International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Historical Archaeology is the first authoritative resource for scholarly research on this rapidly growing field.

Articles - contributed by an international body of experts - contain current theoretical, methodological, and site-specific research.

Exploring a wide-range of topics, articles focus on the post-1492 period and includes studies reaching into the Late Medieval period.

In addition, the journal makes global connections between sites, regions, and continents.

International Journal of Historical Archaeology will fulfill the needs of archaeologists, students, historians, and historical preservationists as well as practionioners of other closely related disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8659

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	170

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.661

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	32

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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.

• Investigating Identity and Life Histories: Isotopic Analysis and Historical Documentation of Slave Skeletons Found on the Cape Town Foreshore, South Africa

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Glenda, Judith

• The Future is Now: Archaeology and the Eradication of Anti-Blackness

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Maria, Justin P., Ayana Omilade, Alicia

• Colonization and the Commodification of Nature

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Stephen A.

• An African-Type Healer/Diviner and His Grave Goods: A Burial from a Plantation Slave Cemetery in Barbados, West Indies

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Jerome S.

• Group Identity, Individual Creativity, and Symbolic Generation in a BaKongo Diaspora

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Christopher C.

• Zooarchaeology, Improvement and the British Agricultural Revolution

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Richard

• Conjuring Boundaries: Inferring Past Identities from Religious Artifacts

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Christopher C.

• Immaculate Consumption: A Critique of the “Shop till you drop” School of Human Behavior

  Citation: 42

  Authors: LouAnn, Randall H.

• Children’s Burial Grounds in Ireland (Cilliní) and Parental Emotions Toward Infant Death

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Eileen M.

• “Resurrection Men” in Dallas: The Illegal Use of Black Bodies as Medical Cadavers (1900–1907)

  Citation: 42

  Authors: James M.

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