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Best Archeology journals

385 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Archeology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 97 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 Frontiers of Architectural Research 7.8 99th Q1 AHCI – Yes
3 Journal of Agrarian Change 6.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
4 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 6 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
5 Journal of World Prehistory 6 98th Q1 – – No
6 Quaternary Science Reviews 6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 npj Heritage Science 5.8 98th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
8 Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 5.2 98th Q1 – – No
9 Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 4.8 97th Q1 ESCI – No
10 Environmental Archaeology 4.8 97th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
11 Ethnos 4.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
12 Virtual Archaeology Review 4.5 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Cambridge Archaeological Journal 4.4 96th Q1 AHCI – No
14 Journal of Archaeological Science 4.4 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
15 Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 4.1 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
16 Archaeological Prospection 4 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
17 Race and Class 3.8 95th Q1 SSCI – No
18 Advances in Archaeological Practice 3.7 95th Q1 AHCI – Yes
19 Journal of Social Archaeology 3.7 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
20 American Antiquity 3.7 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
21 Archaeological Dialogues 3.7 94th Q1 AHCI – No
22 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 3.6 94th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
23 European Journal of Archaeology 3.6 94th Q1 AHCI – No
24 Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 3.6 93rd Q1 AHCI – No
25 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 Queensland Archaeological Research 3.4 93rd Q1 – – No
27 Antiquity 3.3 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
28 Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 3.3 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
29 Archaeometry 3.2 92nd Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
30 Bioarchaeology International 3.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
31 Geoarchaeology - An International Journal 3.1 92nd Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
32 Lithic Technology 3.1 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
33 Tel Aviv 3.1 91st Q1 AHCI – No
34 Current Anthropology 2.9 91st Q1 SSCI – No
35 World Archaeology 2.9 91st Q1 AHCI – No
36 Journal of Field Archaeology 2.9 90th Q1 AHCI – No
37 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2.8 90th Q1 AHCI – No
38 Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 2.8 90th Q1 – – Yes
39 Journal of Wetland Archaeology 2.7 90th Q1 – – No
40 African Archaeological Review 2.6 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
41 Archaeology in Oceania 2.5 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
42 Azania 2.5 89th Q1 AHCI – No
43 Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage 2.5 89th Q1 – – No
44 Archaeological Research in Asia 2.4 88th Q1 AHCI – No
45 International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2.4 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
46 American Museum Novitates 2.3 88th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Palestine Exploration Quarterly 2.3 88th Q1 AHCI – No
48 Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 2.3 87th Q1 AHCI – No
49 Levant 2.3 87th Q1 AHCI – No
50 Bulletin of ASOR 2.2 87th Q1 AHCI – No
51 American Journal of Archaeology 2.1 86th Q1 AHCI – No
52 Journal of Material Culture 2.1 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
53 Latin American Antiquity 2.1 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
54 Nawpa Pacha 2.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
55 Journal of Urban Archaeology 2.1 85th Q1 – – No
56 Humans 2 85th Q1 – – Yes
57 Journal of Roman Studies 1.9 85th Q1 AHCI – No
58 Medieval Archaeology 1.9 85th Q1 AHCI – No
59 Archaeologia Austriaca 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
60 Archaeologia Baltica 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
61 Science and Technology of Archaeological Research 1.8 84th Q1 – – No
62 South African Archaeological Bulletin 1.8 84th Q1 AHCI – No
63 Documenta Praehistorica 1.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
64 Ethnoarchaeology 1.7 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
65 Internet Archaeology 1.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
66 Open Quaternary 1.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
