Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropological Quarterly
ISSN 0003-5491 · eISSN 1534-1518 · Institute for Ethnographic Research
Anthropological Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.81; subscription journal; 35 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anthropological Quarterly is published by Institute for Ethnographic Research 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 Anthropological Studies and Insights, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Anthropological Quarterly (AQ) features the highest quality peer-reviewed articles in ethnography and anthropological theory.
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 Sciences16%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences5.1%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences4.9%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, CultureSocial Sciences4.4%
- African history and culture analysisSocial Sciences3.8%
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)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 0.81LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,010OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,917 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 35 | 6 | 13 |
| 2024 | 40 | 2 | 43 |
| 2023 | 46 | 8 | 54 |
| 2022 | 54 | 6 | 115 |
| 2021 | 49 | 5 | 130 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted4
- book review essaysWe accept independent articles, special collections, book review essays, book reviews and more.Length not stated
- book reviewsWe accept independent articles, special collections, book review essays, book reviews and more.Length not stated
- independent articlesWe accept independent articles, special collections, book review essays, book reviews and more.Length not stated
- special collectionsWe accept independent articles, special collections, book review essays, book reviews and more.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer-reviewed articles in ethnography and anthropological theory. Model summary
Anthropological Quarterly (AQ) features the highest quality peer-reviewed articles in ethnography and anthropological theory.
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
- Institute for Ethnographic Research
- ISSN
- 0003-5491
- Electronic ISSN
- 1534-1518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anthropological Quarterly
What CAS zone is Anthropological Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Anthropological Quarterly 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.
What is the impact factor of Anthropological Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 111.
Which databases index Anthropological Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anthropological Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Anthropological Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Anthropological Quarterly 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .