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World Archaeology was established specifically to deal with archaeology on a world-wide multiperiod basis. Since it was founded in 1969 it remains a leader in its field. The five issues of the volume are each dedicated to a particular theme of current interest. Typically the fifth issue, Debates in World Archaeology, is a forum for debate, discussion and comment. All papers adopt a broad comparative approach, looking at important issues on a global scale. The members of the editorial board and the advisory board represent a wide range of interests and expertise and this ensures that the papers published in World Archaeology cover a wide variety of subject areas. Recent issues illustrate the variety of material published in World Archaeology and have included volumes dedicated to new developments in archaeological science, the application of social theory to archaeology, the archaeology of art and major syntheses of such important topics as trade and exchange. Future issues will range just as widely.
Recent Issues:
Archaeology of Religious Change
The Beginnings of Life
Stable Isotopes
Debates on World Archaeology
Archaeology of Legal Culture
Digital Imaging
Archaeology of Performance
‘World Archaeology is a pleasure to read, in two senses; layout and typeface are particularly easy on the eye, while the articles are clearly and attractively written, usually without waffle or jargon. World Archaeology has carved out a place for itself as one of the very few British archaeological journals since Antiquity to have adopted a truly international approach to the subject, covering all periods, areas and aspects of the human past. Its unique thematic design should ensure that its importance will be maintained for decades to come.’Times Literary Supplement
Peer Review: All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing.
Journal metrics
Usage
183K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
2.2 (2023) 5 year IF
2.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.950 (2023) SNIP
0.758 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
63 days avg. from submission to first
decision
74 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
28 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
42% acceptance rate
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calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Ferran Antolín -German Archaeological Institute, Germany Gianna Ayala - University of Sheffield, UK Kimberly Bowes - University of Pennsylvania, USA Chantal Conneller-University of Newcastle, UK Shadreck Chirikure- University of Cape Town, South Africa/ University of Oxford, UK James Conolly -Trent University, Canada Chloe Duckworth -University of Newcastle, UK Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal -CSIC, Spain Armand Mijares- University of the Philippines, Philippines Paul Pettitt - University of Durham, UK Tsim Schneider - University of California, USA Matthew Spriggs- The Australian National University, Australia Ed Swenson -University of Toronto, Canada Naomi Sykes- University of Exeter, UK Yijie Zhuang-University College London, UK
Advisory Board:
Professor Amy Bogaard- University of Oxford, UK Professor Richard Bradley - University of Reading, UK Professor John E. Clark- Brigham Young University, USA Professor Elizabeth DeMarrais- University of Cambridge, UK Professor Kent V. Flannery - University of Michigan, USA Professor Lin Foxhall- University of Liverpool, UK Professor Roberta Gilchrist- University of Reading, UK Professor Chris Gosden- Institute of Archaeology, UK Professor James Graham-Campbell - Institute of Archaeology, UK Professor P. Kirch - University of California, USA Professor Nayanjot Lahiri - Ashoka University, India Dr V. Pitulko - Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Dr G. Politis - Universidad Nacional, Argentina Professor G. Pwiti - University of Zimbabwe Professor Peter Rowley-Conwy - University of Durham, UK Professor John Schofield - University of York, UK Professor Stephen Shennan - Institute of Archaeology, London, UK Dr R. Shoocongdej - Silpakorn University, Thailand Professor Marijke van der Veen- University of Leicester, UK Professor Guangyao Wang - Palace Museum, Beijing, China Professor Chi Zhang- Director of the Center for the Chinese Archaeology of Peking University, China
Abstracting and indexing
World Archaeology is Abstracted/Indexed in:
Abstracts in Anthropology; America: History and Life; Anthropological Index Online; Anthropological Literature; Art Index; Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; B H A Bibliography of the History of Art; Bibliography of Native North Americans; British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (Online Edition); British Humanities Index; Current Abstracts; SCOPUS; GEOBASE; Historical Abstracts; Humanities Index; Humanities International Index; Index Islamicus; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Linguistic Bibliography; New Testament Abstracts; OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; ProQuest Central; Religion Index One: Periodicals; Thomson Reuters' Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
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