Archives and Manuscripts

Aims & Scope

Archives and Manuscripts is the professional and scholarly journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, publishing articles, reviews, and information about the theory and practice of archives and recordkeeping in Australasia and around the world.

Its target audiences are archivists and other recordkeeping professionals, the academic community, and all involved in the study and interpretation of archives.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	1.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.224

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19844

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	37

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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 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.

• More human than human? Artificial intelligence in the archive

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Gregory, Glen, Lisa, Evanthia, Tatiana, Katharine

• Provisions for managing and preserving records created in networked environments in the archival legislative frameworks of selected member states of the Southern African Development Community

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Mpho, Amos

• ‘A process where we’re all at the table’: community archives challenging dominant modes of archival practice

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Jimmy, Alda Allina, Michelle, Noah, Marika

• Archival orthodoxy of post-custodial realities for digital records in South Africa

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Mpho

• After the digital revolution: working with emails and born-digital records in literary and publishers’ archives

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Lise

• The development of archives and records management education and training in Africa – challenges and opportunities

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Shadrack

• Access to records for people who were in out-of-home care: moving beyond ‘third dimension’ archival practice

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Cate, Vlad, Rachel

• Appraising, processing, and providing access to email in contemporary literary archives

  Citation: 22

  Authors: J., C., S., R., C., J., D.

• Collecting the easily missed stories: digital participatory microhistory and the South Asian American Digital Archive

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Michelle, Samip

• We are the stories we tell about ourselves: child welfare records and the construction of identity among Australians who, as children, experienced out-of-home ‘care’

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Shurlee, Nell

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