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Best Conservation journals

108 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Conservation. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 27 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 on Computing and Cultural Heritage 6.9 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
2 Journal of Cultural Heritage 6.2 98th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
3 npj Heritage Science 5.8 97th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
4 International Journal of Architectural Heritage 5.6 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
5 Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 5.3 95th Q1 ESCI C No
6 International Journal of Heritage Studies 4.7 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
7 Virtual Archaeology Review 4.5 93th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 Heritage 4.3 93th Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 Historic Environment: Policy and Practice 3.7 92th Q1 AHCI – No
10 Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites 3.5 91th Q1 – – Yes
11 Built Heritage 3 90th Q1 – – Yes
12 Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture 3 89th Q1 – – Yes
13 International Journal of Space Structures 2.4 88th Q1 – – No
14 Studies in Conservation 2.4 87th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
15 Heritage and Society 2.3 86th Q1 ESCI – No
16 Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning 2.2 85th Q1 – – No
17 Journal of Architectural Conservation 2.1 84th Q1 AHCI – No
18 Open Archaeology 2.1 83th Q1 AHCI – Yes
19 SCIRES-IT 2 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Muzeologia a Kulturne Dedicstvo 2 81th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 International Journal of Cultural Property 1.9 81th Q1 ESCI – No
22 Curator 1.8 80th Q1 AHCI – No
23 International Journal of Conservation Science 1.8 79th Q1 ESCI – No
24 Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 1.6 78th Q1 AHCI – No
25 Journal of the Institute of Conservation 1.6 77th Q1 ESCI – No
26 Information and Culture 1.5 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
27 Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies 1.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 International Journal of Intangible Heritage 1.3 74th Q2 AHCI – No
29 JLIS.it 1.3 73th Q2 ESCI – Yes
30 Ciudades 1.1 72th Q2 ESCI – Yes
31 Architecture and Urban Planning 1.1 71th Q2 – – No
32 Santander Art and Culture Law Review 1.1 70th Q2 – – Yes
33 Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 1 69th Q2 AHCI – No
34 Budownictwo i Architektura 1 68th Q2 – – Yes
35 Restaurator 1 68th Q2 – – No
36 Museum Worlds 1 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
37 International Journal of the Inclusive Museum 0.9 66th Q2 ESCI – No
38 Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 0.9 65th Q2 ESCI – No
39 Archaeological Journal 0.9 64th Q2 ESCI – No
40 Boletin de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 0.9 63th Q2 – – No
41 Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 0.8 62th Q2 – – No
42 Change Over Time 0.8 61th Q2 AHCI – No
43 Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 0.7 60th Q2 – – Yes
44 Sciences of Conservation and Archaeology 0.7 59th Q2 – – No
45 Conservar Patrimonio 0.7 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
46 Museum International 0.7 57th Q2 AHCI – No
47 Arqueologia de la Arquitectura 0.6 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
48 IS and T Archiving Conference, ARCHIVING 0.6 56th Q2 – – No
49 ArchiDOCT 0.6 55th Q2 – – No
50 Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage 0.6 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
51 Ge-Conservacion 0.6 53th Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Boletin Cientifico del Centro de Museos 0.5 52th Q2 – – No
53 Atiqot 0.5 51th Q2 – – No
54 Journal of the History of Collections 0.5 50th Q2 AHCI – No
55 Book History 0.5 49th Q3 ESCI – No
56 Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning 0.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
57 AICCM Bulletin 0.5 47th Q3 – – No
58 Shedet 0.4 46th Q3 – – Yes
59 Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art 0.4 45th Q3 – – No
60 Public Historian 0.4 44th Q3 AHCI – No
61 Adalya 0.4 43th Q3 AHCI – No
62 Wiadomosci Konserwatorskie 0.4 43th Q3 – – No
63 Proceedings from the Document Academy 0.4 42th Q3 – – Yes
64 Sustainable Mediterranean Construction 0.4 41th Q3 – – No
65 Art-Sanat Dergisi 0.4 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
66 Epites-Epiteszettudomany 0.4 39th Q3 – – No
67 Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences 0.4 38th Q3 – – Yes
68 Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra 0.4 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
69 SPAFA Journal 0.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
70 Architektura a Urbanizmus 0.4 35th Q3 AHCI – Yes
71 Metropolitan Museum Journal 0.4 34th Q3 AHCI – No
72 Glasnik SED 0.3 33th Q3 – – No
73 South African Museums Association Bulletin 0.3 32th Q3 ESCI – No
74 Laboratorio de Arte 0.3 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
75 Loggia, Arquitectura y Restauracion 0.3 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
76 Getty Research Journal 0.3 30th Q3 AHCI – Yes
77 Capitale Culturale 0.3 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
78 Journal of Curatorial Studies 0.3 28th Q3 ESCI – No
79 Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists 0.3 27th Q3 – – Yes
80 Museum History Journal 0.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
81 ARQ 0.3 25th Q3 AHCI – Yes
82 Manuscript Studies 0.3 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
83 Studii de Istoria si Teoria Arhitecturii 0.3 23th Q4 AHCI – Yes
84 Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Iskusstvovedenie 0.2 22th Q4 ESCI – No
85 Written Monuments of the Orient 0.2 21th Q4 – – No
86 Staleta Praha 0.2 20th Q4 – – No
87 Brukenthal. Acta Musei 0.2 19th Q4 – – No
88 Comma 0.2 18th Q4 – – No
89 Quiroga 0.2 18th Q4 ESCI – No
90 Muzealnictwo 0.2 17th Q4 – – No
91 Culture et Musees 0.2 16th Q4 AHCI – Yes
92 Vernacular Architecture 0.2 15th Q4 AHCI – No
93 Rivista di Storia della Miniatura 0.2 14th Q4 – – No
94 Notes Konserwatorski 0.2 13th Q4 – – No
95 Portal 0.1 12th Q4 ESCI – No
96 Terra Sebus 0.1 11th Q4 – – Yes
97 Santander, Estudios de Patrimonio 0.1 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
98 Ochrona Zabytkow 0.1 9th Q4 – – No
99 Metszet 0.1 8th Q4 – – No
100 Ars Adriatica 0.1 7th Q4 ESCI – Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Conservation 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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