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Scottish Archaeological Journal

Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN1755-2028

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

426

Total Citationsi

424

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications426

Publisher OrgGlasgow Archaeological Society

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Edinburgh University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1755-2028

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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.

ArcheologyQ4

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q4

Cultural StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Archaeology

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArcheology (arts and humanities)Archeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesMaritime and Coastal ArchaeologyArchaeological Research and ProtectionScottish History and National IdentityHistorical and Cultural Archaeology StudiesHistorical Studies of British IslesCultural Heritage Management and PreservationPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History

Frequently asked questions about Scottish Archaeological Journal

Is Scottish Archaeological Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scottish Archaeological Journal: 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 Scottish Archaeological Journal?

Scottish Archaeological Journal 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 0.07.

Is Scottish Archaeological Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scottish Archaeological Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scottish Archaeological Journal?