About this journal
Aims and scope
PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene.
The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 21K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.770 (2023) SNIP
- 0.847 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 81% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor:
- Ted Goebel (University of Kansas, USA) [email protected]
Editorial Assistant:
- Vacant
Editorial Board:
- David Anderson (University of Tennessee, USA)
- Charlotte Beck (Hamilton College, USA)
- Christopher Bell (University of Texas, USA)
- Luis Borrero (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas, Argentina)
- Bruce Bradley (University of Exeter, UK)
- Bernard Comrie (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)
- Adriana Schmidt Dias (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
- Daniel Fisher (University of Michigan, USA)
- Nora Flegenheimer (CONICET, Argentina)
- Duane Froese (University of Alberta, Canada)
- Ruth Gruhn (University of Alberta, Canada)
- Gary Haynes (University of Nevada Reno, USA)
- Peter Hiscock (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Vance Holliday (University of Arizona, USA)
- Mark Hubbe (Ohio State University, USA)
- Masami Izuho(Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
- Eileen Johnson(Texas Tech University, USA)
- Carlos López (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia)
- Jon Lothrop (New York State Museum, USA)
- Quentin Mackie (University of Victoria, Canada)
- Francisco Mena (Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, Chile)
- Connie Mulligan (University of Florida, USA)
- Sue O'Connor (Australian National University, Australia)
- Dennis O'Rourke (University of Kansas, USA)
- Bonnie Pitblado (University of Oklahoma, USA)
- Hendrik Poinar (McMaster University, Canada)
- Gustavo Politis (Universidad Nacional del Centro, Argentina)
- Jorge Rabassa (CADIC-CONICET, Argentina)
- Ann Ross (North Carolina State University, USA)
- Guadalupe Sanchez (Instituto de Geología-UNAM, Mexico)
- Frederic Sellet (University of Kansas, USA)
- Beth Shapiro (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
- Antonio Torroni (University of Pavia, Italy)
- Sergey Vasil'ev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
- Joe Watkins (National Park Service, USA)
- Eske Willerslev (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Gao Xing (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
- Seonbok Yi (Seoul National University, South Korea)
Abstracting and indexing
PaleoAmerica is included in the following services:
Anthropological Literature (Online)
GeoRef, American Geological Institute
Periodicals Index Online
Scopus
Open access
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Now in SCOPUS
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