Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology is published by University of Illinois Press and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies and Archaeology and Natural History, together about 55% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Published by University of Illinois Press from 2021. The Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology (MCJA) is the premier peer-reviewed, academic archaeology journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC). The Conference serves to promotes and stimulate interest in the archaeology of the midwestern United States and neighboring areas; to serve as a bond among those interested in this and related subjects; to advocate for the conservation of archaeological data; and to encourage an appreciation and support of regional archaeological research. The MCJA seeks original articles on Eastern Woodlands archaeology of the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Great Plains, from the Boreal Forests to the Gulf of Mexico, and on closely related subjects. Our contributions range in chronology and context from the kill sites of the continents’ first inhabitants to the privies of early 20th century city dwellers. We are especially interested in manuscripts that apply contemporary theory or method to existing problems and data sets in the midcontinent and that are of broad, general interest across the region. The MAC occasionally sponsors symposiums at its annual meeting on timely spatial or temporal issues that form special edited sections of the journal. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.

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Research area (LetPub): ARCHAEOLOGY

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

23OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

94OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.16OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

6LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

University of Illinois Press

ISSN

0146-1109

Electronic ISSN

2327-4271

Latest issue on the website

Volume 45, Issue 3 (2020)

Official links

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