About this journal
Aims and scope
Post-Medieval Archaeology is a bi-annual journal devoted to the study of the material evidence of European society wherever it is found in the world. This fascinating period saw the transition from medieval to industrial society, the foundation of the modern European world on new Renaissance and Reformation values, the shift from collective to individual mentalities, increasing social segregation, new notions of privacy, family, gender and space, global expansion, and revolutions in the modes and scales of production. The journal wishes to foster a multidisciplinary approach to the past, exploiting material, textual, iconographic and scientific evidence, and to engage in the latest theoretical debates.
Post-Medieval Archaeology is an international journal, covering a range of subjects, which illustrates the increasingly broad scope of post-medieval archaeology today, including pottery, glass, metalwork, fortifications, vernacular architecture, landscape studies and industrial archaeology.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 27K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 0.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.905 (2023) SNIP
- 0.172 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 56 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 81% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
- Lara Band (Bureau of the Contemporary and Historic (ButCH), UK), [email protected]
- Helen Loney (Honorary research fellow, University of Worcester, UK) [email protected]
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Assistant Editors
- Grace Conium (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) [email protected]
- Crystal Hollis (University of Exeter, UK) [email protected]
- Eric Tourigny (Newcastle University, UK) [email protected]
- Gwilym Williams (Københavns Museum, Denmark) [email protected]
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Reviews Editor: - Will Todd (University of Bristol, UK) [email protected]
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Editorial Advisory Board: - Marley R Brown III (The College of William and Mary, USA)
- Blessing Chidimuro (University of Reading, UK (from 2022))
- Bob Clarke (Wessex Archaeology, UK)
- James Dixon (Cheshire West & Chester Council, UK)
- Martin Gibbs (University of New England, Australia)
- Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas (Caldas University, Colombia)
- Laura Hampden (Historic England, UK)
- Audrey Horning (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
- Lene Høst Madsen (Museum Skanderborg, Denmark)
- Ranjith Jayasena (Municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Tania Manuel Casimiro (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal)
- Natascha Mehler (Universität Tübingen, Germany)
- Kimberly Monk (Brock University, Canada)
- Harold Mytum (University of Liverpool, UK)
- Hilary Orange (Swansea University, UK)
- Charles E Orser, Jr. (Vanderbilt University, USA)
- Russell Palmer (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China)
- Jacqui Pearce (Museum of London Archaeology, UK)
- Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
- Maxime Poulain (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Katarina Predovnik (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- Lorna Richardson (University of East Anglia, UK)
- Jane Ruffino (Södertörn University, Sweden)
- Daniel Schávelzon (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Paola Schiappacasse (University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)
- Madeline Shanahan (Extent, Australia)
- Jussi-Pekka Taavitsainen (University of Turku, Finland)
- Giorgio Verdiani (University of Florence, Italy)
- Li Wei (Renmin University of China, China)
- Nakanishi Yumiko (Osaka Cultural Properties Protection Division, Japan)
Abstracting and indexing
Post-Medieval Archaeology is included in the following services:
Abstracts in Anthropology
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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Premier
America: History and Life
Arts and Humanities Citation Index of ISI
Bibliography of the History of Art
British and Irish Archaeological Abstracts
Current Abstracts
Current Contents of ISI
Genamics JournalSeek
Getty Conservation Institute Project Bibliographies
Historical Abstracts
ISI
Modern Language Association Bibliography
Numismatic Literature
Periodicals Index Online
Repertoire International de la Litterature de l'Art
Scopus
TOC Premier
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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Society information
About
The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology is Europe’s leading society for the study and promotion of historical archaeology. The SPMA was founded in 1966 with the aim of promoting the archaeology of late medieval to industrial society in Britain, Europe and those countries influenced by European colonialism. The Society now covers the archaeology of the period up to the present day. To achieve this aim the Society publishes the triannual journal Post-Medieval Archaeology, and a twice yearly newsletter, as well as regular monographs, and holds conferences and meetings.
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Membership Benefits
• Three print issues of our Journal Post-Medieval Archaeology (PMA)
• Online access to PMA from Volume 1 (1967) onwards
• A twice-yearly Newsletter
• Society monographs at discounted rates
• 30% discount on Routledge archaeology books
• Membership to our 'PhD group' for post-graduate students
• Advance notice and early booking for our annual Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture
• Membership of our Post-Medieval Society email news list
• Reduced membership rates for Conference registration
• Opportunities to contribute to the running of SPMA through Council membership positions and AGM voting privileges.
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