Advances in Archaeological Practice

Advances in Archaeological Practice is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 1 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Archaeological Research and Protection, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage, together about 39.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Published on behalf of the Society for American ArchaeologyAdvances in Archaeological Practice (AAP) is an open access journal for all archaeologists. AAP aims to provide a vibrant venue for a global community of archaeologists to share knowledge about what it means to do archaeology well. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, contributions on the practice of archaeological methods; science; theory; policy; advocacy; curation; heritage management and interpretation; pedagogy; disciplinary culture; and an examination of the ways in which we engage with colleagues, partners, and policymakers. This journal aims to broaden the range of people reading and writing about or contributing to archaeological practice. AAP acknowledges that academic journals are culturally and socially situated and that the scale of systemic inequalities and inequities is both large and deeply historical. To the extent that it is possible within the structure of academic publishing, AAP aims to provide both ethical and equitable access to voices that are not typically amplified, and to facilitate the discovery and use of new research in scholarly, applied, and educational contexts.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ARCHAEOLOGY

Editor-in-chief Allison MickelPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

AHCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

3.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.73LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.27LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

38OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

195OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.61OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

33.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

91.87%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

47LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 30 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

2326-3768

Society / sponsor

Society for American Archaeology

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
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• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
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