131 Archeology journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Arts and Humanities by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atiqot | 2948-040X | 1,197 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| npj Heritage Science | 3059-3220 | 694 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal | 2398-4287 | 629 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| Annali di archeologia e storia antica | 1127-7130 | 585 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Italy |
| Heritage | 2571-9408 | 542 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Cultural Heritage | 1296-2074 | 249 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| American Journal of Biological Anthropology | 2692-7691 | 229 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,66,230 to publish | No | No | |
| Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine | 1752-928X | 205 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Beads Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers | 0843-5499 | 173 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Archaeometry | 0003-813X | 159 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Cumhuriyet Science Journal | 1300-1949 | 118 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | 1047-482X | 114 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Heritage Studies | 1352-7258 | 95 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Built Environment Journal | 1675-5022 | 93 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Idealogy Journal | 2550-214X | 89 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| American Journal of Archaeology | 0002-9114 | 88 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences | 2090-536X | 81 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Forensic Sciences | 2673-6756 | 79 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Signals | 2624-6120 | 75 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Built Heritage | 2096-3041 | 73 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Singapore |
| Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism | 2717-5626 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Conservation Science | 1225-5459 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| The UNESCO courier | 2220-2285 | 65 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research | 2357-0652 | 63 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Egypt |
| Journal of Design and Built Environment | 1823-4208 | 62 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development | 2044-1266 | 61 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Studies in Conservation | 0039-3630 | 59 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Society for the Study of Vernacular Settlements | 2738-2222 | 56 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Maritime Archaeology | 1557-2285 | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Near Eastern Archaeology | 1094-2076 | 50 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Paleopathology | 1879-9817 | 47 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine | 2349-5014 | 47 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment | 0128-2417 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Anadolu Araştırmaları / Anatolian Research | 0569-9746 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Near Eastern Studies | 0022-2968 | 45 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of the American Institute for Conservation | 0197-1360 | 45 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Praehistorische Zeitschrift | 0079-4848 | 45 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Teoriya i praktika arkheologicheskikh issledovaniy | 2307-2539 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Forensic Science International Reports | 2665-9107 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,23,301 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Sprawozdania Archeologiczne | 0081-3834 | 43 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Al-Masāq | 0950-3110 | 42 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Islamic Architecture | 2086-2636 | 42 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Technical Annals | 2945-0330 | 42 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Greece |
| Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research | 2769-3589 | 41 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Forensic Sciences Research | 2096-1790 | 39 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Colorants | 2079-6447 | 38 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Complutum | 1131-6993 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Dead Sea Discoveries | 0929-0761 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Eikon / Imago | 2254-8718 | 38 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| The Historic Environment Policy & Practice | 1756-7505 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 1057-2414 | 37 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies | 2166-3548 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Heritage & Society | 1940-8420 | 35 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| PLANARCH - Design and Planning Research | 2822-4507 | 35 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel | 2192-2276 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Maǧallaẗ al-handasaẗ al-rāfidayn | 1813-0526 | 33 | 1 | IQD 100,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology | 0307-5133 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| ADALYA | 1301-2746 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| docomomo journal | 1380-3204 | 30 | 1 | ≈ ₹54,416 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Anthropologischer Anzeiger | 0003-5548 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Gephyra | 1309-3924 | 28 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Arqueología | 0327-5159 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Intersecciones en antropología | 1666-2105 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Journal of the Institute of Conservation | 0140-0096 | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Anthropological Review | 1898-6773 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Arheološki vestnik | 0570-8966 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde | 0044-216X | 26 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Archaeologies | 1555-8622 | 25 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| ARCHive-SR | 2537-0154 | 25 | 1 | ≈ ₹16,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Levant | 0075-8914 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Arabian archaeology and epigraphy | 0905-7196 | 24 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Bioarchaeology International | 2472-8349 | 24 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites | 1350-5033 | 24 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Forensic Anthropology | 2573-5020 | 24 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo | 1339-2204 | 24 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| Nakhara Journal of Environmental Design and Planning | 2651-2416 | 24 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Thailand |
| Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica | 1514-7991 | 24 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| SPAL Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Sevilla | 1133-4525 | 24 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Archeologické rozhledy | 0323-1267 | 23 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Archivo Español de Arqueología | 0066-6742 | 23 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | 0211-1608 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Spain |
| Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt | 0065-9991 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Jewish Quarterly Review | 0021-6682 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU | 2729-7640 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| Childhood in the Past | 1758-5716 | 22 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Pyrenae | 0079-8215 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Anthropological Journal of European Cultures | 1755-2923 | 21 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Palestine Exploration Quarterly | 0031-0328 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Höyük | 1309-8780 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Přehled výzkumů | 1211-7250 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Studii şi Cercetări de Istorie Veche şi Arheologie | 1220-4781 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering | 1448-8388 | 19 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Australia |
| Bulletin de l Institut français d archéologie orientale | 0255-0962 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Egypt |
| International Journal of Architecture Arts and Applications | 2472-1107 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Restaurator International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material | 0034-5806 | 18 | 1 | Free to publish | No | No | Germany |
| STUDIA ANTIQUA ET ARCHAEOLOGICA | 1224-2284 | 18 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Dissertationes Archaeologicae | 2064-4574 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Perspectives in Legal and Forensic Sciences | 3006-3930 | 17 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| The Annual of the British School at Athens | 0068-2454 | 17 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History | 2328-9554 | 16 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
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