Open Access Archaeology Journals
A list of Open Access Archaeology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Archaeology is study of human past through material culture
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 Archaeology Open Access journals will hopefully make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Archaeology manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Archaeology journals as well as new journals. This should give you a better idea on where you should publish. In many cases, you only see lists of Archaeology journals, nonetheless, in our case we have made the list with open access Archaeology journals in mind.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Archaeology 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 Archaeology journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Archaeology OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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Journal of Wetland Archaeology | 1473-2971 | Taylor & Francis | 175 | 601 | 97.7 | Website | |
Built Heritage | 2096-3041 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 156 | 153 | 96.2 | Website |
Open Archaeology | 2300-6560 | ☑ | 287 | 839 | 88.5 | Website | |
Documenta Praehistorica | 1408-967X | ☑ | Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana | 580 | 3337 | 87.1 | Website |
Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites | 2065-0817 | ☑ | Asociatia de Geografie | 748 | 950 | 87 | Website |
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies | 1090-6924 | National Speleological Society | 316 | 2785 | 86.4 | ||
Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies | 2089-1490 | ☑ | IAIN Salatiga | 157 | 186 | 86 | Website |
Journal of Indo-Pacific archaeology | 2375-0510 | University of Washington Libraries | 48 | 223 | 85.4 | ||
Agriculture & food security | 2048-7010 | Springer Nature | 107 | 158 | 85 | Website | |
Acta Carsologica | 0583-6050 | The Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts / Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC SAZU) | 748 | 4386 | 84.8 | ||
African East-Asian Affairs | 2308-8699 | Stellenbosch University - African East Asian Affairs, The China Monitor | 126 | 146 | 84.1 | ||
Journal of Hospitality Management and Tourism | 2141-6575 | Academic Journals | 62 | 297 | 83.9 | ||
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs | 1868-1026 | ☑ | SAGE | 361 | 2730 | 83.7 | Website |
Czech Journal of Tourism: Journal of Masaryk University | 1805-3580 | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 67 | 516 | 83.6 | |
Agricultural and Food Economics | 2193-7532 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 239 | 2268 | 83.3 | Website |
Journal of open archaeology data | 2049-1565 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 58 | 139 | 82.8 | Website |
Present Pasts | 1759-2941 | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 62 | 247 | 82.3 | ||
Journal of tourism futures | 2055-5911 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 348 | 2436 | 79.9 | Website |
Journal of Indonesian Islam | 1978-6301 | ☑ | State Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan, Ampel | 264 | 472 | 79.9 | Website |
South African Journal of Agricultural Extension | 0301-603X | 402 | 1180 | 79.4 | Website | ||
International journal of geoheritage and parks | 2577-4441 | ☑ | Elsevier | 126 | 401 | 78.6 | Website |
The American journal of Islamic social sciences | 0887-7653 | International Institute of Islamic Thought | 842 | 1253 | 78.6 | ||
Quaternary | 2571-550X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 177 | 713 | 78.5 | Website |
Journal of terrorism research | 2049-7040 | ☑ | University of St. Andrews Library | 149 | 667 | 78.5 | Website |
Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association | 0156-1316 | University of Washington Libraries | 608 | 3682 | 78.5 | ||
Journal of Lithic Studies | 2055-0472 | ☑ | Edinburgh University Library | 343 | 644 | 78.4 | Website |
China quarterly of international strategic studies | 2377-7400 | ☑ | 210 | 381 | 78.1 | Website | |
ICAME Journal | 0801-5775 | ☑ | 151 | 762 | 76.8 | ||
Heritage | 2571-9408 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 637 | 1364 | 76.6 | Website |
Architectural Histories | 2050-5833 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 224 | 196 | 76.3 | Website |
Studia Islamika | 0215-0492 | Studia Islamika, Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta | 646 | 765 | 75.5 | ||
Public History Review | 1037-9851 | ☑ | 166 | 249 | 74.7 | ||
Islamic Economic Studies | 1319-1616 | ☑ | TechKnowledge General Trading LLC | 252 | 2696 | 74.6 | Website |
Ancient Asia | 2042-5937 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 121 | 161 | 74.4 | Website |
IZA Journal of Migration | 2193-9039 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 117 | 1645 | 74.4 | Website |
Geochronometria | 1733-8387 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 537 | 6541 | 74.3 | ||
Open journal of archaeometry | 2038-1948 | PAGEPress Publications | 58 | 202 | 74.1 | ||
Tourism | 1332-7461 | Institute for Tourism | 278 | 856 | 74.1 | ||
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance | 1836-0394 | ☑ | University of Technology, Sydney | 300 | 801 | 74 | Website |
Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Development Studies | 2338-1647 | ☑ | Brawijaya University | 220 | 184 | 73.6 | Website |
International Journal of Coal Science & Technology | 2095-8293 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 499 | 4438 | 73.5 | Website |
Open quaternary | 2055-298X | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 75 | 378 | 73.3 | Website |
Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal | 2174-548X | ☑ | Universidad de Huelva - UHU.pdf | 148 | 163 | 73 | Website |
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development | 2159-5852 | ☑ | ScopeMed | 449 | 393 | 72.8 | Website |
Turizam | 1450-6661 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 205 | 528 | 72.7 | Website |
Archaeological discovery | 2331-1959 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 120 | 281 | 72.5 | ||
