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Journals for “Archaeology and Rock Art Studies”
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Topic match is relative to the best match in this search (100% = best). Under each journal, "Publishes on" shows which of the matched topics it publishes and what share of its recent papers they make up. Fees are shown only where DOAJ records them; "Not recorded" does not mean the journal is free.
| # | Journal | Topic match | ITS Journal Score | Global rank | Papers 2021–2025 | Open access | Fee (APC) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azania Archaeological Research in Africa Routledge · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (27%) | 100% | 61.4 | #11,990 | 173 | 40% | Not recorded | |
| 2 | African Archaeological Review Springer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (21%) | 76% | 60.8 | #12,410 | 226 | 53% | Not recorded | |
| 3 | Time and Mind Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (22%) | 82% | 48.3 | #20,792 | 99 | 36% | Not recorded | |
| 4 | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (22%) | 79% | 51.1 | #18,695 | 200 | 6% | Not recorded | |
| 5 | Journal of African Archaeology Brill · Germany Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (20%) | 75% | 49.8 | #19,643 | 74 | 39% | Not recorded | |
| 6 | Cambridge Archaeological Journal Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (11%) | 42% | 63.2 | #10,895 | 253 | 83% | Not recorded | |
| 7 | Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Springer Science+Business Media · The Netherlands Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 37% | 68.6 | #7,597 | 262 | 68% | Not recorded | |
| 8 | South African Journal of Science Academy of Science of South Africa · South Africa · DOAJ Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 35% | 66.5 | #8,904 | 752 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 9 | Ethnoarchaeology Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (12%) | 43% | 47.9 | #21,135 | 71 | 24% | Not recorded | |
| 10 | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Elsevier BV · United States Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (8%) | 30% | 69.9 | #6,835 | 340 | 39% | Not recorded | |
| 11 | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania Wiley · Australia Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 35% | 60.4 | #12,701 | 163 | 58% | Not recorded | |
| 12 | Journal of Social Archaeology SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 35% | 59.4 | #13,261 | 78 | 63% | Not recorded | |
| 13 | Plains Anthropologist Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (12%) | 43% | 41.6 | #26,709 | 99 | 9% | Not recorded | |
| 14 | New Contree AOSIS · DOAJ Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (9%) | 32% | 60.1 | #12,862 | 343 | 100% | 17,710 ZAR | |
| 15 | Beads Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers United States Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (11%) | 39% | 46.1 | #22,557 | 194 | 45% | Not recorded | |
| 16 | Hunter Gatherer Research Liverpool University Press · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 36% | 44.2 | #24,252 | 80 | 11% | Not recorded | |
| 17 | World Art Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 36% | 44.6 | #23,849 | 83 | 27% | Not recorded | |
| 18 | Tydskrif vir letterkunde Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association · South Africa · DOAJ Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10%) | 37% | 39.6 | #28,860 | 281 | 100% | 10,000 ZAR | |
| 19 | Journal of Archaeological Research Springer Nature · The Netherlands Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6%) | 23% | 64.9 | #9,873 | 65 | 54% | Not recorded | |
| 20 | Journal of World Prehistory Springer Nature · United States Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6%) | 22% | 59.5 | #13,225 | 52 | 79% | Not recorded | |
| 21 | SANGIA JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH Universitas Halu Oleo Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (12%) | 43% | 17.2 | #55,491 | 76 | 83% | Not recorded | |
| 22 | Lithic Technology Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6%) | 22% | 55.9 | #15,485 | 164 | 28% | Not recorded | |
| 23 | South African Journal of Cultural History African Journals OnLine · South Africa Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (9%) | 33% | 28.9 | #41,790 | 121 | 4% | Not recorded | |
| 24 | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Wiley · United States Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5%) | 18% | 53.3 | #17,218 | 58 | 31% | Not recorded | |
| 25 | Afrique Archeologie et Arts France · DOAJ Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (8%) | 29% | 31.2 | #38,867 | 70 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 26 | Southeastern Archaeology Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6%) | 21% | 45.9 | #22,766 | 112 | 3% | Not recorded | |
| 27 | Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5%) | 19% | 49.4 | #19,972 | 86 | 27% | Not recorded | |
| 28 | Magallania University of Magallanes · Chile · DOAJ Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6%) | 22% | 40.1 | #28,302 | 75 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 29 | Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology Taylor & Francis · United States Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (7%) | 24% | 35.0 | #34,030 | 64 | 2% | Not recorded | |
| 30 | Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte und Förderverein des Urgeschichtlichen Museums Blaubeuren · Germany Publishes on: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (8%) | 29% | 18.7 | #54,066 | 55 | 82% | Not recorded |
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