Best journals for Archeology
The top 40 of 183 Archeology journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Archeology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
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- 3Heritage2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 6Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7International Journal of Heritage Studies1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9The Historic Environment Policy & Practice1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
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- 14Cambridge Archaeological Journal1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Journal of Archaeological Science Reports0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19European Journal of Archaeology0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Hesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American School of Classical Studies at AthensScopusWeb of Science
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- 23Arqueología0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos AiresOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 25Near Eastern Archaeology0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Schools of Oriental ResearchScopusWeb of Science
- 26Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 27Journal of Near Eastern Studies0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Chicago PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29Journal of the American Institute for Conservation0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · RoutledgeScopusWeb of Science
- 30The Annual of the British School at Athens0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of Science
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- 33Vestnik arheologii, antropologii i ètnografii0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institut problem osvoenii͡a Severa SO RANOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 34American Journal of Archaeology0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Archaeological Institute of AmericaScopusWeb of Science
- 35Trabajos de Prehistoria0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 36Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BrillScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Papers of the British School at Rome0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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