Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Aims & Scope

The Society began publishing its annual journal in 1851 under the joint editorship of David Laing and Daniel Wilson.

A complete archive of back volumes is available through our journal platform.

Today, PSAS is a peer-reviewed journal dealing with Scotland’s past in its wider context.

Each volume presents research results, interpretations and discoveries that further the understanding of Scotland’s heritage.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.181

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22392

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	9

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

• The form and the fate of Scotland's woodlands

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Richard

• Excavating a parchmenerie : archaeological correlates of making parchment at the Pictish monastery at Portmahomack, Easter Ross

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Martin, Cecily

• Excavation of a Neolithic farmstead at Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Anna, D, G H, C, J G, A S, R, H, B A, M, A, G, D F

• The Stones of Stenness, Orkney

  Citation: 41

  Authors: J N Graham, Ernest W, Audrey S, L, Juliet, C J, G, C A, J H, Coinneach, G H, D F, A J, G R, D D, I B M, J N Graham, Ernest W

• Excavations at the long cist cemetery on the Hallow Hill, St Andrews, Fife, 1975-7

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Edwina, Christopher, Dorothy, Archibald, Gordon, June, Peter, Michael D, Catherine

• Sites of the third millennium BC to the first millennium AD at North Mains, Strathallan, Perthshire

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Gordon J, L P D, S, G, T G, C B, P, M, D, C, R, L, J C C, J, M, O W, R S, C R, A, M, J S, A

• The Columban church in northern Britain, 664-717: a re-assessment

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Kenneth

• Long cist burials at Four Winds, Longniddry, East Lothian

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Magnar, Daphne Home

• Revisiting Quanterness: new AMS dates and stable isotope data from an Orcadian chamber tomb

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Rick, Alison, Rebecca, Eileen

• The Pictish Latin inscription at Tarbat in Ross-shire

  Citation: 34

  Authors: John

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