Environmental Archaeology

Aims & Scope

Environmental Archaeology: The Journal of Human Palaeoecology aims to publish contributions on all aspects of environmental archaeology, from methodology to synthesis and theory.

Environmental Archaeology is an international peer-reviewed periodical which welcomes contributions that consider the interaction between humans and their environment in the archaeological and historical past.

This broad scope embraces papers covering a range of environmental specialisms within archaeology, such as archaeobotany, archaeozoology (both vertebrate and invertebrate), palynology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology, as well as more synthetic and theoretical approaches to the past human environment.

Assemblage and site reports are not encouraged unless these can demonstrate significant new insights in environmental archaeology.

Contributions may take the form of substantial research papers or shorter reports and may include, for instance, new techniques, philosophical discussions, current controversies and suggestions for new research.

The journal also provides its readership with critical appraisal of recent academic scholarship through its regular books review section.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.725

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	37

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7748

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	257

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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, Environmental Science 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.

• Reconstructing Woodland Vegetation and its Exploitation by Past Societies, based on the Analysis and Interpretation of Archaeological Wood Charcoal Macro-Remains

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Eleni, Phil

• The archaeobotany of Indian pulses: identification, processing and evidence for cultivation

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Dorian Q, Emma L.

• Fodder From Dung: the Recognition and Interpretation of Dung-Derived Plant Material from Archaeological Sites

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Michael

• Stable isotope insights (<i>δ</i>¹⁸O,<i>δ</i>¹³C) into cattle and sheep husbandry at Bercy (Paris, France, 4th millennium BC): birth seasonality and winter leaf foddering

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Marie, Loïc, Joël, Anne

• New Plant Foods in Roman Britain — Dispersal and Social Access

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Marijke, Alexandra, Alistair

• Oxygen isotopes in Molluscan shell: Applications in environmental archaeology

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Melanie J., Jonathan P.

• Evidence for long-term averaging of strontium in bovine enamel using TIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS strontium isotope intra-molar profiles

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Janet, Jane A., Matthew S. A.

• Fuel Fodder and Faeces: An Ethnographic and Botanical Study of Dung Fuel Use in Central Anatolia

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Seona, Fusün

• Declining oaks, increasing artistry, and cultivating rice: the environmental and social context of the emergence of farming in the Lower Yangtze Region

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Dorian Q., Ling

• An Investigation of Agricultural Consumption and Production Models for Prehistoric and Roman Britain

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Chris J.

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