《考古科學雜志》的目標讀者是考古學家和科學家，他們對推動科學技術和方法在考古學各個領域的發展和應用特別感興趣。創辦的《考古月刊》刊載重點文章、原創研究論文和重大評論文章，具有廣泛的考古意義。該期刊為具有廣泛不同科學背景的考古學家和科學家提供了一個國際論壇，他們在開發和應用科學方法方面有共同的興趣，通過提高考古研究中獲得的科學信息的質量和可靠性來為重大辯論提供信息。

The Journal of Archaeological Science is aimed at archaeologists and scientists with particular interests in advancing the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. This established monthly journal publishes focus articles, original research papers and major review articles, of wide archaeological significance.The journal provides an international forum for archaeologists and scientists from widely different scientific backgrounds who share a common interest in developing and applying scientific methods to inform major debates through improving the quality and reliability of scientific information derived from archaeological research.