67 Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 1.7 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
68 Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1.7 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
69 Praehistorische Zeitschrift 1.7 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
70 Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 1.7 82nd Q1 – – No
71 Journal of Open Archaeology Data 1.6 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
72 Trabajos de Prehistoria 1.6 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
73 History of Science and Technology 1.5 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
74 Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1.5 81st Q1 AHCI – No
75 Journal of Roman Archaeology 1.5 80th Q1 AHCI – No
76 Chungara 1.4 80th Q1 SSCI – No
77 Estonian Journal of Archaeology 1.4 80th Q1 AHCI – Yes
78 Journal of Historical Geography 1.4 80th Q1 SSCI – No
79 Asian Perspectives 1.4 79th Q1 AHCI – No
80 Quaternary Environments and Humans 1.4 79th Q1 – – Yes
81 SPAL 1.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
82 Hesperia 1.4 78th Q1 AHCI – No
83 Urban Morphology 1.4 78th Q1 AHCI – No
84 Archaeofauna 1.3 78th Q1 AHCI – No
85 Arheoloski Vestnik 1.3 78th Q1 AHCI – Yes
86 Journal of Conflict Archaeology 1.3 77th Q1 ESCI – No
87 Time and Mind 1.3 77th Q1 AHCI – No
88 Middle Kingdom Studies 1.2 77th Q1 – – No
89 Ukrainian Numismatic Annual 1.2 77th Q1 – – Yes
90 Australian Archaeology 1.2 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
91 International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 1.2 76th Q1 AHCI – No
92 Journal of African Archaeology 1.2 76th Q1 AHCI – No
93 Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie 1.2 76th Q1 AHCI – No
94 Historical Archaeology 1.2 75th Q1 AHCI – No
95 Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris 1.1 75th Q1 – – Yes
96 Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage 1.1 75th Q1 – – No
97 North American Archaeologist 1.1 75th Q1 AHCI – No
98 Estudios Atacamenos 1.1 74th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
99 Pamatky Archeologicke 1.1 74th Q2 AHCI – Yes
100 Southeastern Archaeology 1.1 74th Q2 – – No
101 Zephyrus 1.1 74th Q2 AHCI – Yes
102 Annual of the British School at Athens 1.1 73rd Q2 AHCI – No
103 Archeologia Polski 1.1 73rd Q2 – – Yes
104 Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 1.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
105 Persica Antiqua 1.1 73rd Q2 – – No
106 Boletin del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino 1.1 72nd Q2 AHCI – Yes
107 Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology 1.1 72nd Q2 – – No
108 Israel Exploration Journal 1.1 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
109 Opuscula 1.1 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
110 Current Swedish Archaeology 1.1 71st Q2 – – Yes
111 Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology 1.1 71st Q2 – – No
112 Kazakhstan Archeology 1.1 71st Q2 – – No
113 Post-Medieval Archaeology 1.1 71st Q2 AHCI – No
114 Hunter Gatherer Research 1 70th Q2 – – No
115 One World Archaeology 1 70th Q2 – – No
116 Revista Iberoamericana de Viticultura Agroindustria y Ruralidad 1 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
117 Arqueologia 1 69th Q2 AHCI – Yes
118 Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 1 69th Q2 AHCI – No
119 Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica 1 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
120 Acta Archaeologica 1 68th Q2 AHCI – No
121 Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia 1 68th Q2 – – No
122 Lucentum 1 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
123 Melanges de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome:Antiquite 1 68th Q2 – – No
124 Southern African Humanities 1 68th Q2 AHCI – No
125 Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Ciencias Humanas 1 67th Q2 – – Yes
126 Dissertationes Archaeologicae ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eotvos Nominatae 1 67th Q2 – – Yes
127 Journal of Hellenic Studies 1 67th Q2 AHCI – No
128 Nizhnevolzhskiy Arkheologicheskiy Vestnik 1 67th Q2 – – Yes
129 Magazen 1 66th Q2 – – Yes
130 Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 0.9 66th Q2 ESCI – No
131 KIVA 0.9 66th Q2 ESCI – No
132 Near Eastern Archaeology 0.9 66th Q2 AHCI – No
133 Archaeological Journal 0.9 65th Q2 ESCI – No
134 Archeologicke Rozhledy 0.9 65th Q2 AHCI – Yes
135 Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae 0.9 65th Q2 – – Yes
136 Kadmos 0.9 65th Q2 – – No
137 Archeologia e Calcolatori 0.9 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
138 Journal of Cuneiform Studies 0.9 64th Q2 – – No
139 Pyrenae 0.9 64th Q2 – – Yes
140 Sinus Persicus 0.9 64th Q2 – – No
141 Bulletin of the History of Archaeology 0.9 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
142 Etudes et Travaux 0.9 63rd Q2 – – Yes
