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SpringerBriefs in Archaeology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.2). Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 1861-6623Verify ISSN ↗2192-4910Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 1324 / 1936 | 31st | Q3 |
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 373 / 462 | 19th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present (also 2020–2021, 2018, 2014–2016), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.2.
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology is Q3 in History (rank 1324 of 1936) and Q4 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 373 of 462), by CiteScore 2025.
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology 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 0.2, quartile Q3, 31st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1861-6623 and its online ISSN is 2192-4910.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.96 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #116 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 30. 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.
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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