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Best Classics journals

194 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Classics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 48 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	Historiography of Rome and Its Empire	1.9	99th	Q1	–	–	No
2	Journal of Roman Studies	1.9	99th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
3	Journal of Classics Teaching	1.5	98th	Q1	ESCI	–	Yes
4	Journal of Roman Archaeology	1.5	98th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
5	Hesperia	1.4	97th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
6	Journal of Late Antiquity	1.4	97th	Q1	ESCI	–	No
7	TAPA	1.3	96th	Q1	–	–	No
8	Annual of the British School at Athens	1.1	96th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
9	American Journal of Philology	1.1	95th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
10	Opuscula	1.1	95th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
11	Klio	1.1	94th	Q1	–	–	No
12	Studies in Digital Heritage	1.1	94th	Q1	–	–	Yes
13	Studies in Late Antiquity	1.1	93rd	Q1	–	–	No
14	Classical Antiquity	1	93rd	Q1	AHCI	–	No
15	Cambridge Classical Journal	1	92nd	Q1	AHCI	–	No
16	Classical Philology	1	92nd	Q1	AHCI	–	No
17	Journal of Hellenic Studies	1	91st	Q1	AHCI	–	No
18	Melanges de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome:Antiquite	1	91st	Q1	–	–	No
19	Brill's Plato Studies Series	0.9	90th	Q1	–	–	No
20	Mediterranea	0.9	90th	Q1	–	–	Yes
21	Kadmos	0.9	89th	Q1	–	–	No
22	Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition	0.9	89th	Q1	–	–	No
23	Chiron	0.9	88th	Q1	–	–	No
24	Pyrenae	0.9	88th	Q1	–	–	Yes
25	Brill's Companions to Classical Studies	0.8	87th	Q1	–	–	No
26	Iraq	0.8	86th	Q1	–	–	No
27	Ancient Philosophy	0.8	85th	Q1	–	–	No
28	Historia - Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte	0.8	85th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
29	Classical Receptions Journal	0.8	84th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
30	PASIPHAE	0.7	84th	Q1	–	–	No
31	Afghanistan	0.7	83rd	Q1	ESCI	–	No
32	Polis (United Kingdom)	0.7	83rd	Q1	AHCI	–	No
33	Arethusa	0.7	82nd	Q1	AHCI	–	No
34	Greek and Roman Musical Studies	0.7	82nd	Q1	–	–	No
35	Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology	0.7	81st	Q1	ESCI	–	Yes
36	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies	0.6	81st	Q1	–	–	No
37	Ancient Philosophy Today: Dialogoi	0.6	80th	Q1	ESCI	–	No
38	Britannia (Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies)	0.6	80th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
39	Elenchos	0.6	79th	Q1	–	–	No
40	Novum Testamentum	0.6	79th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
41	International Journal of the Classical Tradition	0.6	78th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
42	Starinar	0.6	78th	Q1	–	–	Yes
43	Brill's Companions to Classical Reception	0.6	77th	Q1	–	–	No
44	Impact of Empire	0.6	77th	Q1	–	–	No
45	Electrum	0.6	76th	Q1	–	–	Yes
46	Helios	0.6	76th	Q1	AHCI	–	No
47	Espacio, Tiempo y Forma, Serie III: Historia Medieval	0.6	75th	Q1	ESCI	–	Yes
48	Orizzonti	0.6	75th	Q1	ESCI	–	No
49	Veleia	0.6	74th	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
50	Ancient Near Eastern Studies	0.5	74th	Q2	ESCI	–	No
51	Glotta - Zeitschrift fur Griechische und Lateinische Sprache	0.5	73rd	Q2	AHCI	–	No
52	Greece and Rome	0.5	73rd	Q2	AHCI	–	No
53	Ancient History Bulletin	0.5	72nd	Q2	–	–	No
54	Antichthon	0.5	71st	Q2	AHCI	–	No
55	Gephyra	0.5	71st	Q2	–	–	Yes
56	Scrinium	0.5	71st	Q2	–	–	No
57	Libri (Turkey)	0.5	70th	Q2	–	–	No
58	Atlante Tematico di Topografia Antica	0.5	69th	Q2	–	–	No
59	Philosophy as a Way of Life	0.5	69th	Q2	–	–	No
60	Scripta Classica Israelica	0.5	69th	Q2	–	–	No
61	Classical Journal	0.5	68th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
62	Mnemosyne, Supplements	0.5	68th	Q2	–	–	No
63	Antiqvorvm Philosophia	0.5	67th	Q2	ESCI	–	No
