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European Journal of Archaeology
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European Journal of Archaeology

1461-9571

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 628 7 7 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 16
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.923
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Journal of Archaeology?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Archaeology, Ancient history, Prehistory, Anthropology and Classics. Topics in Archaeology were tackled in line with various other fields like Context (language use) and Settlement (litigation).

  • Archaeology (43.96%)
  • Ancient history (21.23%)
  • Prehistory (10.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Ritual and rationality: some problems of interpretation in European archaeology (186 citations)
  • Strontium Isotopes and Prehistoric Human Migration: The Bell Beaker Period in Central Europe (161 citations)
  • High-tech in the middle Palaeolithic: Neandertal-manufactured pitch identified (140 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Journal of Archaeology:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Archaeology, Ancient history, Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Prehistory. While the journal publications focused on Archaeology, they were also able to explore topics like Context (language use), Period (geology) and Fishing. The studies on Ancient history discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Identity (social science), Period (music), Ethnology and Politics.

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

  • World War II
  • Archaeology
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

European Journal of Archaeology mostly deals with topics like Archaeology, Ancient history, Art history, Prehistory and Anthropology. European Journal of Archaeology aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Archaeology and Record locking. European Journal of Archaeology addresses concerns in Ancient history which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Period (music) and Elite.

The journal explores issues in Art history which can be linked to other research areas like Publishing, CobB, Turquoise, Politics and Taste (sociology). While the primary focus in European Journal of Archaeology is Prehistory, it also dissects topics surrounding Radiocarbon dating and Space (punctuation) and Copper as a whole. The overlapping concepts between Contemporary archaeology and Manifesto, Late Antiquity and Conflict archaeology are the key highlights of Anthropology study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Echoes of the Past: Women, Memories and Disc-on-Bow Brooches in Vendel- and Viking-period Scandinavia (2 citations)
  • From Glass to Glaze in al-Andalus: Local Invention and Technological Transfer (1 citations)
  • Beyond Plague Pits: Using Genetics to Identify Responses to Plague in Medieval Cambridgeshire (1 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 European Journal of Archaeology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cornelius Holtorf (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Chapman (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexander Gramsch (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark A. Hall (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter F. Biehl (9 papers) absent 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 European Journal of Archaeology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University College London (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Durham University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Cardiff University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aarhus University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (14 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, 62.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 33.33% 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

  • Early Medieval Place-Names and Riverine Flood Histories: A New Approach and New Chronostratigraphic Records for Three English Rivers

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Isotopic evidence for human movement into central England during the Early Neolithic.

    Samantha Neil;Jane Evans;Janet Montgomery;Chris Scarre

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • The Archaeology of a Landslide: Unravelling the Azores Earthquake Disaster of 1522 and its Consequences

    Christopher Gerrard;Paolo Forlin;Melanie Froude;David Petley

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Nery Delgado, Pioneer of Archaeological Excavation Methods at the Casa da Moura Cave (Portugal) in 1879–1880

    João Luís Cardoso;Nuno Bicho

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • The Early Neolithic at the Muge Shellmiddens (Portugal): Analysis and Review of the Ceramic Evidence from Cabeço da Amoreira

    Ruth Taylor;Daniel García-Rivero;Célia Gonçalves;João Cascalheira

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Lynchet-Type Terraces, Loess, and Agricultural Resilience on Chalk Landscapes in the UK and Belgium

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Luc Moreau, ed. Social Inequality Before Farming? Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Social Organization in Prehistoric and Ethnographic Hunter-gatherer-fisher Societies (McDonald Institute Conversations. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archeological Research, 2020, xii and 320pp., 57 colour and b/w illustr., 25 tables, hbk, ISBN 978-1-913344-00-9)

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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