Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Aims & Scope

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany publishes research papers, review articles and short contributions of high quality from Europe, the Americas and other parts of the world.

It covers the entire field of vegetation history – mainly the development of flora and vegetation during the Holocene (but also from the Pleistocene), and including related subjects such as palaeoecology.

Of special interest is the human impact upon the natural environment in prehistoric and medieval times; this is reflected in pollen diagrams as well as in plant macroremains from archaeological contexts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	2.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.864

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	75

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6063

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	338

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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 Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Earth and Planetary 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.

• Modern and fossil non-pollen palynomorphs from the Basque mountains (western Pyrenees, France): the use of coprophilous fungi to reconstruct pastoral activity

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Carole, Florence, Didier

• Multi-proxy studies in palaeolimnology

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Hilary H., H. John B.

• Pollen productivity estimates of key European plant taxa for quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation: a review

  Citation: 283

  Authors: Anna, Anne Birgitte, Marie-José, Kari, Florence, Heather, Jane, Ralph, Viveca, Anneli, Satu, Welmoed, Henrik, Henna, Shinya

• The cultivation of Castanea sativa (Mill.) in Europe, from its origin to its diffusion on a continental scale

  Citation: 253

  Authors: M., P., W., M., D.

• Millets across Eurasia: chronology and context of early records of the genera Panicum and Setaria from archaeological sites in the Old World

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Harriet V., Marc, Xinyi, Giedre, Sue, Martin K.

• Early Holocene cultivation before domestication in northern Syria

  Citation: 217

  Authors: George, Sandra, Linda

• The distribution, natural habitats and availability of wild cereals in relation to their domestication in the Near East: multiple events, multiple centres

  Citation: 206

  Authors: George

• Water management practices and climate in ancient agriculture: inferences from the stable isotope composition of archaeobotanical remains

  Citation: 182

  Authors: Juan P., José Luis, Ramon, Jordi, Jordi

• Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen stratigraphy at Lago di Vico, central Italy

  Citation: 174

  Authors: Donatella, Laura

• Holocene tree-line variability in the Kauner Valley, Central Eastern Alps, indicated by dendrochronological analysis of living trees and subfossil logs

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Kurt, Matthias, Gernot, Johannes, Andrea

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