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Anthropological Journal of European Cultures
ISSN 1755-2923 · eISSN 1755-2931 · Berghahn Books · United States
Anthropological Journal of European Cultures: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anthropological Journal of European Cultures is published by Berghahn Books and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Anthropological Studies and Insights and Balkans: History, Politics, Society, together about 24.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published since 1990, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (AJEC) engages with current debates and innovative research agendas addressing the social and cultural transformations of contemporary European societies. The journal serves as an important forum for ethnographic research in and on Europe, which in this context is not defined narrowly as a geopolitical entity but rather as a meaningful cultural construction in people's lives, which both legitimates political power and calls forth practices of resistance and subversion. By presenting both new field studies and theoretical reflections on the history and politics of studying culture in Europe anthropologically, AJEC encompasses different academic traditions of engaging with its subject, from social and cultural anthropology to European ethnology and empirische Kulturwissenschaften. In addition to the thematic focus of each issue, which has characterised the journal from its inception, AJEC now also carries individual articles on other topics addressing aspects of social and cultural transformations in contemporary Europe from an ethnographically grounded anthropological perspective. All such contributions are peer reviewed. Each issue also includes book reviews and reports on major current research programmes.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities8.8%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences8.3%
- Balkans: History, Politics, SocietySocial Sciences7.1%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology5.4%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Anthropological Index (RAI), A Current Bibliography on African Affairs (Baywood), Bibliometric Research Indicator List (BFI), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Proquest), MLA Directory of Periodicals, MLA International Bibliography, Social Services Abstracts (Proquest), Sociological Abstracts (Proquest), Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Proquest)
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 35.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 379 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 6 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 36 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 40 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 74 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer 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, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- editorialAnthropologists in our Midst, Anthropologies in the Mists: Recalling the Discipline's Past Jennifer R. Cash In bringing together the closing issue of 2025, and …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright License Agreement
As part of the Berghahn Open Anthro initiative, articles in this journal are published open access under a Creative Commons license. As a contributor to a Berghahn Books Journal, you are responsible for completing, signing, and returning one of the signed license agreements for each author with your submitted article. Submit forms to copyright@berghahnjournals.com. By default Authors will use the …
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
- Berghahn Books
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1755-2923
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-2931
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anthropological Journal of European Cultures
What CAS zone is Anthropological Journal of European Cultures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Anthropological Journal of European Cultures?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 Anthropological Journal of European Cultures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Anthropological Journal of European Cultures open access, and what is the APC?
Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 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, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .