – Yes
58 Humans 2 87th Q1 – – Yes
59 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2 87th Q1 – – Yes
60 Medieval Archaeology 1.9 87th Q1 AHCI – No
61 Journal of Roman Studies 1.9 86th Q1 AHCI – No
62 Archaeologia Austriaca 1.8 86th Q1 ESCI – No
63 Archaeologia Baltica 1.8 86th Q1 ESCI – No
64 Science and Technology of Archaeological Research 1.8 86th Q1 – – No
65 South African Archaeological Bulletin 1.8 86th Q1 AHCI – No
66 Documenta Praehistorica 1.7 85th Q1 – – Yes
67 Ethnoarchaeology 1.7 85th Q1 ESCI – No
68 Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 1.7 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
69 Internet Archaeology 1.7 85th Q1 – – Yes
70 Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya 1.7 84th Q1 – – No
71 Journal of Maritime Archaeology 1.7 84th Q1 AHCI – No
72 Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1.7 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 Praehistorische Zeitschrift 1.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
74 Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 1.7 84th Q1 – – No
75 Archaeologies 1.6 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
76 Journal of Open Archaeology Data 1.6 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
77 Trabajos de Prehistoria 1.6 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
78 Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 1.5 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
79 Oxford Journal of Archaeology 1.5 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
80 History of Science and Technology 1.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
81 Journal of Roman Archaeology 1.5 82nd Q1 AHCI – No
82 Asian Perspectives 1.4 82nd Q1 AHCI – No
83 Estonian Journal of Archaeology 1.4 82nd Q1 AHCI – Yes
84 SPAL 1.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
85 Anatolian Studies 1.4 81st Q1 AHCI – No
86 Hesperia 1.4 81st Q1 AHCI – No
87 Quaternary Environments and Humans 1.4 81st Q1 – – Yes
88 Urban Morphology 1.4 81st Q1 AHCI – No
89 Archaeofauna 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI – No
90 Arheoloski Vestnik 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI – Yes
91 Journal of Conflict Archaeology 1.3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
92 Time and Mind 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI – No
93 Journal of Islamic Architecture 1.3 79th Q1 – – No
94 Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 1.2 79th Q1 ESCI – No
95 Australian Archaeology 1.2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
96 Journal of African Archaeology 1.2 79th Q1 AHCI – No
97 Ukrainian Numismatic Annual 1.2 79th Q1 – – Yes
98 Historical Archaeology 1.2 78th Q1 AHCI – No
99 Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie 1.2 78th Q1 AHCI – No
100 Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris 1.1 78th Q1 – – Yes
101 North American Archaeologist 1.1 78th Q1 AHCI – No
102 Pamatky Archeologicke 1.1 78th Q1 AHCI – Yes
103 Estudios Atacamenos 1.1 77th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
104 Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 1.1 77th Q1 ESCI – No
105 Persica Antiqua 1.1 77th Q1 – – No
106 Zephyrus 1.1 77th Q1 AHCI – Yes
107 Annual of the British School at Athens 1.1 76th Q1 AHCI – No
108 Archeologia Polski 1.1 76th Q1 – – Yes
109 Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology 1.1 76th Q1 – – No
110 Israel Exploration Journal 1.1 76th Q1 AHCI – No
111 Radical Americas 1.1 76th Q1 – – Yes
112 Boletin del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino 1.1 75th Q1 AHCI – Yes
113 Current Swedish Archaeology 1.1 75th Q1 – – Yes
114 Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology 1.1 75th Q1 – – No
115 Opuscula 1.1 75th Q1 AHCI – No
116 Panta Rei 1.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
117 Kazakhstan Archeology 1.1 74th Q2 – – No
118 Post-Medieval Archaeology 1.1 74th Q2 AHCI – No
119 Studies in Digital Heritage 1.1 74th Q2 – – Yes
120 One World Archaeology 1 74th Q2 – – No
121 Arqueologia 1 73rd Q2 AHCI – Yes
122 Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 1 73rd Q2 AHCI – No
123 Hunter Gatherer Research 1 73rd Q2 – – No
124 Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica 1 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
125 Pharos Journal of Theology 1 73rd Q2 – – Yes
126 Acta Archaeologica 1 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
127 Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia 1 72nd Q2 – – No
128 Lucentum 1 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
129 Southern African Humanities 1 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
130 Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Ciencias Humanas 1 71st Q2 – – Yes
131 Dissertationes Archaeologicae ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eotvos Nominatae 1 71st Q2 – – Yes
132 Journal of Hellenic Studies 1 71st Q2 AHCI – No
133 Melanges de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome:Antiquite 1 71st Q2 – – No
134 Nizhnevolzhskiy Arkheologicheskiy Vestnik 1 71st Q2 – – Yes
135 Magazen 1 70th Q2 – – Yes
136 Archaeological Journal 0.9 70th Q2 ESCI – No
