Azania

Aims & Scope

A journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa has, since its foundation in 1966, built up a strong track record in publishing papers on the archaeology and precolonial history of Eastern Africa.

The journal now covers all aspects of African archaeology, regardless of temporal or spatial boundaries.

The journal seeks to become the premier outlet for publishing archaeological work on Africa's past.

It publishes peer-reviewed papers and briefer research reports, as well as book and conference reviews Papers may: report on original fieldwork develop and apply new methodologies provide syntheses of key topics or debates address issues of current theoretical concern Papers that place African archaeology within a broader comparative theoretical or methodological context, emphasise the connections between Africa and other parts of the world or explore connections of history, theory and methodology with other disciplines (e.g. history, linguistics, genetics, etc.) are also welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.501

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11556

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	69

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• 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.

• Those marvellous millennia: the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa

  Citation: 174

  Authors: Lyn

• Earliest fire in Africa: towards the convergence of archaeological evidence and the cooking hypothesis

  Citation: 100

  Authors: John A.J., Richard W.

• Evidence for Predation and Pastoralism at Prolonged Drift: a Pastoral Neolithic Site in Kenya

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Diane P., Glynn Ll., Charles M.

• The University of Massachusetts' Later Stone Age/Pastoral ‘Neolithic’ Comparative Study in Central Kenya: an Overview

  Citation: 90

  Authors: John R. F., Charles M., Albert F., Simiyu

• The ‘moving frontier’ and the transition to food production in Kenya

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Paul

• Early Seafarers of the Comoro Islands: the Dembeni Phase of the IXth-Xth Centuries AD

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Henry T., Carla, Laura, Ellen S., Susan L., Richard W., Steven M.

• An overview of the cognitive implications of the Oldowan Industrial Complex

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Nicholas, Kathy

• Gogo Falls

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Peter

• The Excavation of Gobedra Rock-shelter, Axum: an Early Occurrence of Cultivated Finger Millet in Northern Ethiopia

  Citation: 68

  Authors: D. W.

• Shell Middens on the Shores of Lake Victoria

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Peter, David, Diane, Nubi B.

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