New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

History & Archaeology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Science and Engineering Ethics12.300
2 Journal of Chinese Political Science8.168
3 European Security7.959
4 Journal of Archaeological Research7.490
5 Journal of Peasant Studies7.395
6 Annual Review of Anthropology7.160
7 Journal of Responsible Innovation6.328
8 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.238
9 Agriculture and Human Values6.220
10 Public Understanding of Science6.024
11 Social Networks6.022
12 Post-Soviet Affairs5.914
13 Social Studies of Science5.868
14 Medicine Health Care and Philosophy5.632
15 Journal of Human Evolution5.445
16 Science & Education5.342
17 Journal of Contemporary China4.469
18 Social Epistemology4.276
19 Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs4.187
20 British Journal for the Philosophy of Science4.146
21 Transcultural Psychiatry4.060
22 Minerva3.977
23 Journal of Archaeological Science3.875
24 Journal of Anthropological Archaeology3.847
25 Biology & Philosophy3.820
26 Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective3.626
27 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs3.411
28 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory3.384
29 Pacific Review3.351
30 Economic Development and Cultural Change3.336
31 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies3.308
32 Evolutionary Anthropology3.281
33 Journal of Economic History3.245
34 East European Politics3.242
35 Anthropological Theory3.154
36 Advances in Archaeological Practice3.136
37 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences3.099
38 Nanoethics3.075
39 Human Ecology3.022
40 Journal of Contemporary European Studies2.989
41 Annals of Human Biology2.905
42 Explorations in Economic History2.884
43 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics2.871
44 European Journal for Philosophy of Science2.795
45 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science2.775
46 Journal of Ethnobiology2.770
47 Engineering Studies2.758
48 Journal of Social Archaeology2.678
49 Archaeological Prospection2.627
50 Middle East Critique2.620
51 Journal of Asian Public Policy2.610
52 Journal of Contemporary Asia2.599
53 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies2.593
54 Science As Culture2.535
55 Critical Asian Studies2.534
56 American Journal of Human Biology2.510
57 Eurasian Geography and Economics2.504
58 Nations and Nationalism2.499
59 Biosemiotics2.490
60 Asian Survey2.486
61 Field Methods2.418
62 Turkish Studies2.410
63 Social Anthropology2.396
- African Affairs2.396
65 Historical Methods2.319
- Critique of Anthropology2.319
67 Journal of Field Archaeology2.315
68 Race & Class2.293
69 Management & Organizational History2.282
70 Asia Pacific Viewpoint2.203
71 Ethos2.199
72 Cambridge Archaeological Journal2.146
73 Culture Medicine and Psychiatry2.142
74 Lithic Technology2.127
75 Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology2.124
76 Geoarchaeology-An International Journal2.121
77 European Review of Economic History2.118
78 American Anthropologist2.091
79 Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies2.087
80 Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology2.050
81 Cultural Anthropology2.046
82 Latin American Politics and Society2.038
- Journal of Eastern African Studies2.038
84 Foundations of Science2.037
85 Medical Anthropology2.033
86 Antiquity2.008
87 Philosophy of Science1.993
88 Anthropology & Medicine1.987
89 Journal of Asian and African Studies1.910
- Environmental Archaeology1.910
91 New Genetics and Society1.887
92 China Quarterly1.878
- Cliometrica1.878
94 Open Archaeology1.862
95 Journal of Philosophy of Education1.826
96 Memory Studies1.799
97 Africa Spectrum1.783
98 Current Anthropology1.774
99 Archaeological Dialogues1.754
100 Central Asian Survey1.751
101 Levant1.734
102 Signs and Society1.726
103 History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences1.720
104 Archaeometry1.717
105 Pacific Affairs1.713
106 East European Politics and Societies1.700
107 Mediterranean Politics1.687
108 Review of African Political Economy1.678
109 African Archaeological Review1.671
110 Tel Aviv-Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University1.667
111 Ancient Mesoamerica1.656
112 Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity1.649
113 Foundations of Chemistry1.645
- Archive for History of Exact Sciences1.645
115 World Archaeology1.644
116 Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology1.637
117 Modern China1.632
118 American Ethnologist1.616
119 Archaeology in Oceania1.576
120 Archaeologies-Journal of the World Archaeological Congress1.514
121 Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies1.510
122 International Journal of Osteoarchaeology1.464
123 Economic History Review1.448
124 Human Organization1.447
125 Contemporary Southeast Asia1.439
126 History of the Family1.438
127 Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies1.427
128 Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa1.406
129 Archaeological Research in Asia1.398
130 Ethnography1.391
131 Business History1.376
132 Economic Anthropology1.344
133 History and Technology1.342
134 European Journal of Archaeology1.329
135 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.316
136 Studies in Conservation1.313
137 Osiris1.312
138 International Studies in the Philosophy of Science1.310
139 Journal of Palestine Studies1.296
140 Past & Present1.277
141 Journal of Modern African Studies1.261
142 Nexus Network Journal1.251
143 Labor History1.245
144 History and Theory1.228
145 Journal for General Philosophy of Science1.227
- Comparative Studies in Society and History1.227
147 Perspectives in Biology and Medicine1.210
148 Journal of Maritime Archaeology1.184
149 Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports1.172
150 China Information1.167
151 History of Psychiatry1.154
152 Ethnos1.144
153 History of the Human Sciences1.133
154 Cultural Studies1.126
155 History of Geo- and Space Sciences1.111
156 Intelligence and National Security1.107
157 Social Science Japan Journal1.106
158 History of Science1.101
159 India Review1.095
160 Journal of Historical Geography1.082
161 Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy1.072
162 Latin American Antiquity1.067
163 Postcolonial Studies1.064
164 Positions-Asia Critique1.059
165 African Studies1.051
166 Middle East Policy1.048
167 Anthropologie1.038
168 Bilig1.025
169 Korea Observer1.023
170 Journal of Material Culture1.022
171 International Journal of Historical Archaeology1.019
172 European Review1.010
173 Journal of Southern African Studies1.009
174 History and Anthropology1.006
175 Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies1.004
176 Contemporary South Asia1.000
177 History of Political Economy0.996
- Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences0.996
179 Estudios Atacamenos0.992
180 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies0.989
181 Planning Perspectives0.986
182 Journal of Modern European History0.985
183 Medical Anthropology Quarterly0.983
184 Public Culture0.981
185 American Antiquity0.979
186 Social Science History0.977
187 Anthropologischer Anzeiger0.972
188 Scandinavian Journal of History0.965
189 IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies0.959
190 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought0.948
191 Rethinking History0.941
192 Asian Studies Review0.938
193 Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science0.931
194 Science and Technology Studies0.928
195 Anthropology & Education Quarterly0.919
196 Australian Archaeology0.911
197 Anthropological Forum0.891
198 Belleten0.890
- Social Analysis0.890
200 Modern Asian Studies0.889
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