Table 2.
List of World core journals publishing archaeology-related articles of Chinese scholars.
| World core journals (WCJs) | Number of articles | Time of the First Issue | JIF quartiles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary International | 274 | 1989 | Q2 |
| Journal of Archaeological Science | 152 | 1974 | Q1 |
| Archaeometry | 100 | 1958 | Q2 |
| Chinese Archaeology | 96 | 2001 | ESCI |
| Plos One | 91 | 2006 | Q1 |
| Chinese Science Bulletin | 91 | 1956 | Q2 |
| Holocene | 88 | 1991 | Q2 |
| Antiquity | 86 | 1927 | Q1 |
| Scientific Reports | 69 | 2011 | Q1 |
| Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports | 65 | 2014 | A&HCI |
| Quaternary Science Reviews | 60 | 1982 | Q1 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 58 | 1915 | Q1 |
| Science China-Earth Sciences | 57 | 1996 | Q2 |
| Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | 53 | 2009 | Q1 |
| Journal of Human Evolution | 52 | 1972 | Q1 |
| Archaeological Research in Asia | 50 | 2014 | A&HCI |
| Anthropologie | 49 | 1890 | Q4 |
| American Journal of Physical Anthropology | 47 | 1918 | Q1 |
| Nature | 46 | 1869 | Q1 |
| Quaternary Geochronology | 42 | 2006 | Q2 |
| Quaternary Research | 40 | 1970 | Q2 |
| Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology | 39 | 1965 | Q1 |
| International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | 38 | 1991 | Q1 |
| Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis | 35 | 1981 | Q4 |
| Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology Academia Sinica | 29 | 1928 | A&HCI |
| Vegetation History and Archaeobotany | 25 | 1992 | Q1 |
| Science | 25 | 1880 | Q1 |
| Journal of Cultural Heritage | 25 | 2000 | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology and Evolution | 24 | 1983 | Q1 |
| Journal of Geographical Sciences | 23 | 1990 | Q2 |
| Radiocarbon | 22 | 1959 | Q2 |
| Journal of Anthropological Archaeology | 21 | 1982 | Q1 |
| Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | 20 | 1984 | Q3 |
| Others | 1190 | ||
| Total | 3182 |
This table only shows the journals publishing more than 20 archaeology-related articles. The JIF quartiles are derived from the website of Journal Citation Report: https://jcr.clarivate.com, the same as below.