Open Access Ancient history Journals
A list of Open Access Ancient history journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Ancient history is aggregate of past events from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages
Open Access journals publish research articles that are free to to view and download. The main difference between articles in open access journals and those in closed journals is the business model. Both types of articles have to undergo the same peer review process.
This list of Ancient history OA journals will hopefully make it easier for you to have a better idea regarding where your want to publish your Ancient history manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Ancient history journals as well as new journals. This should give you a better idea on where you should publish. We've made this extensive list of open access Ancient history journals so you can get a better overview of all the journals where you can publish open access.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Ancient history venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Ancient history journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
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Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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Rivista del museo egizio | 2611-3295 | Fondazione Museo Delle Antichita Egizie | 33 | 13 | 78.8 | ||
The electronic journal of East and Central Asian religions | 2053-1079 | Edinburgh University Library | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | ||
Starinar | 0350-0241 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 304 | 424 | 71.4 | Website |
Zograf | 0350-1361 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 238 | 86 | 70.6 | Website |
Lehahayer | 2082-6184 | ☑ | Ksiegarnia Akademicka Sp. z.o.o. | 60 | 5 | 68.3 | Website |
Arheologìâ ì davnâ ìstorìâ Ukraïni | 2227-4952 | Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | 225 | 29 | 65.3 | ||
Античная древность и средние века | 0320-4472 | ☑ | Ural Federal University | 127 | 6 | 60.6 | Website |
Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana | 1995-848X | ☑ | Saint Petersburg State University | 523 | 25 | 59.7 | Website |
Золотоордынское обозрение | 2308-152X | ☑ | Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences | 330 | 37 | 59.4 | Website |
Documenta Praehistorica | 1408-967X | ☑ | Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana | 580 | 3337 | 58.4 | Website |
Nižnevolžskij arheologičeskij vestnik | 2587-8123 | ☑ | Volgograd State University | 161 | 17 | 57.8 | Website |
AmS-skrifter | 0800-0816 | Stavanger University Library | 39 | 7 | 56.4 | ||
Zbornik Radova Vizantoloskog Instituta | 0584-9888 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 435 | 416 | 55.4 | Website |
Études et Travaux | 2084-6762 | 75 | 28 | 54.7 | |||
Археологія | 0235-3490 | ☑ | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) | 116 | 16 | 54.3 | Website |
Gephyra | 1309-3924 | ☑ | Akdeniz University | 139 | 105 | 54 | Website |
Open Archaeology | 2300-6560 | ☑ | 287 | 839 | 53.7 | Website | |
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae | 0860-0007 | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences | 100 | 25 | 53 | ||
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization | 1899-1548 | ☑ | 132 | 56 | 52.3 | Website | |
Gladius | 0436-029X | ☑ | Editorial CSIC | 344 | 597 | 51.7 | Website |
Hungarian archaeology | 2416-0296 | Hungarian Archaeology | 68 | 5 | 51.5 | ||
Journal of Indo-Pacific archaeology | 2375-0510 | University of Washington Libraries | 48 | 223 | 50 | ||
Annals of radiation therapy and oncology | 2577-8757 | Remedy Publications, LLC | 2 | 3 | 50 | ||
Wiener Kolloquien zur Antiken Rechtsgeschichte | 2518-3648 | 2 | 4 | 50 | |||
Palaeohistoria | 0552-9344 | University of Groningen Press | 18 | 7 | 50 | ||
Ukraïnsʹkij numìzmatičnij ŝorìčnik | 2616-6275 | ☑ | Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University | 80 | 4 | 47.5 | Website |
Studia Ceranea | 2084-140X | ☑ | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) | 325 | 107 | 47.4 | Website |
Ancient Asia | 2042-5937 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 121 | 161 | 47.1 | Website |
Dubrovnik Annals | 1331-3878 | ☑ | Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | 208 | 55 | 45.7 | Website |
Былые годы | 2073-9745 | Academic Publishing House Researcher | 1009 | 50 | 45.2 | ||
Estonian Journal of Archaeology | 1406-2933 | ☑ | Estonian Academy Publishers | 231 | 402 | 45 | Website |
Поволжская археология | 2306-4099 | ☑ | A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan | 231 | 14 | 45 | Website |
Balcanica | 0350-7653 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 298 | 156 | 44 | Website |
Annals of the history and philosophy of biology | 1863-0197 | 23 | 8 | 43.5 | |||
International Journal of Korean History | 1598-2041 | ☑ | Center for Korean History | 331 | 115 | 43.5 | Website |
Крымское историческое обозрение | 2313-612X | ☑ | Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences | 102 | 3 | 43.1 | Website |
Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan | 0030-5219 | The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan | 1600 | 244 | 43 | ||
Acta Periodica Duellatorum | 2064-0404 | ☑ | University of Bern | 148 | 67 | 42.6 | Website |
Izvestiâ Samarskogo naučnogo centra Rossijskoj akademii nauk. Istoričeskie nauki | 2658-4816 | Samara Federal research center of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 126 | 4 | 42.1 | ||
Misulsa-hag yeon-gu | 1225-2565 | Art History Association of Korea | 376 | 14 | 42 | ||
Herom | 2294-4273 | Leuven University Press | 51 | 79 | 41.2 | ||
Asian Ethnology | 1882-6865 | ☑ | Nanzan University | 296 | 404 | 41.2 | Website |
Medieval Worlds | 2412-3196 | ☑ | Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften | 197 | 127 | 41.1 | Website |
Palgrave studies in comparative global history | 2662-7965 | 59 | 5 | 40.7 | |||
Ordines Militares | 0867-2008 | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University | 185 | 25 | 40.5 | ||
Women and History | 1738-6691 | Korean Association of Women's History | 289 | 149 | 40.1 | ||
Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association | 0156-1316 | University of Washington Libraries | 608 | 3682 | 40.1 | ||
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology | 2360-266X | ☑ | Institute of Archaeology and Art History | 149 | 12 | 39.6 | Website |
Folia Historica Cracoviensia | 0867-8294 | ☑ | Pontifical Universtiy of John Paul II in Krakow | 479 | 96 | 39.5 | Website |
Advances in archaeomaterials | 2667-1360 | Elsevier | 18 | 9 | 38.9 | Website | |
Problemy istorii, filologii, kulʹtury | 1992-0431 | Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University | 501 | 25 | 38.9 | ||
Journal of Malay Islamic Studies | 2580-4723 | State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang | 31 | 4 | 38.7 | ||
International journal of archaeology | 2330-7595 | 60 | 80 | 38.3 | |||
Essays in Medieval Studies | 1043-2213 | 179 | 420 | 38 | |||
Open journal of archaeometry | 2038-1948 | PAGEPress Publications | 58 | 202 | 37.9 | ||
SHEDET | 2536-9954 | ☑ | Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research | 127 | 4 | 37.8 | Website |
ISTRAŽIVANJA, Јournal of Historical Researches | 0350-2112 | ☑ | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad | 269 | 21 | 37.2 | Website |
Tractus aevorum | 2312-3044 | ☑ | Belgorod National Research University | 105 | 10 | 37.1 | Website |
Journal of mosaic research | 1309-047X | ☑ | Journal of Mosaic Research | 134 | 26 | 36.6 | Website |
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии | 1811-7465 | ☑ | 468 | 175 | 36.5 | Website | |
Historical Review | 1790-3572 | ☑ | National Documentation Centre (EKT) | 828 | 12 | 36.5 | Website |
Jurnal Panalungtik | 2621-928X | Balai Arkeologi Jawa Barat | 22 | 22 | 36.4 | ||
Journal of Jesuit Studies | 2214-1324 | ☑ | Brill | 885 | 197 | 35.7 | Website |
Archivo Espanol De Arqueologia | 0066-6742 | ☑ | Editorial CSIC | 870 | 2413 | 35.7 | Website |
Studia z Dziejów Średniowiecza | 2084-4492 | Uniwersytet Gdanski | 60 | 5 | 35 | ||
Aktualʹnye problemy teorii i istorii iskusstva | 2312-2129 | Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art | 235 | 7 | 34.9 | ||
Vestnik Rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov | 2312-8127 | ☑ | Peoples' Friendship University of Russia | 207 | 20 | 34.8 | Website |
Археологические вести | 1817-6976 | Institute for the History of Material Culture Russian Academy of Science | 368 | 7 | 34 | ||
Историческая этнология | 2587-9286 | ☑ | Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences | 150 | 7 | 34 | Website |
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 4. Istoriâ, Regionovedenie, Meždunarodnye Otnošeniâ | 1998-9938 | ☑ | Volgograd State University | 1190 | 86 | 34 | Website |
Seoyang go'dae'sa yeon'gu | 1229-4837 | The Korean Association for the Western Ancient History and Culture | 309 | 10 | 33.7 | ||
Journal of Archaeology (Online) | 2090-407X | Hindawi Limited | 12 | 69 | 33.3 | ||
Archaeological discovery | 2331-1959 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 120 | 281 | 33.3 | ||
Isimu | 1575-3492 | Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | 57 | 5 | 33.3 | ||
Erga / Logoi | 2280-9678 | ☑ | Led Edizioni Universitarie | 131 | 36 | 32.8 | Website |
Eurasiatica | 2610-8879 | 141 | 10 | 32.6 | |||
Entangled religions | 2363-6696 | ☑ | Universitatsbibliothek der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum | 179 | 38 | 32.4 | Website |
Studia orientalia electronica | 2323-5209 | ☑ | Studia Orientalia Electronica | 68 | 14 | 32.4 | Website |
Konštantínove listy | 1337-8740 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | 222 | 53 | 32.4 | ||
Gunsa | 1598-317X | Military History Institute, MND | 525 | 5 | 32.4 | ||
Viking | 0332-608X | ☑ | University of Oslo Library | 96 | 23 | 32.3 | Website |
Journal of Indian Ocean world studies | 2561-3111 | ☑ | McGill University Library and Archives | 59 | 41 | 32.2 | Website |
Л.Н. Гумилев атындағы Еуразия ұлттық университетінің хабаршысы | 2616-7255 | L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University | 190 | 5 | 32.1 | ||
Baegje munhwa | 1598-2963 | The Institute of Paekche Culture, Kongju National University | 219 | 18 | 32 | ||
New Middle Eastern studies | 2051-0861 | University of Leicester | 113 | 148 | 31.9 | ||
Byzantina Symmeikta | 1791-4884 | ☑ | National Documentation Centre (EKT) | 605 | 193 | 31.9 | Website |
Vicino Oriente | 0393-0300 | ☑ | 129 | 47 | 31.8 | ||
Проблемы археологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий | 2227-6548 | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS | 365 | 35 | 31.8 | ||
Orientalistica | 2618-7043 | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences | 230 | 72 | 30.9 | ||
Dotawo | 2373-2571 | ☑ | eScholarship Publishing | 68 | 135 | 30.9 | Website |
Imago Temporis: Medium Aevum | 1888-3931 | ☑ | Universitat de Lleida | 317 | 71 | 30.9 | Website |
Serie 2. Atti delle “settimane di studi” e altri convegni | 2704-5668 | 39 | 20 | 30.8 | |||
Przegląd Archeologiczny | 0079-7138 | ☑ | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences | 91 | 36 | 30.8 | Website |
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies | 1598-2661 | Duke University Press | 245 | 167 | 30.6 | ||
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology | 1804-848X | ☑ | Archeologicke Centrum Olomouc | 214 | 411 | 30.4 | Website |
Theoretical Roman archaeology journal | 2515-2289 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 389 | 803 | 30.3 | Website |
Science and technology of archaeological research | 2054-8923 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 122 | 748 | 30.3 | Website |
Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia | 2081-1330 | Pontifical Universtiy of John Paul II in Krakow | 86 | 14 | 30.2 | ||
Orient | 0473-3851 | The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan | 434 | 489 | 30.2 | ||
Athens journal of history | 2407-9677 | ☑ | Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER | 153 | 45 | 30.1 | Website |