Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
Annual Review of Anthropology
ISSN 0084-6570 · eISSN 1545-4290 · Annual Reviews Inc.
Annual Review of Anthropology: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.98; subscription journal; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Anthropology is published by Annual Reviews Inc. 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, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Multilingual Education and Policy, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Anthropology covers significant developments in the subfields of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology.  
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 Sciences11.9%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences9.4%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences6.4%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences6.2%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences5.3%
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologySocial Sciences5.1%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences4.6%
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: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 3.98LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 229OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,181OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,618 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 | 42 |
| 2024 | 25 | 23 | 207 |
| 2023 | 30 | 28 | 392 |
| 2022 | 32 | 18 | 642 |
| 2021 | 27 | 11 | 705 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- ISSN
- 0084-6570
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-4290
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Anthropology
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Anthropology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Anthropology 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 Annual Review of Anthropology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.98; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 229.
Which databases index Annual Review of Anthropology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Anthropology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Anthropology open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Anthropology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .