
Academic Journal
Q1Radiocarbon
About Radiocarbon
Radiocarbon is a scholarly journal published by Cambridge University Press. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.07 and an H-index of 101.
Its listed coverage is 1959, 1962-1964, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977-1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1987, 1989-2026 and its research categories include Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q1); Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 109 documents and 622 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
The journal serves researchers who develop and apply radiocarbon and related isotope methods.
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Topics in published research
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Geology and Paleoclimatology Research; Isotope Analysis in Ecology; Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology; Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies; Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.
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2,487.00 USD; 1,984.00 GBP
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Aims & Scope
Scope includes radiocarbon dating, accelerator mass spectrometry, calibration, archaeology, geochronology, paleoclimate, oceanography and carbon cycling.
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