Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Aims & Scope

An innovative, international publication, the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology is devoted to the development of theory and, in a broad sense, methodology for the systematic and rigorous understanding of the organization, operation, and evolution of human societies.

The discipline served by the journal is characterized by its goals and approach, not by geographical or temporal bounds.

The data utilized or treated range from the earliest archaeological evidence for the emergence of human culture to historically documented societies and the contemporary observations of the ethnographer, ethnoarchaeologist, sociologist, or geographer.

These subjects appear in the journal as examples of cultural organization, operation, and evolution, not as specific historical phenomena.

The concomitant range of socioeconomic complexity encompasses the simplest human culture, or "proto-culture," as well as the most complex states or empires.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.128

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	83

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3958

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	528

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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.

• Time perspectives, palimpsests and the archaeology of time

  Citation: 609

  Authors: Geoff

• The archaeology of place

  Citation: 459

  Authors: Lewis R

• Early hominid hunting, butchering, and carcass-processing behaviors: Approaches to the fossil record

  Citation: 431

  Authors: Pat, Jennie

• Energy source, protein metabolism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies

  Citation: 400

  Authors: John D, Katherine A

• Bone density and differential survivorship of fossil classes

  Citation: 344

  Authors: R.Lee

• The study of material culture today: Toward an anthropology of technical systems

  Citation: 314

  Authors: Pierre

• The use of mortality patterns in archaeological studies of hominid predatory adaptations

  Citation: 297

  Authors: Mary C.

• Diet choice, risk, and food sharing in a stochastic environment

  Citation: 266

  Authors: Bruce

• Cultural transmission, copying errors, and the generation of variation in material culture and the archaeological record

  Citation: 262

  Authors: Jelmer W., Carl P.

• Social networks and information: Non-“utilitarian” mobility among hunter-gatherers

  Citation: 261

  Authors: Robert

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