Archaeology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Cultural Heritage	27
2	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	24
3	Journal of Archaeological Science	20
4	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	14
-	Antiquity	14
6	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	13
7	Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports	10
-	American Antiquity	10
-	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	10
-	Archaeometry	10
11	Journal of Archaeological Research	9
-	Advances in Archaeological Practice	9
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	9
-	Journal of Field Archaeology	9
15	Archaeological Research in Asia	8
-	Lithic Technology	8
-	Archaeological Prospection	8
-	Environmental Archaeology	8
-	European Journal of Archaeology	8
20	Levant	7
-	Archaeological Dialogues	7
-	Australian Archaeology	7
-	Cambridge Archaeological Journal	7
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	7
-	Studies in Conservation	7
-	World Archaeology	7
-	African Archaeological Review	7
28	Ancient Mesoamerica	6
-	Archaeology in Oceania	6
-	International Journal of Historical Archaeology	6
-	Latin American Antiquity	6
-	Open Archaeology	6
-	American Journal of Archaeology	6
-	Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa	6
35	Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Norwegian Archaeological Review	5
-	Opuscula-Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome	5
-	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	5
-	Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University	5
-	Trabajos de Prehistoria	5
-	Estudios Atacamenos	5
-	Journal of Maritime Archaeology	5
-	Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy	5
-	Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress	5
46	Journal of Roman Archaeology	4
-	Near Eastern Archaeology	4
-	Palestine Exploration Quarterly	4
-	Archaeofauna	4
-	Historical Archaeology	4

-	Journal of Near Eastern Studies	4
-	Oxford Journal of Archaeology	4
-	Time & Mind-The Journal of Archaeology Consciousness and Culture	4
-	Complutum	4
55	Zephyrus-Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueologia	3
-	Archeologicke Rozhledy	3
-	Arqueologia	3
-	Belleten	3
-	Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites	3
-	North American Archaeologist	3
-	Post-Medieval Archaeology	3
-	Public Archaeology	3
-	Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie	3
-	Acta Archaeologica	3
-	Annual of the British School at Athens	3
-	Asian Perspectives-The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific	3
-	International Journal of Nautical Archaeology	3
68	Journal of Egyptian Archaeology	2
-	Iran-Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies	2
-	Britannia	2
-	Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research	2
-	Hesperia	2
73	Journal of the British Archaeological Association	1
-	Rossiiskaya Arkheologiya	1
-	Zeitschrift fuer Agyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde	1
-	Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique	1
-	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	1
-	Industrial Archaeology Review	1