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Archaeological Prospection

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1099-0763

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.505

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.093

Total Worksi

1,296

Total Citationsi

16,230

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Archeology; History.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyQuarterly, <2005->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,296

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1099-0763

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

204

2019

411

2020

649

2021

255

2022

164

2023

222

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.

ArcheologyQ1

HistoryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ArchaeologyGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

HistoryArcheology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsArchaeological Research and ProtectionGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsSeismic Waves and AnalysisArchaeology and ancient environmental studies3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageMaritime and Coastal ArchaeologyGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesImage Processing and 3D ReconstructionGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Archaeological Prospection

Is Archaeological Prospection a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archaeological Prospection: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Archaeological Prospection?

Archaeological Prospection is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.54.

Is Archaeological Prospection indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archaeological Prospection is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Archaeological Prospection?