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Acta Archaeologica

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1600-0390

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.222

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,531

Total Citationsi

1,735

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Archaeology; Archeology; Archeology (arts and humanities).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,531

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1600-0390

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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

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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.

ArcheologyQ2

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Archaeology

Scopus Categories

Archeology (arts and humanities)Archeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesHistorical and Archaeological StudiesAncient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArchaeology and Historical StudiesMaritime and Coastal ArchaeologyPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMetallurgy and Cultural ArtifactsClassical Antiquity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Acta Archaeologica

Is Acta Archaeologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Archaeologica: 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 Acta Archaeologica?

Acta Archaeologica 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 0.33.

Is Acta Archaeologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Archaeologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Archaeologica?