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Best Archeology (arts and humanities) journals

459 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Archeology (arts and humanities). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Archaeological Research 11.3 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
2 Journal of Agrarian Change 6.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
3 Journal of Cultural Heritage 6.2 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
4 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 6 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
5 Journal of World Prehistory 6 99th Q1 – – No
6 Quaternary Science Reviews 6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 npj Heritage Science 5.8 98th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
8 Boreas 5.3 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 5.2 98th Q1 – – No
10 Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 4.8 97th Q1 ESCI – No
11 Environmental Archaeology 4.8 97th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
12 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 4.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Virtual Archaeology Review 4.5 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
14 Cambridge Archaeological Journal 4.4 97th Q1 AHCI – No
15 Journal of Archaeological Science 4.4 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
16 Heritage 4.3 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 4.1 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
18 Race and Class 3.8 96th Q1 SSCI – No
19 Advances in Archaeological Practice 3.7 95th Q1 AHCI – Yes
20 Historic Environment: Policy and Practice 3.7 95th Q1 AHCI – No
21 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 3.6 95th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
22 European Journal of Archaeology 3.6 95th Q1 AHCI – No
23 Radiocarbon 3.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 3.6 94th Q1 AHCI – No
25 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 Holocene 3.5 94th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Queensland Archaeological Research 3.4 94th Q1 – – No
28 Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 3.3 94th Q1 – – Yes
29 Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology 3.3 93th Q1 – – No
30 Bioarchaeology International 3.2 93th Q1 ESCI – No
31 Geoarchaeology - An International Journal 3.1 93th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
32 Lithic Technology 3.1 93th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
33 Tel Aviv 3.1 92th Q1 AHCI – No
34 Current Anthropology 2.9 92th Q1 SSCI – No
35 International Journal of Paleopathology 2.9 92th Q1 SCIE – No
36 PaleoAmerica 2.9 92th Q1 ESCI – No
37 World Archaeology 2.9 92th Q1 AHCI – No
38 Journal of Field Archaeology 2.9 91th Q1 AHCI – No
39 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2.8 91th Q1 AHCI – No
40 Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 2.8 91th Q1 – – Yes
41 Journal of Wetland Archaeology 2.7 91th Q1 – – No
42 International Journal of Historical Archaeology 2.6 91th Q1 AHCI – No
43 African Archaeological Review 2.6 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
44 Archaeology in Oceania 2.5 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
45 Azania 2.5 90th Q1 AHCI – No
46 Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage 2.5 90th Q1 – – No
47 Archaeological Research in Asia 2.4 89th Q1 AHCI – No
48 International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2.4 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
49 Levant 2.3 89th Q1 AHCI – No
50 Palestine Exploration Quarterly 2.3 89th Q1 AHCI – No
51 Bulletin of ASOR 2.2 89th Q1 AHCI – No
52 American Journal of Archaeology 2.1 88th Q1 AHCI – No
53 Latin American Antiquity 2.1 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
54 Nawpa Pacha 2.1 88th Q1 ESCI – No
55 Norwegian Archaeological Review 2.1 88th Q1 AHCI – No
56 Journal of Urban Archaeology 2.1 87th Q1 – – No
57 Open Archaeology 2.1 87th Q1 AHCI – Yes
58 Humans 2 87th Q1 – – Yes
59 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2 87th Q1 – – Yes
60 Medieval Archaeology 1.9 87th Q1 AHCI – No
61 Journal of Roman Studies 1.9 86th Q1 AHCI – No
62 Archaeologia Austriaca 1.8 86th Q1 ESCI – No
63 Archaeologia Baltica 1.8 86th Q1 ESCI – No
64 Science and Technology of Archaeological Research 1.8 86th Q1 – – Yes
65 South African Archaeological Bulletin 1.8 86th Q1 AHCI – No
66 Documenta Praehistorica 1.7 85th Q1 – – Yes
67 Ethnoarchaeology 1.7 85th Q1 ESCI – No
68 Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 1.7 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
69 Internet Archaeology 1.7 85th Q1 – – Yes
70 Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya 1.7 84th Q1 – – No
71 Journal of Maritime Archaeology 1.7 84th Q1 AHCI – No
72 Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1.7 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 Praehistorische Zeitschrift 1.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
74 Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 1.7 84th Q1 – – No
75 Archaeologies 1.6 83th Q1 AHCI – No
76 Journal of Open Archaeology Data 1.6 83th Q1 ESCI – Yes
77 Trabajos de Prehistoria 1.6 83th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
78 Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 1.5 83th Q1 AHCI – No
79 Oxford Journal of Archaeology 1.5 83th Q1 AHCI – No
80 History of Science and Technology 1.5 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
81 Journal of Roman Archaeology 1.5 82th Q1 AHCI – No
82 Asian Perspectives 1.4 82th Q1 AHCI – No
83 Estonian Journal of Archaeology 1.4 82th Q1 AHCI – Yes
84 SPAL 1.4 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
85 Anatolian Studies 1.4 81th Q1 AHCI – No
86 Hesperia 1.4 81th Q1 AHCI – No
87 Quaternary Environments and Humans 1.4 81th Q1 – – Yes
88 Urban Morphology 1.4 81th Q1 AHCI – No
89 Archaeofauna 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI – No
90 Arheoloski Vestnik 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI – Yes
91 Journal of Conflict Archaeology 1.3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
92 Time and Mind 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI – No
93 Journal of Islamic Architecture 1.3 79th Q1 – – No
94 Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 1.2 79th Q1 ESCI – No
95 Australian Archaeology 1.2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
96 Journal of African Archaeology 1.2 79th Q1 AHCI – No
97 Ukrainian Numismatic Annual 1.2 79th Q1 – – Yes
98 Historical Archaeology 1.2 78th Q1 AHCI – No
99 Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie 1.2 78th Q1 AHCI – No
100 Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris 1.1 78th Q1 – – Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Archeology (arts and humanities) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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