137 Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 0.9 70th Q2 ESCI – No
138 KIVA 0.9 70th Q2 ESCI – No
139 Near Eastern Archaeology 0.9 70th Q2 AHCI – No
140 Archeologicke Rozhledy 0.9 69th Q2 AHCI – Yes
141 Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae 0.9 69th Q2 – – Yes
142 Kadmos 0.9 69th Q2 – – No
143 Pyrenae 0.9 69th Q2 – – Yes
144 Ancient Iranian Studies 0.9 68th Q2 – – No
145 Archeologia e Calcolatori 0.9 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
146 Bulletin of the History of Archaeology 0.9 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
147 Journal of Cuneiform Studies 0.9 68th Q2 – – No
148 Sinus Persicus 0.9 68th Q2 – – No
149 Chiron 0.9 67th Q2 – – No
150 Etudes et Travaux 0.9 67th Q2 – – Yes
151 European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies 0.9 67th Q2 – – No
152 Rock Art Research 0.9 67th Q2 AHCI – No
153 Archeometriai Muhely 0.8 66th Q2 – – No
154 Complutum 0.8 66th Q2 AHCI – No
155 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 0.8 66th Q2 AHCI – No
156 Studia Hercynia 0.8 66th Q2 – – Yes
157 Vestnik Archeologii, Antropologii i Etnografii 0.8 66th Q2 – – Yes
158 Archivo Espanol de Arqueologia 0.8 65th Q2 AHCI – Yes
159 Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueologia de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 0.8 65th Q2 ESCI – No
160 Iraq 0.8 65th Q2 – – No
161 Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomor'ya 0.8 65th Q2 – – Yes
162 Vjesnik Arheoloskog Muzeja u Zagrebu 0.8 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
163 Antipoda 0.8 64th Q2 – – Yes
164 Comechingonia 0.8 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
165 Papers of the British School at Rome 0.8 64th Q2 AHCI – No
166 Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 0.8 64th Q2 AHCI – No
167 Akkadica 0.8 63rd Q2 AHCI – No
168 Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archeologie Orientale 0.8 63rd Q2 – – No
169 Archaeologia Bulgarica 0.7 63rd Q2 – – No
170 East European Historical Bulletin 0.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
171 PASIPHAE 0.7 63rd Q2 – – No
172 California Archaeology 0.7 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
173 Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinistik 0.7 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
174 Sciences of Conservation and Archaeology 0.7 62nd Q2 – – No
175 Afghanistan 0.7 61st Q2 ESCI – No
176 Archaeologiai Ertesito 0.7 61st Q2 – – No
177 Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies 0.7 61st Q2 ESCI – No
178 Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 0.7 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
179 Slovenska Archeologia 0.7 61st Q2 ESCI – No
180 Eminak 0.7 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
181 Palaeohispanica 0.7 60th Q2 ESCI – No
182 Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya 0.7 60th Q2 – – Yes
183 Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju 0.7 60th Q2 ESCI – No
184 Revista del Museo de Antropologia 0.7 60th Q2 – – Yes
185 Archaeologia Lituana 0.7 59th Q2 – – Yes
186 Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueologia de la Universidad de Granada 0.7 59th Q2 – – Yes
187 Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology 0.7 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
188 Stratum Plus 0.7 59th Q2 ESCI – No
189 Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 0.7 58th Q2 – – No
190 Annales Instituti Archaeologici 0.6 58th Q2 ESCI – No
191 IS and T Archiving Conference, ARCHIVING 0.6 58th Q2 – – No
192 Rossijskaja Arheologija 0.6 58th Q2 AHCI – No
193 Suvannabhumi: Multidisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 0.6 58th Q2 – – No
194 Anatolica 0.6 57th Q2 – – No
195 Arheologia (Kyiv) 0.6 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
196 Britannia (Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) 0.6 57th Q2 AHCI – No
197 Journal of Skyscape Archaeology 0.6 57th Q2 – – No
198 Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia 0.6 57th Q2 – – Yes
199 Arqueologia de la Arquitectura 0.6 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
200 Boletin de Arqueologia PUCP 0.6 56th Q2 – – No
201 Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 0.6 56th Q2 ESCI – No
202 Origini 0.6 56th Q2 AHCI – No
203 Estudos do Quaternario 0.6 55th Q2 – – No
204 Lietuvos Archeologija 0.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
205 Revista Arheologica 0.6 55th Q2 – – No
206 Starinar 0.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
207 Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies 0.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
208 Old Testament Essays 0.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
209 Oriental Studies 0.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
210 Peuce 0.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
211 Public Archaeology 0.6 54th Q2 AHCI – No
212 Studies About Languages 0.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
213 Archivo de Prehistoria Levantina 0.6 53rd Q2 – – No
214 Camera Praehistorica 0.6 53rd Q2 – – No
215 Cercetari Arheologice 0.6 53rd Q2 – – Yes
216 Early China 0.6 53rd Q2 AHCI – No
217 East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 0.6 53rd Q2 – – No
218 Asia Minor 0.6 52nd Q2 – – No
219 Electrum 0.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
220 Orizzonti 0.6 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
221 Studia Universitatis Hereditati 0.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
222 Antiquaries Journal 0.6 51st Q2 AHCI – No
223 Veleia 0.6 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
224 Ancient Near Eastern Studies 0.5 51st Q2 ESCI – No
225 Yillik: Annual of Istanbul Studies 0.5 51st Q2 – – No
226 Agypten und Levante 0.5 50th Q2 – – No
227 Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt 0.5 50th Q2 – – Yes
228 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics and Literature 0.5 50th Q2 AHCI – No
229 Slavia Antiqua 0.5 50th Q2 – – Yes
230 Ufa Archaeological Herald 0.5 50th Q2 – – Yes
231 Ancient History Bulletin 0.5 49th Q3 – – No
232 Bioarchaeology and Social Theory 0.5 49th Q3 – – No
233 Gephyra 0.5 49th Q3 – – Yes
234 Syria 0.5 49th Q3 – – No
235 Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 0.5 49th Q3 – – No
236 Atiqot 0.5 48th Q3 – – No
237 Hiperboreea 0.5 48th Q3 ESCI – No
238 Indiana 0.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
239 Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market 0.5 48th Q3 – – No
240 Atlante Tematico di Topografia Antica 0.5 47th Q3 – – No
241 Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East 0.5 47th Q3 – – No
242 Libri (Turkey) 0.5 47th Q3 – – No
243 Prehled Vyzkumu 0.5 47th Q3 – – Yes
244 Siberian Historical Research 0.5 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
245 Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 0.5 47th Q3 – – Yes
246 Przeglad Archeologiczny 0.5 46th Q3 – – Yes
247 Revista de Arqueologia 0.5 46th Q3 – – Yes
248 Archaeologia Polona 0.5 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
249 Beitrage zur Mittelalterarchaologie in Osterreich 0.5 45th Q3 – – No
250 Ikenga 0.5 45th Q3 – – No
251 South Asian Studies 0.5 45th Q3 ESCI – No
252 Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research 0.5 45th Q3 – – Yes
253 Arqueologia y Territorio Medieval 0.5 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
254 Journal of Epigraphic Studies 0.5 44th Q3 ESCI – No
255 Journal of Frontier Studies 0.5 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
256 Lituanistica 0.5 44th Q3 – – No
257 Mnemosyne, Supplements 0.5 44th Q3 – – No
258 Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 0.5 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
259 Estudios de Cultura Maya 0.5 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
260 Lithics 0.5 43rd Q3 – – No
261 Shedet 0.4 43rd Q3 – – Yes
262 Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei 0.4 42nd Q3 – – Yes
263 Gallia Prehistoire 0.4 42nd Q3 – – Yes
264 Industrial Archaeology Review 0.4 42nd Q3 AHCI – No
265 Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 0.4 42nd Q3 – – No
266 Studijne Zvesti Archeologickeho Ustavu Slovenskej Akademie Vied 0.4 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
267 Bioarchaeology of the Near East 0.4 41st Q3 – – No
268 Journal of Islamic Archaeology 0.4 41st Q3 ESCI – No
269 Journal of Mosaic Research 0.4 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
270 Vestnik Novosibirskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Seriya: Istoriya, Filologiya 0.4 41st Q3 – – Yes
271 Archaeologia Historica 0.4 40th Q3 – – Yes
272 Graeco-Latina Brunensia 0.4 40th Q3 – – Yes
273 Kratkiye Soobshcheniya Instituta Arkheologii 0.4 40th Q3 ESCI – No
274 Materiale si Cercetari Arheologice 0.4 40th Q3 – – Yes
275 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 0.4 40th Q3 – – No
276 Acta Musei Napocensis 0.4 39th Q3 – – No
277 Adalya 0.4 39th Q3 AHCI – No
278 Ancient Society 0.4 39th Q3 – – No
279 Annals of the Naprstek Museum 0.4 39th Q3 – – No
280 Logeion 0.4 39th Q3 – – No
281 Annuario della Scuola di Archeologica Italiana di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente 0.4 38th Q3 – – No
282 Asian Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 0.4 38th Q3 – – No
283 Revue Archeologique 0.4 38th Q3 – – No
284 Sagvntvm 0.4 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
285 Archaeological Reports 0.4 37th Q3 AHCI – No
286 Ars Orientalis 0.4 37th Q3 AHCI – Yes
287 Art-Sanat Dergisi 0.4 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
288 Iranica Antiqua 0.4 37th Q3 AHCI – No
289 Zbornik Slovenskeho Narodneho Muzea Archeologia 0.4 37th Q3 – – No
290 Fornvannen 0.4 36th Q3 AHCI – No
291 Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences 0.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
292 Ophiussa 0.4 36th Q3 – – No
293 Revista Colombiana de Antropologia 0.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
294 Vigiliae Christianae 0.4 36th Q3 AHCI – No
295 Mnemosyne 0.4 35th Q3 AHCI – No
296 Scando-Slavica 0.4 35th Q3 ESCI – No
297 Semitica et Classica 0.4 35th Q3 – – No
298 Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 0.4 35th Q3 – – No
299 Ancient Asia 0.4 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
300 Archeologia Classica 0.4 34th Q3 – – No

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