African Archaeological Review

Aims & Scope

African Archaeological Review publishes original research articles, review essays, reports, book/media reviews, and forums/commentaries on African archaeology, highlighting the contributions of the African continent to critical global issues in the past and present.

Relevant topics include the emergence of modern humans and earliest manifestations of human culture; subsistence, agricultural, and technological innovations; and social complexity, as well as topical issues on heritage.

The journal features timely continental and subcontinental studies covering cultural and historical processes; interregional interactions; biocultural evolution; cultural dynamics and ecology; the role of cultural materials in politics, ideology, and religion; different dimensions of economic life; the application of historical, textual, ethnoarchaeological, and archaeometric data in archaeological interpretation; and the intersections of cultural heritage, information technology, and community/public archaeology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.620

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9341

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	150

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Levallois Lithic Technology from the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya: Acheulian Origin and Middle Stone Age Diversity

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Christian A., Sally, Pierre-Jean

• Fire and its roles in early hominid lifeways

  Citation: 131

  Authors: J. D., J. W. K.

• Animal Disease Challenges to the Emergence of Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Diane

• Obsidian sources and patterns of source utilization in Kenya and northern Tanzania: some initial findings

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Harry V., Francis H.

• Cultural beginnings: Plio-Pleistocene archaeological occurrences from the Afar, Ethiopia

  Citation: 108

  Authors: John W. K.

• Holocene Palaeoclimates of Africa

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Fekri A.

• The Environmental History of Tigray (Northern Ethiopia) in the Middle and Late Holocene: A Preliminary Outline

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Kathryn A., Mauro, Michael C., Francesco, Rodolfo

• The Origin of African Sheep: Archaeological and Genetic Perspectives

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Anne W. T., Olivier

• Congo to Kalahari: data and hypotheses about the political economy of the western stream of the Early Iron Age

  Citation: 92

  Authors: James

• Throwing and human evolution

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Barbara

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