Organic Farming | 2297-6485 | ☑ | Librello | 36 | 128 | 72.2 | Website |
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development | 2152-0801 | ☑ | Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems | 1070 | 4231 | 72.1 | Website |
Collective dynamics | 2366-8539 | ☑ | Forschungszentrum Julich, Zentralbibliotek | 135 | 335 | 71.9 | Website |
Journal of food security | 2372-0107 | 49 | 126 | 71.4 | |||
Athens Journal of Tourism | 2241-8148 | Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER | 153 | 289 | 71.2 | ||
Journal of Flood Risk Management | 1753-318X | ☑ | Wiley | 973 | 11685 | 70.7 | Website |
RILEM technical letters | 2518-0231 | ☑ | Rilem Publications SARL | 132 | 1685 | 70.5 | Website |
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology | 1804-848X | ☑ | Archeologicke Centrum Olomouc | 214 | 411 | 70.1 | Website |
The Journal of Chinese Sociology | 2198-2635 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 167 | 589 | 70.1 | Website |
Starinar | 0350-0241 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 304 | 424 | 70.1 | Website |
The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review | 1096-7508 | ☑ | Wageningen Academic Publishers | 1065 | 10985 | 69.7 | Website |
Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance | 2460-6618 | ☑ | Bank Indonesia, Central Banking Research Department | 221 | 253 | 69.2 | Website |
Land | 2073-445X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 3742 | 15735 | 69.1 | Website |
China CDC weekly | 2096-7071 | Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention | 675 | 2873 | 69 | ||
American journal of Islam and society | 2690-3733 | ☑ | International Institute of Islamic Thought | 2193 | 1456 | 68.5 | Website |
Global media and China | 2059-4372 | ☑ | SAGE | 221 | 581 | 68.3 | Website |
Journal of Islamic business and management | 2075-6291 | TechKnowledge General Trading LLC | 209 | 225 | 67.9 | ||
International hospitality review | 2516-8142 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 101 | 198 | 67.3 | Website |
Chinese studies | 2168-5428 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 195 | 195 | 67.2 | ||
Science and technology of archaeological research | 2054-8923 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 122 | 748 | 67.2 | Website |
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии | 1811-7465 | ☑ | 468 | 175 | 67.1 | Website | |
Comparative Migration Studies | 2214-594X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 319 | 2659 | 67.1 | Website |
European Countryside | 1803-8417 | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 385 | 1875 | 67 | Website |
Journal of migration and health | 2666-6235 | ☑ | Elsevier | 124 | 295 | 66.9 | Website |
Enquiry | 2329-9339 | ☑ | Enquiry: The ARCC Journal of Arch Research | 127 | 225 | 66.9 | Website |
Journal of computer applications in archaeology | 2514-8362 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 60 | 339 | 66.7 | Website |
Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees | 0229-5113 | ☑ | York University Libraries | 1334 | 5182 | 66.6 | Website |
Trabajos De Prehistoria | 0082-5638 | ☑ | Editorial CSIC | 1112 | 7375 | 66.5 | Website |
Journal of development and agricultural economics | 2006-9774 | Academic Journals | 544 | 3103 | 66.4 | ||
Subterranean biology | 1768-1448 | ☑ | Pensoft Publishers | 258 | 939 | 65.9 | Website |
Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo | 1982-6125 | ☑ | ANPTUR - Associacao Nacional de Pesquisa e Pos Graducao em Turismo | 578 | 856 | 65.9 | Website |
Journal of Athletic Training | 1062-6050 | Journal of Athletic Training/NATA | 3132 | 91895 | 65.9 | ||
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology | 1062-4740 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 607 | 564 | 65.9 | Website |
Estonian Journal of Archaeology | 1406-2933 | ☑ | Estonian Academy Publishers | 231 | 402 | 65.8 | Website |
Studies in Agricultural Economics | 1418-2106 | ☑ | NAIK Research Institute of Agricultural Economics | 429 | 1282 | 65.5 | Website |
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979) | 0352-3462 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 969 | 1551 | 65.3 | Website |
International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training | 2197-8646 | ☑ | Uni Bremen Campus GmbH | 150 | 600 | 65.3 | Website |
Journal of contemporary East Asia studies | 2476-1028 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 143 | 395 | 65 | Website |
Geoturystyka | 1731-0830 | AGH University of Science and Technology Press | 139 | 169 | 64.7 | ||
Pneumonia | 2200-6133 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 113 | 994 | 64.6 | Website |
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations | 1930-3777 | ☑ | Boston College University Libraries | 484 | 259 | 64.5 | Website |
Archaeology international | 1463-1725 | ☑ | UCL Press | 317 | 181 | 64.4 | Website |
museum and society | 1479-8360 | ☑ | University of Leicester | 498 | 2435 | 64.3 | Website |
Asian journal of behavioural studies | 2398-4295 | e-IPH Ltd. | 197 | 179 | 63.5 | ||
Climate of The Past | 1814-9324 | ☑ | 1713 | 50564 | 63.2 | Website | |
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology | 0965-9315 | ☑ | UCL Press | 798 | 1036 | 63 | Website |
Journal of long-term care | 2516-9122 | ☑ | LSE Press | 81 | 145 | 63 | Website |
City, Territory and Architecture | 2195-2701 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 167 | 623 | 62.9 | Website |
Mенаџмент у хотелијерству и туризму | 2620-0279 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 83 | 188 | 62.7 | Website |
Cuadernos de Turismo | 1139-7861 | ☑ | Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad e Murcia | 977 | 3249 | 62.7 | Website |
ISRA international journal of Islamic finance | 0128-1976 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 211 | 609 | 62.6 | Website |
Island studies journal | 1715-2593 | ☑ | Institute of Island Studies | 189 | 619 | 62.4 | Website |
Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics | 1335-2571 | ☑ | 181 | 264 | 62.4 | ||
New Middle Eastern studies | 2051-0861 | University of Leicester | 113 | 148 | 61.9 |