This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Archeology journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiocarbon | Cambridge University Press | 338222 | 4.271 |
| 2 | Journal of Archaeological Research | Springer New York | 15737756, 10590161 | 1.907 |
| 3 | Quaternary Science Reviews | Elsevier Ltd. | 2773791 | 1.701 |
| 4 | American Antiquity | Cambridge University Press | 00027316, 23255064 | 1.278 |
| 5 | Journal of World Prehistory | Springer New York | 15737802, 08927537 | 1.225 |
| 6 | Journal of Archaeological Science | Academic Press Inc. | 03054403, 10959238 | 1.218 |
| 7 | Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory | Springer New York | 10725369 | 1.084 |
| 8 | Journal of Agrarian Change | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14710366, 14710358 | 1.077 |
| 9 | Holocene | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14770911, 09596836 | 1.025 |
| 10 | Vegetation History and Archaeobotany | Springer New York | 16176278, 09396314 | 1.015 |
| 11 | Boreas | Wiley-Blackwell | 03009483, 15023885 | 1.013 |
| 12 | Antiquity | Cambridge University Press | 17451744, 0003598X | 0.953 |
| 13 | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | Springer Verlag | 18669565, 18669557 | 0.936 |
| 14 | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology | Academic Press Inc. | 02784165, 10902686 | 0.902 |
| 15 | Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology | Routledge | 15561828, 15564894 | 0.847 |
| 16 | Archaeological Research in Asia | Elsevier BV | 23522267 | 0.842 |
| 17 | Journal of Field Archaeology | Maney Publishing | 00934690, 20424582 | 0.832 |
| 18 | Trabajos de Prehistoria | CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas | 19883218, 00825638 | 0.803 |
| 19 | Current Anthropology | University of Chicago | 00113204, 15375382 | 0.8 |
| 20 | Race and Class | SAGE Publications Ltd | 3063968 | 0.786 |
| 21 | Geoarchaeology - An International Journal | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 08836353, 15206548 | 0.777 |
| 22 | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge University Press | 13802038, 14782294 | 0.752 |
| 23 | Quartar | Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH | 3757471 | 0.751 |
| 24 | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports | Elsevier BV | 2352409X | 0.739 |
| 25 | Tel Aviv | Maney Publishing | 03344355, 20404786 | 0.739 |
| 26 | Ethnos | Routledge | 00141844, 1469588X | 0.704 |
| 27 | Journal of Cultural Heritage | Elsevier Masson s.r.l. | 12962074 | 0.699 |
| 28 | Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage | Elsevier BV | 22120548 | 0.692 |
| 29 | Environmental Archaeology | Maney Publishing | 14614103 | 0.685 |
| 30 | Lithic Technology | Maney Publishing | 01977261, 20516185 | 0.683 |
| 31 | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge University Press | 09597743, 14740540 | 0.657 |
| 32 | Archaeometry | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0003813X, 14754754 | 0.65 |
| 33 | Open Quaternary | Ubiquity Press | 2055298X | 0.649 |
| 34 | Science and Technology of Archaeological Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 20548923 | 0.643 |
| 35 | World Archaeology | Routledge | 14701375, 00438243 | 0.643 |
| 36 | European Journal of Archaeology | Cambridge University Press | 14619571, 17412722 | 0.632 |
| 37 | African Archaeological Review | Springer International Publishing AG | 15729842, 02630338 | 0.617 |
| 38 | Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge University Press | 754358 | 0.607 |
| 39 | Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology | Ubiquity Press | 25148362 | 0.606 |
| 40 | Frontiers of Architectural Research | Elsevier BV | 20952635 | 0.592 |
| 41 | Bulletin of ASOR | University of Chicago Press | 27693600, 27693589 | 0.581 |
| 42 | American Historical Review | Oxford University Press | 00028762, 19375239 | 0.547 |
| 43 | Heritage Science | Springer Science + Business Media | 20507445 | 0.547 |
| 44 | Azania | Routledge | 0067270X, 19455534 | 0.529 |
| 45 | International Journal of Paleopathology | Elsevier BV | 18799817 | 0.526 |
| 46 | Documenta Praehistorica | University of Ljubljana Press | 18542492, 1408967X | 0.515 |
| 47 | Journal of African Archaeology | Africa Magna Verlag | 16121651 | 0.514 |
| 48 | Anatolian Studies | Cambridge University Press | 661546 | 0.513 |
| 49 | Journal of Material Culture | SAGE Publications Ltd | 13591835, 14603586 | 0.51 |
| 50 | Levant | Maney Publishing | 00758914, 17563801 | 0.502 |
| 51 | Southeastern Archaeology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0734578X | 0.499 |
| 52 | Journal of Social Archaeology | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14696053 | 0.491 |
| 53 | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge University Press | 23263768 | 0.485 |
| 54 | Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry | University of the Aegean | 11089628 | 0.478 |
| 55 | Australian Archaeology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 3122417 | 0.475 |
| 56 | Estonian Journal of Archaeology | Estonian Academy Publishers | 17367484, 14062933 | 0.475 |
| 57 | American Journal of Archaeology | University of Chicago Press | 29114 | 0.469 |
