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American Archivist

Society of American Archivists · United States · Est. 1938

ISSN0360-9081

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.316

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.689

Total Worksi

3,258

Total Citationsi

15,452

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal seeks to reflect thinking about theoretical and practical developments in the archival profession, particularly in North America; about the relationships between archivists and the creators and users of archives; and about cultural, social, legal, and technological developments that affect the nature of recorded information and the need to create and maintain it.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1938

Frequencysemi-annually

StatusActive

Total Publications3,258

Publisher OrgSociety of American Archivists

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewrefereed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society of American Archivists

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0360-9081

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

refereed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

313

2019

135

2020

302

2021

111

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Library and Information SciencesQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationArchaeological Research and ProtectionLegal Cases and Commentary

Frequently asked questions about American Archivist

Is American Archivist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Archivist: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Archivist?

American Archivist is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.316.

Is American Archivist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Archivist is indexed in Scopus.