Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology of Work Review
ISSN 0883-024X · eISSN 1548-1417 · Wiley-Blackwell
Anthropology of Work Review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,240; median 334 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 43% (journal website); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anthropology of Work Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Labor Movements and Unions, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, together about 29.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Anthropology of Work Review (AWR) is an international forum for multidisciplinary research on work and labor in the broadest sense. As the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Work, a section of the American Anthropological Association, AWR's mission is to facilitate ethnographically-informed discussions of work politics and practices, including struggles over the absence of work, as well as to promote dialogue around a plurality of emerging theoretical, epistemological, and methodological approaches. The journal invites submissions that concern all aspects of human and nonhuman labor, from inquiries into its structure and organization to novel propositions for rethinking its implications and emerging forms. AWR welcomes perspectives that challenge hegemonies of work, linked as they are to historical and contemporary forms of patriarchy, racism, fascism, and colonialism. The journal is especially committed to amplifying the scholarship of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), as well as perspectives that spring from feminist, queer, and other historically and currently marginalized positions. In the journal, we endeavor to create a space for constructive feedback, mentorship, mutual care, and solidarity in our peer review, editorial, and publication processes. AWR strives to center ethnographic approaches to labor that challenge entrenched ideas about the anthropological canon and that contribute to the project of rebuilding the field based on anti-colonial, anti-racist, and anti-patriarchal principles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Letizia BonannoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences10.9%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences10.1%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.3%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions5.8%
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, CultureSocial Sciences5.8%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences4.5%
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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 (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 53.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 20Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 30,275Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,155 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024 | 18 | 11 | 34 |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 | 31 |
| 2022 | 18 | 8 | 76 |
| 2021 | 22 | 3 | 55 |
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
334 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 265 days – 410 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 42 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 405 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (41 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)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 362 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,240 / EUR 2,710 / GBP 2,160 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 3
Article types accepted2
- articleArticles submitted for peer review for publication in the Anthropology of Work Review may be submitted at any time during the year.Length not stated
- special issueWith the exception of Special Issues, the journal uses a continuous publishing modelLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access
- AI use
AI use prohibited in drafting or revision of manuscripts. Model summary
Anthropology of Work Review will not accept any submissions that use AI or large language models at any point in the drafting or revision of the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
ORCID required for submitting authors. Model summary
American Anthropological Association journals require ORCID.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0883-024X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-1417
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 2 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anthropology of Work Review
What CAS zone is Anthropology of Work Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Anthropology of Work Review 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 Anthropology of Work Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Anthropology of Work Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 334 days (interquartile range 265–410 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Anthropology of Work Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 3. 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 Anthropology of Work Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anthropology of Work Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Anthropology of Work Review open access, and what is the APC?
Anthropology of Work Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,240.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .