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World Archaeology

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN1470-1375

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.567

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

0.894

Total Worksi

2,195

Total Citationsi

78,399

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

World Archaeology publishes international, multiperiod research on all aspects of archaeology, with each issue following a specific theme. The journal publishes research related to Arts and Humanities; Earth and Planetary Sciences; and Social Sciences.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,195

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1470-1375

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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

791

2019

395

2020

493

2021

366

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.

ArcheologyQ1

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q1

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Archaeology

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Archeology (arts and humanities)Archeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyPacific and Southeast Asian StudiesHistorical and Cultural Archaeology StudiesArchaeology and Rock Art StudiesArchaeological Research and ProtectionAnthropological Studies and InsightsMaritime and Coastal ArchaeologyCultural Heritage Management and PreservationForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Frequently asked questions about World Archaeology

Is World Archaeology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World 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 World Archaeology?

World 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 0.65.

Is World Archaeology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Archaeology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.