The journal was founded as the Bulletin of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art in 1958. It has been published by Wiley-Blackwell since 2001.[2]Research papers published in Archaeometry are typically "technical expositions of physical and chemical methods applicable to dating and materials identification in archaeology".[4] It is also notable for publishing periodic "datelists", which compile information on radiocarbon dates produced by the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit and other radiocarbon laboratories.[5][6]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 1.519, ranking it 64th out of 86 journals in the category "Chemistry, Analytical",[8] 28th out of 45 in the category "Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear",[9] and 142nd out of 200 in the category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary".[10]