An open access paper about academic publishing in archaeology is:

Beck, J., Gjesfjeld, E. and Chrisomalis, S., 2021. Prestige or Perish:
Publishing Decisions in Academic Archaeology. American Antiquity, 86(4), pp.669-695.
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Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)