ABSTRACT This editorial marks the transition of editorial leadership at Archaeological Prospection and outlines priorities for the journal's next phase. We review the journal's 30‐year history and assess opportunities created by the convergence of machine learning, miniaturized sensors and cloud computing. We identify two primary objectives: establishing rigorous standards for reproducibility and open science, and prioritizing submissions that demonstrate how non‐invasive methods address substantive archaeological research questions. We introduce revised publication formats and address the need to expand representation beyond the journal's historically European and North American base. These changes position Archaeological Prospection as a knowledge transfer platform for 21st‐century archaeological practice.
Davis et al. (2026) studied this question.