| 58 | Virtual Archaeology Review | Universitat Politecnica de Valencia | 19899947 | 0.467 |
| 59 | Archaeology in Oceania | Wiley-Blackwell | 07284896, 18344453 | 0.465 |
| 60 | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships | Routledge | 15350770 | 0.465 |
| 61 | Norwegian Archaeological Review | Taylor and Francis AS | 293652 | 0.463 |
| 62 | Latin American Antiquity | Cambridge University Press | 10456635, 23255080 | 0.453 |
| 63 | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10991212, 1047482X | 0.449 |
| 64 | Hesperia | American School of Classical Studies at Athens | 0018098X, 15535622 | 0.445 |
| 65 | Archeologicke Rozhledy | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | 3231267 | 0.444 |
| 66 | Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies | Penn State University Press | 21663548, 21663556 | 0.442 |
| 67 | Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia | Elsevier | 15630110 | 0.44 |
| 68 | Palestine Exploration Quarterly | Maney Publishing | 17431301, 00310328 | 0.438 |
| 69 | Queensland Archaeological Research | James Cook University | 1839339X, 08143021 | 0.438 |
| 70 | SPAL | Seville University Press | 22553924, 11334525 | 0.437 |
| 71 | Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology | Equinox Publishing Ltd | 17431700, 09527648 | 0.433 |
| 72 | American Museum Novitates | American Museum of Natural History | 30082 | 0.424 |
| 73 | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Journal of Roman Archaeology L.L.C. | 10634304, 10477594 | 0.409 |
| 74 | Scientific Culture | Henan University | 24080071, 24079529 | 0.404 |
| 75 | Boletin del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino | Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino | 07161530, 07186894 | 0.4 |
| 76 | Lucentum | Universidad de Alicante | 19899904, 02132338 | 0.4 |
| 77 | Archaeological Prospection | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10990763, 10752196 | 0.398 |
| 78 | International Journal of Historical Archaeology | Springer New York | 10927697, 15737748 | 0.397 |
| 79 | Complutum | Universidad Complutense Madrid | 11316993, 19882327 | 0.394 |
| 80 | Historic Environment: Policy and Practice | Maney Publishing | 17567505, 17567513 | 0.393 |
| 81 | Archivo Espanol de Arqueologia | CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas | 00666742, 19883110 | 0.388 |
| 82 | Journal of Historical Geography | Academic Press Inc. | 10958614, 03057488 | 0.388 |
| 83 | Journal of Maritime Archaeology | Springer New York | 15572293, 15572285 | 0.385 |
| 84 | Zephyrus | University of Salamanca | 5147336 | 0.384 |
| 85 | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10959270, 10572414 | 0.381 |
| 86 | Oxford Journal of Archaeology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 02625253, 14680092 | 0.381 |
| 87 | Arqueologia | Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires | 18538126, 03275159 | 0.377 |
| 88 | Historical Archaeology | Society for Historical Archaeology | 4409213 | 0.377 |
| 89 | Open Archaeology | De Gruyter Open Ltd. | 23006560 | 0.376 |
| 90 | Near Eastern Archaeology | University of Chicago Press | 10942076, 23255404 | 0.373 |
| 91 | Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy | Blackwell Munksgaard | 16000471, 09057196 | 0.37 |
| 92 | Antipoda | Universidad de los Andes | 19005407, 20114273 | 0.369 |
| 93 | Comechingonia | Instituto de Estudios Historicos | 03267911, 22507728 | 0.369 |
| 94 | Asian Perspectives | University of Hawaii Press | 15358283, 00668435 | 0.359 |
| 95 | Acta Archaeologica | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0065101X, 16000390 | 0.356 |
| 96 | Ancient Society | Peeters Publishers | 00661619, 17831334 | 0.355 |
| 97 | Current Swedish Archaeology | Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet, Goteborgs universitet | 11027355 | 0.353 |
| 98 | Heritage | MDPI AG | 25719408 | 0.344 |
| 99 | Agypten und Levante | Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften | 18135145, 10155104 | 0.337 |
| 100 | Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary | AIQUA - Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario | 22797335, 22797327 | 0.337 |
| 101 | Archaeofauna | Asociacion Espanola de Arqueozoologia | 11326891 | 0.335 |
| 102 | South African Archaeological Bulletin | South African Archaeological Society | 381969 | 0.331 |
| 103 | Pamatky Archeologicke | Institute of Archealogy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | 310506 | 0.322 |
| 104 | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge University Press | 682454 | 0.321 |
| 105 | Vestnik Archeologii, Antropologii i Etnografii | Tyumen Scientific Centre of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 18117465, 20710437 | 0.321 |
| 106 | Chungara | Universidad de Tarapaca | 7161182 | 0.317 |
| 107 | Revista del Museo de Antropologia | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades | 18524826, 1852060X | 0.314 |
| 108 | Ethnoarchaeology | Maney Publishing | 19442890, 19442904 | 0.311 |
| 109 | Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 2051820X, 20518196 | 0.311 |
| 110 | Rock Art Research | Australian Rock Art Research Association | 8130426 | 0.307 |