World Archaeology

World Archaeology is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, together about 41.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology and Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

World Archaeology was established specifically to deal with archaeology on a world-wide multiperiod basis. Since it was founded in 1969 it remains a leader in its field. The five issues of the volume are each dedicated to a particular theme of current interest. Typically the fifth issue, Debates in World Archaeology , is a forum for debate, discussion and comment. All papers adopt a broad comparative approach, looking at important issues on a global scale. The members of the editorial board and the advisory board represent a wide range of interests and expertise and this ensures that the papers published in World Archaeology cover a wide variety of subject areas. Recent issues illustrate the variety of material published in World Archaeology and have included volumes dedicated to new developments in archaeological science, the application of social theory to archaeology, the archaeology of art and major syntheses of such important topics as trade and exchange. Future issues will range just as widely. Recent Issues: Domestic and Funerary Archaeologies in Dialogue Dance Craft Interconnections Lithic Ontologies Crime and Punishment Globalisation and Commodities ‘World Archaeology is a pleasure to read, in two senses; layout and typeface are particularly easy on the eye, while the articles are clearly and attractively written, usually without waffle or jargon. World Archaeology has carved out a place for itself as one of the very few British archaeological journals since Antiquity to have adopted a truly international approach to the subject, covering all periods, areas and aspects of the human past. Its unique thematic design should ensure that its importance will be maintained for decades to come.’ Times Literary Supplement Peer Review: All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ARCHAEOLOGY

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 33%); most named United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

AHCIScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

ProQuest, OCLC, Abstracts in Anthropology, America: History and Life, Anthropological Index Online, Anthropological Literature, Art Index, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, B H A Bibliography of the History of Art, Bibliography of Native North Americans, British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (Online Edition), British Humanities Index, Current Abstracts, GEOBASE, Historical Abstracts, Humanities Index, Humanities International Index, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Linguistic Bibliography, New Testament Abstracts, Periodicals Index Online, ProQuest Central, Religion Index One: PeriodicalsPublisher website

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.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.6Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

2.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.57LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.57Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0.83LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.83Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

123OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,388OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

29.79%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

26LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

214,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Peer review

Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0043-8243

Electronic ISSN

1470-1375

Latest issue on the website

Volume 57, Issue 3 (2025)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website