143 European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies 0.9 63rd Q2 – – No
144 Rock Art Research 0.9 63rd Q2 AHCI – No
145 Complutum 0.8 62nd Q2 AHCI – No
146 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 0.8 62nd Q2 AHCI – No
147 Vestnik Archeologii, Antropologii i Etnografii 0.8 62nd Q2 – – Yes
148 Archivo Espanol de Arqueologia 0.8 61st Q2 AHCI – Yes
149 Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueologia de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 0.8 61st Q2 ESCI – No
150 Iraq 0.8 61st Q2 – – No
151 Studia Hercynia 0.8 61st Q2 – – Yes
152 Antipoda 0.8 60th Q2 – – Yes
153 Papers of the British School at Rome 0.8 60th Q2 AHCI – No
154 Vjesnik Arheoloskog Muzeja u Zagrebu 0.8 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
155 Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins 0.8 60th Q2 AHCI – No
156 Akkadica 0.8 59th Q2 AHCI – No
157 Comechingonia 0.8 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
158 Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archeologie Orientale 0.8 59th Q2 – – No
159 East European Historical Bulletin 0.7 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
160 Archaeologia Bulgarica 0.7 58th Q2 – – No
161 California Archaeology 0.7 58th Q2 ESCI – No
162 PASIPHAE 0.7 58th Q2 – – No
163 Revista Argentina de Antropologia Biologica 0.7 58th Q2 – – Yes
164 Archaeologiai Ertesito 0.7 57th Q2 – – No
165 Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinistik 0.7 57th Q2 ESCI – No
166 Slovenska Archeologia 0.7 57th Q2 ESCI – No
167 Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies 0.7 56th Q2 ESCI – No
168 Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 0.7 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
169 Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya 0.7 56th Q2 – – Yes
170 Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju 0.7 56th Q2 ESCI – No
171 Eminak 0.7 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
172 Palaeohispanica 0.7 55th Q2 ESCI – No
173 Revista del Museo de Antropologia 0.7 55th Q2 – – Yes
174 Russian Peasant Studies 0.7 55th Q2 – – Yes
175 Archaeologia Lituana 0.7 54th Q2 – – Yes
176 Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueologia de la Universidad de Granada 0.7 54th Q2 – – Yes
177 Stratum Plus 0.7 54th Q2 ESCI – No
178 Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 0.7 53rd Q2 – – No
179 Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology 0.7 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
180 Rossijskaja Arheologija 0.6 53rd Q2 AHCI – No
181 Suvannabhumi: Multidisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 0.6 53rd Q2 – – No
182 Anatolica 0.6 52nd Q2 – – No
183 Annales Instituti Archaeologici 0.6 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
184 Britannia (Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) 0.6 52nd Q2 AHCI – No
185 Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia 0.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
186 Arheologia (Kyiv) 0.6 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
187 Arqueologia de la Arquitectura 0.6 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
188 Boletin de Arqueologia PUCP 0.6 51st Q2 – – No
189 Journal of Skyscape Archaeology 0.6 51st Q2 – – No
190 Lietuvos Archeologija 0.6 50th Q2 – – Yes
191 Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 0.6 50th Q2 ESCI – No
192 Origini 0.6 50th Q2 AHCI – No
193 Starinar 0.6 50th Q2 – – Yes
194 Estudos do Quaternario 0.6 49th Q3 – – No
195 Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies 0.6 49th Q3 – – Yes
196 Old Testament Essays 0.6 49th Q3 – – Yes
197 Revista Arheologica 0.6 49th Q3 – – No
198 Camera Praehistorica 0.6 48th Q3 – – No
199 Oriental Studies 0.6 48th Q3 – – Yes
200 Peuce 0.6 48th Q3 – – Yes
201 Public Archaeology 0.6 48th Q3 AHCI – No
202 American Historical Review 0.6 47th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
203 Archivo de Prehistoria Levantina 0.6 47th Q3 – – No
204 Cercetari Arheologice 0.6 47th Q3 – – Yes
205 Early China 0.6 47th Q3 AHCI – No
206 Asia Minor 0.6 46th Q3 – – No
207 Electrum 0.6 46th Q3 – – Yes
208 Orizzonti 0.6 46th Q3 ESCI – No
209 Studia Universitatis Hereditati 0.6 46th Q3 – – Yes
210 Antiquaries Journal 0.6 45th Q3 AHCI – No
211 Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 0.6 45th Q3 ESCI – No
212 Veleia 0.6 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
213 Agypten und Levante 0.5 44th Q3 – – No
214 Ancient Near Eastern Studies 0.5 44th Q3 ESCI – No
215 Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt 0.5 44th Q3 – – Yes
216 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics and Literature 0.5 44th Q3 AHCI – No
217 Ufa Archaeological Herald 0.5 44th Q3 – – Yes
218 Bioarchaeology and Social Theory 0.5 43rd Q3 – – No
219 Gephyra 0.5 43rd Q3 – – Yes
220 Syria 0.5 43rd Q3 – – No
221 Atiqot 0.5 42nd Q3 – – No
222 Hiperboreea 0.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
223 Indiana 0.5 42nd Q3 – – Yes
224 Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market 0.5 42nd Q3 – – No
225 Atlante Tematico di Topografia Antica 0.5 41st Q3 – – No
226 Prehled Vyzkumu 0.5 41st Q3 – – Yes
227 Siberian Historical Research 0.5 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
228 Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 0.5 41st Q3 – – Yes
229 Archaeologia Polona 0.5 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
230 Przeglad Archeologiczny 0.5 40th Q3 – – Yes
231 Revista de Arqueologia 0.5 40th Q3 – – Yes
232 Beitrage zur Mittelalterarchaologie in Osterreich 0.5 39th Q3 – – No
233 Journal of Frontier Studies 0.5 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
234 Lituanistica 0.5 39th Q3 – – No
235 Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research 0.5 39th Q3 – – Yes
236 Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 0.5 38th Q3 ESCI – No
237 Estudios de Cultura Maya 0.5 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
238 Lithics 0.5 38th Q3 – – No
239 Shedet 0.4 38th Q3 – – Yes
240 Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei 0.4 37th Q3 – – Yes
241 Gallia Prehistoire 0.4 37th Q3 – – Yes
242 Studijne Zvesti Archeologickeho Ustavu Slovenskej Akademie Vied 0.4 37th Q3 ESCI – No
243 Bioarchaeology of the Near East 0.4 36th Q3 – – No
244 Industrial Archaeology Review 0.4 36th Q3 AHCI – No
245 Journal of Islamic Archaeology 0.4 36th Q3 ESCI – No
246 Vestnik Novosibirskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Seriya: Istoriya, Filologiya 0.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
247 Archaeologia Historica 0.4 35th Q3 – – Yes
248 Graeco-Latina Brunensia 0.4 35th Q3 – – Yes
249 Materiale si Cercetari Arheologice 0.4 35th Q3 – – Yes
250 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 0.4 35th Q3 – – No
251 Acta Musei Napocensis 0.4 34th Q3 – – No
252 Adalya 0.4 34th Q3 AHCI – No
253 Ancient Society 0.4 34th Q3 – – No
254 Annals of the Naprstek Museum 0.4 34th Q3 – – No
255 Annuario della Scuola di Archeologica Italiana di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente 0.4 33rd Q3 – – No
256 Asian Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 0.4 33rd Q3 – – No
257 Revue Archeologique 0.4 33rd Q3 – – No
258 Sagvntvm 0.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
259 Archaeological Reports 0.4 32nd Q3 AHCI – No
260 Ars Orientalis 0.4 32nd Q3 AHCI – Yes
261 Iranica Antiqua 0.4 32nd Q3 AHCI – No
262 Zbornik Slovenskeho Narodneho Muzea Archeologia 0.4 32nd Q3 – – No
263 Fornvannen 0.4 31st Q3 AHCI – No
264 Ophiussa 0.4 31st Q3 – – No
265 Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 0.4 31st Q3 – – No
266 Ancient Asia 0.4 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
267 Archeologia Classica 0.4 30th Q3 – – No
268 Babesch 0.4 30th Q3 – – No
269 Journal of Archaeological Studies 0.4 30th Q3 – – No
270 SPAFA Journal 0.4 30th Q3 – – Yes
271 Journal of Universal History Studies 0.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
272 Nations and Religions of Eurasia 0.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
273 Numismatic Chronicle 0.3 29th Q3 – – No
274 Raport Archeologiczny 0.3 29th Q3 – – No
275 Archaeologia Adriatica 0.3 28th Q3 – – Yes
276 Archaeologiae 0.3 28th Q3 – – No
277 Archiv fur Papyrusforschung und Verwandte Gebiete 0.3 28th Q3 AHCI – No
278 Landscapes (United Kingdom) 0.3 28th Q3 – – No
279 Biblical Archaeology Review 0.3 27th Q3 – – No
280 Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 0.3 27th Q3 AHCI – No
281 Memorias 0.3 27th Q3 – – No
282 Anadolu Arastirmalari 0.3 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
283 Antiquite Tardive 0.3 26th Q3 – – No
284 History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus 0.3 26th Q3 – – No
285 Revista Archai 0.3 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
286 Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 0.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
287 Ancient Numismatic 0.3 25th Q3 – – No
288 Annales d'Universite 'Valahia' Targoviste, Section d'Archeologie et d'Histoire 0.3 25th Q3 – – No
289 Fennoscandia Archaeologica 0.3 25th Q3 – – No
290 Gerion 0.3 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
291 Cuadernos Medievales 0.3 24th Q4 – – Yes
292 Perm University Herald - History 0.3 24th Q4 ESCI – No
293 Ricerche Ellenistiche 0.3 24th Q4 – – No
294 Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea 0.3 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
295 Bulletin de la Societe Prehistorique Francaise 0.3 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
296 Devenir (Peru) 0.3 23rd Q4 – – Yes
297 Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez 0.3 23rd Q4 AHCI – Yes
298 Journal of Ancient Civilizations 0.3 22nd Q4 – – No
299 Revue Biblique 0.3 22nd Q4 AHCI – No
300 UcoArte. Revista de Teoria e Historia del Arte 0.3 22nd Q4 – – Yes

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