About JPA

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Pacific Archaeology aims to publish promptly on research in the archaeology of the islands and continental margins of the Pacific Ocean, both northern and southern hemispheres. Contributions on relevant aspects of related subjects such as biological anthropology, historical linguistics, environmental sciences, material culture, ethnography, and history are also invited. The Journal of Pacific Archaeology (JPA) is an international diamond open-access, peer-reviewed, electronic journal that published in annual volumes on a continuous basis, for the New Zealand Archaeological Association.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published online as a continuous volume throughout the year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in getting content publicly available.

Special collections of articles are welcomed and will be published as part of the normal volume, but also within a separate collection page. Please contact the editor for more information.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper.

Authors of articles published in JPA remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.

Authors are encouraged to publish their data in recommended repositories. For a list of generic and subject specific repositories that meet our peer review criteria, see here.

The Journal of Pacific Archaeology supports open and transparent practices in scholarly research and is a signatory of The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), a global initiative to improve the ways in which researchers and the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

Indexing, Archiving and Dissemination

The Journal of Pacific Archaeology is indexed in Clarivate Analytics' Emerging Sources Citation Index and appears in the Web of Science Core Collection.

All article metadata and references are deposited with Crossref.

As the journal grows, additional indexes will be added. If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please contact us or alternatively by making an indexing request directly with the service.

Archiving

To ensure permanency of all publications, this journal also utilises PKP Preservation Network (PN) to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration.

In addition, the journal is available for harvesting via OAI-PMH.

Journal statistics

Journal statistics (including submission numbers, the acceptance rate, and turnaround times) are provided and updated annually.

Core journal statistics for 2023:

Submissions received¹     10

Submissions declined²     3

     Declined (by desk)³     2

     Declined (after review)⁴     1

Acceptances⁵  5

Acceptance rate⁶         80%

Time from submission to publication⁷           184 days

 

Definitions

¹Number of new articles received by the journal

²Total number of articles rejected by the journal

³Number of articles rejected by editors

⁴Number of articles rejected after peer-review

⁵Number of articles that received a 'Accept for publication' decision

⁶Number of acceptances, as a percentage, against the total number of final decisions

⁷Time in days that 80% of submissions recieve a decision within

Advertisement Policy

The journal only displays advertisements that are of relevance to its scope and will be of interest to the readership (e.g. upcoming conferences). All advertising space is provided free of charge and the editor and publisher have the right to decline or withdraw adverts at any point. Adverts will include a text heading to make it clear that they are adverts not related to the journal.

If you wish to propose a potential advert then please contact the editorial team. All advert images will have to be provided.

Sponsors

The Journal of Pacific Archaeology is funded by the New Zealand Archaeological Association.

The journal remains independent and is governed by its Editorial Board and publishing standards and ethics.

Journal History

The Journal of Pacific Archaeology supercedes the New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, published 1979-2008. From 2010-2024 JPA was published as a physical volume with online versions available. From 2025 with the financial support of the New Zealand Archaeological Association the journal has moved to an electronic-only diamond open access journal.