Archeology · 61 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best open-access journals for Archeology
The top 40 of 61 Archeology journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Archeology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-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).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Heritage3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 2Arqueología0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos AiresOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 5Trabajos de Prehistoria0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 6Vestnik arheologii, antropologii i ètnografii0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institut problem osvoenii͡a Severa SO RANOpen AccessDOAJScopus
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- 8Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology)0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Tatarstan Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 9Zephyrvs0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Ediciones Universidad de SalamancaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 11Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Tatarstan Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 12Sprawozdania Archeologiczne0.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 13Archeologia Polski0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 14Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 18Germania: Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts0.1 cites/paper · Q3Open AccessScopus
- 19Il Capitale culturale0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · eum edizioni università di macerataOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 20Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · PAGEPress (Italy)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Heritage Science12.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJPubMed
- 23Revue archéologique du Centre de la France0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Fédération pour l'Edition de la Revue Archéologique du Centre de la FranceOpen AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry. International Journal/Mediterranean archaeology and archaeometry. International scientific journal0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of the AegeanOpen Access
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- 30Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University Geoarchaeology Ethnology and Anthropology Series0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 31PH. Boletín del Instituto Andaluza del Patrimonio Histórico0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio HistóricoOpen Access
- 32Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 33Bulletin du Centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Centre d'Études Médievales AuxerreOpen AccessDOAJ
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- 35Espacio Tiempo y Forma Serie I Prehistoria y Arqueología0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · National University of Distance EducationOpen AccessDOAJ
- 36مجلة دراسات في التاريخ والآثار0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of BaghdadOpen AccessDOAJ
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- 38Les Nouvelles de l archéologie14.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’HommeOpen AccessDOAJ
- 39Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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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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