Antiquity

Aims & Scope

Antiquity is a peer-reviewed journal of world archaeology.

Founded by O.G.S.

Crawford in 1927, the journal reports new archaeological research, method and issues of international significance in plain language to a broad academic and professional readership.

The journal is published six times a year in February, April, June, August, October and December.

Antiquity is owned by the Antiquity Trust, a registered charity, with the editorial office based at the Department of Archaeology at Durham University.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5725

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	775

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.896

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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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.

• Beyond lifetime averages: tracing life histories through isotopic analysis of different calcified tissues from archaeological human skeletons

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Judith, Richard, Carmel

• Archaeology: the loss of innocence

  Citation: 245

  Authors: David

• A calibration curve for radiocarbon dates

  Citation: 244

  Authors: R. M.

• Combining archaeological and radiocarbon information: a Bayesian approach to calibration

  Citation: 236

  Authors: C. E., J. B., C. D., A. F. M.

• The chronology of colonization in New Zealand

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Atholl

• European Middle and Upper Palaeolithic radiocarbon dates are often older than they look: problems with previous dates and some remedies

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Thomas

• Presumed domestication? Evidence for wild rice cultivation and domestication in the fifth millennium BC of the Lower Yangtze region

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Dorian Q, Emma, Ling

• Indications of bow and stone-tipped arrow use 64 000 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Marlize, Laurel

• Direct evidence for human use of plants 28,000 years ago: starch residues on stone artefacts from the northern Solomon Islands

  Citation: 193

  Authors: Thomas H., Matthew, Stephen

• Sea-level change and shore-line evolution in Aegean Greece since Upper Palaeolithic time

  Citation: 189

  Authors: Kurt

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