Journal profile · HISTORY
American Indian Culture and Research Journal
ISSN 0161-6463 · UCLA American Indian Studies Center
American Indian Culture and Research Journal: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: We are not accepting submissions that only cover Indigenous matters outside of the Americas; some content, whether the scholarly literature or comparative studies, must include Indigenous content from the Americas. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Indian Culture and Research Journal is published by UCLA American Indian Studies Center and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Asian American and Pacific Histories and Archaeology and Natural History, together about 43.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The AICRJ accepts scholarly essays and commentaries pertaining to the research and vitality concerning Indigenous peoples across the Americas. While most of the essays we have previously published concern the Indigenous peoples of North America, we aim to expand to include topics across the hemisphere. If Indigenous peoples and cultural forms across the Americas are not central to the essay's thesis, they will be rejected for review. Please note that we do not accept fiction or poetry. We may consider essays that include literary analysis in some part, particularly when in service to a scholarly thesis beyond the scope of fiction. Feel free to reach out to our Editor-in-Chief for any clarifications. In our Reviews, we primarily feature reviews of scholarly books, though we also welcome reviews of films and exhibitions that feature or impact the vitality of Native peoples.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editor-in-chief Cover CaptionPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences25.8%
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences9.4%
- Archaeology and Natural HistorySocial Sciences8.3%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions5.9%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
AHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCImago H-IndexPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 265OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 141,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,812 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 4 |
| 2025 | 68 | 68 | 11 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67 | 105 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 113 |
| 2021 | 17 | 15 | 243 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 60 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5
- articleThe AICRJ accepts scholarly essays and commentaries pertaining to the research and vitality concerning Indigenous peoples across the Americas.Length not stated
- book reviewGo to https://journalpub.escholarship.org/aicrj/submissions/. Click on Login. Either Log In with your account information or Register a New Account. If register…Length not stated
- book_reviewThe American Indian Culture and Research Journal welcomes unsolicited article and commentary submissions, solicited book reviews, and proposals for special issu…Length not stated
- commentaryThe AICRJ accepts scholarly essays and commentaries pertaining to the research and vitality concerning Indigenous peoples across the Americas.Length not stated
- special_issueThe American Indian Culture and Research Journal welcomes unsolicited article and commentary submissions, solicited book reviews, and proposals for special issu…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
APC policy: No submission or publication fees. Model summary
We do not charge submission or publication fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review A Note on Our Review Process
Peer review policy: All content besides book reviews is peer reviewed. Model summary
The AICRJ relies on a fully anonymous peer-review where two experts evaluate the value of the submissions to the field and whether our journal is the appropriate venue for the work. In cases of "revise and resubmit" decisions, a second round of reviews may be required that could entail the same or different reviewers. Once an essay is submitted, all references to the authors are redacted before se…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- UCLA American Indian Studies Center
- ISSN
- 0161-6463
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Indian Culture and Research Journal
What CAS zone is American Indian Culture and Research Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Indian Culture and Research Journal is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What are the manuscript requirements of American Indian Culture and Research Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index American Indian Culture and Research Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Indian Culture and Research Journal is indexed in AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is American Indian Culture and Research Journal open access, and what is the APC?
American Indian Culture and Research Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .