Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
American Ethnologist
ISSN 0094-0496 · eISSN 1548-1425 · Wiley-Blackwell
American Ethnologist: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.18; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; review about 4 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 40% (journal website); 113 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Ethnologist is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anthropological Studies and Insights, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies and Indigenous Studies and Ecology, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
American Ethnologist is an international ethnography journal concerned with social and cultural anthropology in the broadest sense of the term.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences15.3%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences9.1%
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions8.5%
- Pacific and Southeast Asian StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- African history and culture analysisSocial Sciences4.1%
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, CultureSocial Sciences3.8%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 178OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,007OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 105Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 307,333Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,168 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 23 | 5 |
| 2025 | 113 | 48 | 21 |
| 2024 | 133 | 68 | 119 |
| 2023 | 147 | 98 | 749 |
| 2022 | 65 | 23 | 386 |
| 2021 | 66 | 19 | 621 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (78% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 40%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 40%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0094-0496
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-1425
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Ethnologist
What CAS zone is American Ethnologist in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Ethnologist is in Zone 1 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Anthropology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Ethnologist?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.18; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 178.
How long does peer review take at American Ethnologist?
The publisher reports about 4 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 40% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index American Ethnologist?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Ethnologist is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is American Ethnologist open access, and what is the APC?
American Ethnologist is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .