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Journal of Social Archaeology

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1469-6053eISSN1741-2951

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.544

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.901

Total Worksi

439

Total Citationsi

11,195

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Archaeology; Archeology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyThree Times A Year, 2002-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications439

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-6053 / 1741-2951

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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

349

2019

2020

254

2021

2022

122

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.

ArcheologyQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyArchaeology

Scopus Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Archeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesAnthropological Studies and InsightsCultural Heritage Management and PreservationHistorical and Cultural Archaeology StudiesArchaeology and Rock Art StudiesArchaeological Research and ProtectionGeographies of human-animal interactionsPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyMuseums and Cultural HeritageGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Social Archaeology

Is Journal of Social Archaeology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Social Archaeology: 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 Journal of Social Archaeology?

Journal of Social Archaeology 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 1.74.

Is Journal of Social Archaeology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Social Archaeology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Social Archaeology?