64	Trends in Classics	0.5	67th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
65	Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia	0.5	66th	Q2	ESCI	–	No
66	Studies in Ancient Medicine	0.4	66th	Q2	–	–	No
67	Graeco-Latina Brunensia	0.4	65th	Q2	–	–	Yes
68	Zeitschrift fur Antikes Christentum	0.4	65th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
69	Byzantina Symmeikta	0.4	64th	Q2	–	–	No
70	Classical Quarterly	0.4	64th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
71	Acta Musei Napocensis	0.4	63rd	Q2	–	–	No
72	Ancient Society	0.4	63rd	Q2	–	–	No
73	Logeion	0.4	62nd	Q2	–	–	No
74	Annuario della Scuola di Archeologica Italiana di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente	0.4	61st	Q2	–	–	No
75	Schole	0.4	61st	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
76	Classical World	0.4	60th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
77	Dionysius	0.4	60th	Q2	–	–	No
78	Archaeological Reports	0.4	59th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
79	Erga-Logoi	0.4	59th	Q2	–	–	Yes
80	Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy	0.4	58th	Q2	–	–	No
81	Vox Patrum	0.4	58th	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
82	Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies	0.4	57th	Q2	AHCI	–	Yes
83	Zbornik Radova Vizantoloskog Instituta	0.4	57th	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
84	Mnemosyne	0.4	56th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
85	Potestas	0.4	56th	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
86	Babesch	0.4	55th	Q2	–	–	No
87	Emerita	0.4	55th	Q2	AHCI	–	Yes
88	Archeologia Classica	0.4	54th	Q2	–	–	No
89	Lexis Supplementi: Studies in Greek and Latin Literature	0.4	54th	Q2	–	–	No
90	Axon (Italy)	0.4	53rd	Q2	–	–	Yes
91	Cahiers des Etudes Anciennes	0.3	53rd	Q2	ESCI	–	Yes
92	Brill''s Plutarch Studies	0.3	52nd	Q2	–	–	No
93	Philologia Classica	0.3	52nd	Q2	ESCI	–	No
94	Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages	0.3	51st	Q2	–	–	No
95	Classica et Mediaevalia	0.3	51st	Q2	–	–	No
96	Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies	0.3	50th	Q2	AHCI	–	No
97	Clotho	0.3	50th	Q2	–	–	Yes
98	Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation	0.3	49th	Q3	–	–	No
99	Hyperboreus	0.3	49th	Q3	–	–	No
100	Gerion	0.3	48th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
101	Vestnik Drevnei Istorii	0.3	48th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
102	Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity	0.3	47th	Q3	–	–	No
103	Ricerche Ellenistiche	0.3	47th	Q3	–	–	No
104	Minerva Revista de Filologia Clasica	0.3	46th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
105	Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale	0.3	46th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
106	Pallas	0.3	45th	Q3	–	–	Yes
107	Symbolae Osloenses	0.3	45th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
108	Religions in the Graeco-Roman World	0.3	44th	Q3	–	–	No
109	Wiener Studien	0.3	44th	Q3	–	–	No
110	Latomus	0.3	43rd	Q3	AHCI	–	No
111	Antike und Abendland	0.3	42nd	Q3	AHCI	–	No
112	Studi Lockiani	0.3	42nd	Q3	–	–	No
113	Revue des Etudes Anciennes	0.2	42nd	Q3	–	–	No
114	Akroterion	0.2	41st	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
115	Zoophilologica	0.2	41st	Q3	–	–	Yes
116	Convivium (Czech Republic)	0.2	40th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
117	Philologus	0.2	40th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
118	Agora - Estudos Classicos em Debate	0.2	39th	Q3	AHCI	–	Yes
119	Cartagine. Studi e Ricerche	0.2	39th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
120	Commentaria Classica	0.2	38th	Q3	–	–	Yes
121	Technai	0.2	38th	Q3	–	–	No
122	Antichnaya Drevnost' i Srednie Veka	0.2	37th	Q3	–	–	Yes
123	Ciceroniana On Line	0.2	36th	Q3	–	–	Yes
124	Cuadernos de Filologia Clasica	0.2	36th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
