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Trabajos de Prehistoria
ISSN 0082-5638 · eISSN 1988-3218 · Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Spain
Trabajos de Prehistoria: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.41; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 48 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Trabajos de Prehistoria is published by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Archaeological and Geological Studies, Archaeological and Historical Studies and Medieval Architecture and Archaeology, together about 70.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista publica con preferencia estudios sobre Prehistoria y Protohistoria de la península ibérica y sus relaciones con Europa y el Mediterráneo. A veces incluye los de otros ámbitos geográficos de interés general por su enfoque teórico o metodológico o por el valor comparativo de sus contenidos arqueológicos. Además, promueve temas de teoría, metodología, arqueometría y paleoambiente. TP se interesa también por aspectos conectados con la gestión del Patrimonio Arqueológico. Contiene una sección de recensiones y de crónica científica.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Archaeological and Geological StudiesArts and Humanities28.1%
- Archaeological and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities27.8%
- Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities14.3%
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologySocial Sciences6.1%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.2%
- Archaeology and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences3.4%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities2.4%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies WorldwideEarth and Planetary Sciences2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Archaeology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Archaeology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Archaeology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: CWTS Leiden Ranking (Journal indicators), REDIB
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 0.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 373OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,193 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 12 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 14 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 47 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 77 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 154 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 48 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 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 | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability
Research data deposit policy Model summary
Política de depósito de datos de investigación
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Inclusive language recommendations Model summary
Recomendaciones lenguaje inclusivo y no sexista
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Access and reuse policy Model summary
Política de acceso y reutilización de contenidos
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Sistema de evaluación externa simple ciego con anonimato de evaluadores. Model summary
Trabajos de Prehistoria utiliza un sistema de evaluación externa de originales "simple ciego", manteniendo el anonimato de los evaluadores.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uso de iThenticate para detección de plagio en textos sometidos a evaluación. Model summary
La Editorial CSIC utiliza el software iThenticate como herramienta de detección de plagio para detectar coincidencias y similitudes entre los textos sometidos a evaluación y los publicados previamente en otras fuentes (Política antiplagio).
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
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, French, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0082-5638
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-3218
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Trabajos de Prehistoria
What CAS zone is Trabajos de Prehistoria in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Trabajos de Prehistoria is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Archaeology / Anthropology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Trabajos de Prehistoria?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.41; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Trabajos de Prehistoria?
Authors report an average review time of about 48 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 Trabajos de Prehistoria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Trabajos de Prehistoria is indexed in SSCI, AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Trabajos de Prehistoria open access, and what is the APC?
Trabajos de Prehistoria 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, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .