Archaeology in Oceania

Aims & Scope

Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July and October.

It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology.

Studies of modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations are accepted if directed towards anthropological problems.

Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific Rim.

All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.402

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.

• Polynesian Deforestation of New Zealand: A Preliminary Synthesis

  Citation: 204

  Authors: M. S.

• Intensification: a Late Pleistocene‐Holocene archaeological sequence from Southwestern Victoria

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Harry

• Evidence for a coastal occupation time‐lag at Princess Charlotte Bay (North Queensland) and implications for coastal colonization and population growth theories for Aboriginal Australia

  Citation: 144

  Authors: J. M.

• Avifaunal extinctions, vegetation change, and Polynesian impacts in prehistoric Hawai'i

  Citation: 123

  Authors: J. Stephen, H. David, Jerome V., David J.

• Willandra Lakes revisited: environmental framework for human occupation

  Citation: 120

  Authors: J.M.

• Islands in the interior: a model for the colonization of Australia's arid zone

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Peter

• Pleistocene faunal loss: implications of the aftershock for Australia's past and future

  Citation: 95

  Authors: T. F.

• Why the first colonisation of the Australian region is the earliest evidence of modern human behaviour

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Iain, William

• The antiquity of seedgrinding in arid Australia

  Citation: 81

  Authors: M. A.

• Artificial Cranial Deformation: a component in the variation in Pleistocene Australian Aboriginal crania

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Peter

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