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Anthropology & Medicine
ISSN 1364-8470 · eISSN 1469-2910 · Taylor & Francis
Anthropology & Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.02; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 256 days to acceptance (22 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anthropology & Medicine is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Empathy and Medical Education, together about 24.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Anthropology & Medicine is dedicated to publishing papers that examine medicine, health and illness in an anthropological context. This broad field reflects the journal’s commitment to interdisciplinary research on the interrelationship between culture and health. The journal publishes original papers, reviews, commentaries and debates within the broad framework of medical anthropology, for an international readership. In addition to usual recent book reviews, each issue of Anthropology & Medicine also includes The Canon, which features a reappraisal of a past text that may be considered unfashionably canonical, classical or at least of continuing interest in medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry. The journal also features regular guest edited thematic issues on contemporary topics. Please see the proposal guidelines here. Commentaries could be a statement of position by the author, response to a recent publication, or a standalone piece and does not need to be based on original fieldwork or research. Anthropology & Medicine aims to develop ideas and stimulate debate about the interface between culture and health. We encourage our readers and authors to engage with the new theoretical developments in the field and to participate in current critical debates in the world around us. The journal provides a forum for exploring subjects such as the globalisation and politics of biomedicine, the spread and impact of new medical technologies, gender, reproduction and the body. Topics such as global health, migration and mobility, mental health, chronic illness and ageing are explored through scholarly papers to elucidate the way experiences of health and illness and medical practice are innately cultural. As an interdisciplinary journal, we encourage work that explores the connection between health practice and anthropology including cross cultural psychiatry and hospital and clinic based ethnographies. Anthropology & Medicine seeks to establish a critical platform for this diversity and promotes a cross-fertilisation of concepts at the borderland of culture and medicine. Anthropology & Medicine addresses academics, practitioners and students in the following areas: medical anthropology; social anthropology; the anthropology of conflict, trauma and reconciliation; medical sociology; primary care medicine; psychiatry; psychology; psychotherapy; ethology; public health and nursing; social history; social work; social geography; and development studies. The jo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Sushrut JadhavPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences9.7%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities7.6%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine7.2%
- Race, Genetics, and SocietyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Reproductive Health and TechnologiesMedicine4.6%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology4.4%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions4.4%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine4%
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 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | 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 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOPublisher website
Other: OCLC, A S S I A (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts), Anthropological Index Online, Anthropological Literature, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, Current Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts
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
- Impact factor
- 1.02LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.35Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.94Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 378OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 102,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 821 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 27 | 17 | 86 |
| 2023 | 26 | 19 | 77 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6 | 106 |
| 2021 | 45 | 21 | 536 |
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 · to
256 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 194 days – 364 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 85 days (22 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 346 days
- Sample
- 22 articles with submission and acceptance dates (21 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 99 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 185 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication 2025
- 99 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7
- book reviewsIn addition to usual recent book reviews, each issue of Anthropology & Medicine also includes The Canon, which features a reappraisal of a past text that may be…Length not stated
- commentariesThe journal publishes original papers, reviews, commentaries and debates within the broad framework of medical anthropology, for an international readership.Length not stated
- debatesThe journal publishes original papers, reviews, commentaries and debates within the broad framework of medical anthropology, for an international readership.Length not stated
- guest edited thematic issuesThe journal also features regular guest edited thematic issues on contemporary topics.Length not stated
- original papersThe journal publishes original papers, reviews, commentaries and debates within the broad framework of medical anthropology, for an international readership.Length not stated
- reviewsThe journal publishes original papers, reviews, commentaries and debates within the broad framework of medical anthropology, for an international readership.Length not stated
- the canonIn addition to usual recent book reviews, each issue of Anthropology & Medicine also includes The Canon, which features a reappraisal of a past text that may be…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Anthropology & Medicine is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees after editor suitability assessment. Model summary
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1364-8470
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-2910
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 2-4 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anthropology & Medicine
What CAS zone is Anthropology & Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Anthropology & Medicine is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Social Sciences, Biomedical. 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 Anthropology & Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.02; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Anthropology & Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 22 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 256 days (interquartile range 194–364 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Anthropology & Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology.
Which databases index Anthropology & Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anthropology & Medicine is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Anthropology & Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Anthropology & Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .