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Archaeological Prospection
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Archaeological Prospection

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 511 13 21 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 26
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 47
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.537
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Archaeological Prospection?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Archaeology, Ground-penetrating radar, Excavation, Remote sensing and Geophysics. The studies on Archaeology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Magnetic survey and Electrical resistivity tomography. Magnetic survey studies covered in the journal falls within the purview of Magnetic anomaly.

The research on Ground-penetrating radar tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Seismology and Archaeological prospection. The study on Excavation presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Prehistory. As a part of it, discussions in Remote sensing involve topics like Aerial photography, Aerial archaeology and Lidar.

  • Archaeology (61.13%)
  • Ground-penetrating radar (25.96%)
  • Excavation (21.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Taking computer vision aloft – archaeological three-dimensional reconstructions from aerial photographs with photoscan (355 citations)
  • LiDAR‐derived Local Relief Models – a new tool for archaeological prospection (176 citations)
  • Ground‐penetrating radar: a modern three‐dimensional prospection method (159 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Archaeological Prospection:

The journal papers facilitate discussions on Archaeology, Remote sensing, Ground-penetrating radar, Excavation and Remote sensing (archaeology). The published papers hold forums on Archaeology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Magnetic survey, Electrical resistivity tomography and Prospecting. Prospection and Cultural landscape are some topics wherein Remote sensing research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Archaeology
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Archaeology, Ground-penetrating radar, Remote sensing (archaeology), Electrical resistivity tomography and Archaeological prospection are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The Archaeology works featured in Archaeological Prospection incorporate elements from Lidar and Magnetic survey. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Ground-penetrating radar by exploring it in line with topics in Remote sensing which intersect with Historical archaeology subjects.

The work on Remote sensing (archaeology) tackled in it brings together disciplines like Panopticon, Community archaeology and Cartography. It explores issues in Electrical resistivity tomography which can be linked to other research areas like Seismology, Tomography, Phoenician and Mineralogy. It focuses on Archaeological prospection but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as French horn and Military camp.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A modified Mask region-based convolutional neural network approach for the automated detection of archaeological sites on high-resolution light detection and ranging-derived digital elevation models in the North German Lowland (11 citations)
  • Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series. (4 citations)
  • Exploration and reconstruction of a medieval harbour using hydroacoustics, 3‐D shallow seismic and underwater photogrammetry: A case study from Puck, southern Baltic Sea (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

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 Archaeological Prospection (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gregory N. Tsokas (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chris Gaffney (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfgang Neubauer (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michel Dabas (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Panagiotis Tsourlos (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

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 Archaeological Prospection (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bradford (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • English Heritage (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Birmingham (18 papers) absent at the last edition.

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.

Publication chance based on affiliation

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, 3.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 23.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.73% of all publications and 49.02% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

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.

Returning Institution Index

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.

The experience to innovation index

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:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • The Yığma Tepe of Pergamon: stratigraphic construction of a monumental tumulus from seismic refraction measurements

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • The pre‐Roman hilltop settlement of Monte Torretta di Pietragalla: preliminary results of the geophysical survey

    Luigi Capozzoli;Gregory De Martino;Vincenzo Capozzoli;Alain Duplouy

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • What over 100 drillings tell us: a new method for determining the Koenigsberger ratio of soils from magnetic mapping and susceptibility logging

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • The sediment at the end of the tunnel: Geophysical research to locate the Pleistocene entrance of Gruta da Companheira (Algarve, Southern Portugal)

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Prehistoric chamber tombs or geological pitfall? A multimethod case study from Ancient Aigeira with a focus on seismic full‐waveform inversion

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Ground‐penetrating radar analysis of the Drimolen early Pleistocene fossil‐bearing palaeocave, South Africa

    Brian J. Armstrong;Brian J. Armstrong;Stephanie Edwards‐Baker;Paul Penzo‐Kajewski;Andy I. R. Herries;Andy I. R. Herries

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Tracking the effects of the long‐term changes on the coastal archaeological sites of the Mediterranean using remote sensing data: The case study from the northern shoreline of Nile Delta of Egypt

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Portable gamma ray spectrometry for archaeological prospection: A preliminary investigation at Silchester Roman Town

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Geo‐archaeological prospecting of Gunung Padang buried prehistoric pyramid in West Java, Indonesia

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • On-site non-destructive determination of the remanent magnetization of archaeological finds using field magnetometers

    Tina Wunderlich;Raphael Kahn;Norbert R. Nowaczyk;Natalie Pickartz

    (2021)
    4 Citations

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