125	Exemplaria Classica	0.2	35th	Q3	ESCI	–	No
126	Hermes (Germany)	0.2	35th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
127	Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne	0.2	33rd	Q3	–	–	Yes
128	Gymnasium	0.2	33rd	Q3	AHCI	–	No
129	Humanitas	0.2	33rd	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
130	Illinois Classical Studies	0.2	33rd	Q3	–	–	No
131	Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum	0.2	33rd	Q3	–	–	No
132	Evangelical Quarterly: An International Review of Bible and Theology	0.2	32nd	Q3	–	–	No
133	Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis	0.2	31st	Q3	–	–	No
134	Eos (Poland)	0.2	31st	Q3	–	–	No
135	Etudes Classiques	0.2	30th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
136	Phasis: Greek and Roman Studies	0.2	30th	Q3	–	–	No
137	Acta Classica	0.2	29th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
138	Antiguedad y Cristianismo	0.2	29th	Q3	ESCI	–	Yes
139	Karanos	0.2	29th	Q3	–	–	Yes
140	Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica	0.2	28th	Q3	–	–	Yes
141	Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization	0.2	28th	Q3	–	–	Yes
142	Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	0.2	27th	Q3	–	–	No
143	Classica et Christiana	0.2	26th	Q3	–	–	No
144	Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica	0.2	26th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
145	MAIA-Rivista di Letterature Classiche	0.2	25th	Q3	AHCI	–	No
146	New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents	0.2	25th	Q3	–	–	No
147	Vichiana	0.2	24th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
148	Materiali e Discussioni per l'Analisi dei Testi Classici	0.2	23rd	Q4	AHCI	–	No
149	Antik Tanulmanyok	0.1	22nd	Q4	–	–	No
150	Fortunatae	0.1	22nd	Q4	–	–	Yes
151	Lexis	0.1	22nd	Q4	–	–	Yes
152	Amoenitas	0.1	21st	Q4	–	–	No
153	Faventia	0.1	21st	Q4	–	–	Yes
154	Philosophie Antique	0.1	21st	Q4	–	–	No
155	Museum Helveticum	0.1	20th	Q4	–	–	No
156	Antike Kunst	0.1	19th	Q4	–	–	No
157	Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism	0.1	19th	Q4	–	–	No
158	Eikasmos	0.1	18th	Q4	AHCI	–	No
159	Zhurnal Belorusskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Istoriya	0.1	18th	Q4	–	–	Yes
160	Byzantion Nea Hellas	0.1	17th	Q4	–	–	Yes
161	Istrazivanja Journal of Historical Researches	0.1	17th	Q4	–	–	Yes
162	Ziva Antika	0.1	16th	Q4	–	–	Yes
163	History of Classical Scholarship	0.1	15th	Q4	–	–	Yes
164	Incidenza dell' Antico	0.1	15th	Q4	–	–	No
165	Metaforms	0.1	15th	Q4	–	–	No
166	Antiguo Oriente	0.1	14th	Q4	–	–	No
167	Keria	0.1	14th	Q4	–	–	Yes
168	Studia Academica Sumenensia	0.1	14th	Q4	–	–	No
169	Eidola	0.1	13th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
170	Emotions in Antiquity	0.1	12th	Q4	–	–	No
171	Meander	0.1	11th	Q4	–	–	Yes
172	Tipofilologia	0.1	11th	Q4	–	–	No
173	Facta	0.1	10th	Q4	–	–	No
174	Talia Dixit	0.1	10th	Q4	ESCI	–	Yes
175	Novum Testamentum, Supplements	0.1	9th	Q4	–	–	No
176	Philologia Antiqua	0.1	9th	Q4	–	–	No
177	Marmora	0.1	8th	Q4	–	–	No
178	Philosophia Antiqua	0.1	8th	Q4	–	–	No
179	Hypnos	0.1	7th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
180	Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy	0.1	7th	Q4	–	–	No
181	Venezia Arti	0.1	7th	Q4	–	–	Yes
182	Athenaeum	0.1	6th	Q4	AHCI	–	No
183	Collectanea Philologica	0	5th	Q4	ESCI	–	Yes
184	Res Gestae	0	5th	Q4	–	–	Yes
185	Arion - Journal of Humanities and the Classics	0	4th	Q4	AHCI	–	No
186	Itineraria	0	4th	Q4	ESCI	–	No
187	Latina et Graeca	0	3rd	Q4	–	–	Yes
188	Acta Conventus Neo-Latini	0	1st	Q4	–	–	No
189	Bible in Ancient Christianity	0	1st	Q4	–	–	No
190	Boletim de Estudos Classicos	0	1st	Q4	ESCI	–	Yes
191	Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition	0	1st	Q4	–	–	No
192	Humanitas Taiwanica	0	1st	Q4	–	–	No
193	Monumenta Graeca et Romana	0	1st	Q4	–	–	No
194	Studi Rinascimentali	0	1st	Q4	–	–	No

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