Journal profile
Advances in Archaeomaterials
ISSN 2667-1360 · KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. · China
Advances in Archaeomaterials: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 210 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Archaeomaterials is published by KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Building materials and conservation, together about 46.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archaeological sciences are now more than ever a fully integrated aspect within the field of archaeology. With the enormous wealth of techniques, methodologies, theoretical approaches, and regional case studies that have been published over the past two decades, it is time that a journal dedicated to reporting the "state of the field" of various archaeometric sub-disciplines be issued. For example, review articles can cover the use of a specific technique or methodology within a class or type of materials, a region, or some combination thereof that reports on a body of scientific approaches to the materiality of the past. Beyond excavation, it is these techniques that have delivered some of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the past two decades, and regional or methodological syntheses stand to greatly enhance the dissemination of cutting edge case studies within a broader context. Additionally, Advances in Archaeomaterials will also welcome original research, as long as it is contextualized within an expanded introductory framework, in the fields of archaeological science, cultural and industrial heritage, science and technology studies including history of science, and conservation science-as long as the focus is archaeometric research on human-made materials. Finally, special issues can be published in certain circumstances (contact the editors with queries), and manuscripts of interest to a broad audience published in Chinese can be translated into English and published as an article.This will be the only journal dedicated to:Articles synthesizing archaeological science research results in a regionArticles synthesizing archaeological science research results for a method or techniqueArticles synthesizing archaeological science research results of specific ancient material classes (organic and inorganic)Original research in the fields of archaeological science, cultural and industrial heritage, science and technology studies including history of science, and conservation scienceSpecial issues can be published in certain circumstances (contact the editors with queries).Editorial Board
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Heritage Materials AnalysisArts and Humanities19.2%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences16.4%
- Building materials and conservationEarth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
- Metallurgy and Cultural ArtifactsSocial Sciences10.6%
- Conservation Techniques and StudiesArts and Humanities5.8%
- Maritime and Coastal ArchaeologyArts and Humanities4.8%
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences4.8%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 44 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 58 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 97 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
210 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 17 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 72 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 210 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 88 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted9
- book reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- book reviewsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- original research articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- original research articlesContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- responsesContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- review articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- review articlesContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
- translationsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorial, Book Reviews, Tr…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission; AI cannot be listed as author. Model summary
Authors must declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process:Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language of the manuscri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
Authorship changes only before acceptance and only with editor approval; no changes after acceptance. Model summary
For transparency, we encourage corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Authors must disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest. Model summary
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also https://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.Authors should complete the declaration …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Journal encourages citing underlying/relevant datasets with data references. Model summary
This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your Reference List.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Ethics and Copyright
Journal Publishing Agreement required upon acceptance. Model summary
By submitting a manuscript to Advances in Archaeomaterials, the authors concede that the work is their own and has not been plagiarized, that they have the sole right to publish the materials, that if the materials are under another copyright that they have received permission to reproduce them, that the work is not undergoing peer review with another publication, that there is no conflict of inte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. The author does not have any publication charges for open access. University of Science and Technology Beijing will pay to make the article open acce…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review with a minimum of two independent expert reviewers; editor makes final decision. Model summary
This journal operates a double blind review process. All contributions are sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. For more information on the types of peer review, please visit: https://www.elsevier.com/reviewe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Submissions automatically screened with iThenticate's CrossCheck for overlapping/similar text. Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Preprints may be referenced if central to work; formal publication preferred when available. Model summary
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2667-1360
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Archaeomaterials
How long does peer review take at Advances in Archaeomaterials?
The publisher reports about 210 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 17 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Advances in Archaeomaterials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Archaeomaterials is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Advances in Archaeomaterials open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Archaeomaterials is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .