| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Science | 595 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
The discussions in African Archaeological Review mainly cover the fields of Archaeology, Prehistory, Ancient history, Anthropology and Pottery. Archaeology research discussed connects with the study of Context (language use). It features Prehistory research that overlaps with concepts in Stone Age.
In particular, the Anthropology works presented emphasize discussions on African archaeology. The Pottery study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Chronology. It connects the study in Chronology with the closely related area of Radiocarbon dating.
African Archaeological Review explores studies in Middle Stone Age as part of the wider topic of Cave.
The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Archaeology, Prehistory, Pottery, Pleistocene and Holocene. Archaeology studies presented in the journal publications include Iron Age, Chronology, Middle Stone Age, Stone Age and Radiocarbon dating. The studies on Prehistory discussed at the journal articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Context (language use), Period (geology), Agriculture, Domestication and Archaeological evidence.
African Archaeological Review focuses largely on the fields of Archaeology, Ancient history, Anthropology, Pottery and Prehistory. The studies on Archaeology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Context (language use) and Humanities. The research on Ancient history tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Kingdom, Legitimacy, Power (social and political) and Monarchy.
African Archaeological Review explores Anthropology concepts, specifically Kinship but expands to research in Perspective (graphical). African Archaeological Review explores topics in Pottery which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Chaîne opératoire, Aterian, Hiatus and Mesolithic. The overlapping concepts between Resource (biology) and Ethnology are the key highlights of Prehistory study.
A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.
The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.
The top authors publishing in African Archaeological Review (based on the number of publications) are:
The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.
Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered
The top affiliations publishing in African Archaeological Review (based on the number of publications) are:
The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.
The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.
The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.
During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.51% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.15% of all publications and 36.17% were from other institutions.
A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.
The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.
The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.
Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).
The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Alexander Pardee Walmsley;Vincent Serneels;Irka Hajdas;Anne Mayor
(2020)Guilhem Mauran;Matthieu Lebon;Océane Lapauze;Alma Nankela
(2020)Darío Bernal-Casasola;Macarena Bustamante-Álvarez;José J. Díaz;José Antonio López-Sáez
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