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Ethos
ISSN 0091-2131 · eISSN 1548-1352 · Wiley-Blackwell
Ethos: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.95; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 323 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 34% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ethos 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 Anthropological Studies and Insights, Cultural Differences and Values and Social Representations and Identity, together about 28.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ethos is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly journal devoted to scholarly articles dealing with the interrelationships between the individual and the sociocultural milieu, between the psychological disciplines and the social and cultural disciplines. Ethos is the official journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (http://spa.americananthro.org). The journal publishes work from a wide spectrum of research perspectives. Recent issues, for example, include papers on religion and ritual, medical and psychiatric practice, addiction and recovery, political economy and psychological institutions, phenomenology and psychoanalysis, child and life-span development, emotion, cognitive modeling and cultural belief systems. Research reports may use a wide range of methodological approaches and epistemological standpoints, although qualitative, ethnographic, and mixed-methods approaches are typical. For a more complete description of the scholarship we are looking to publish, please see the editorial "Past Present: A letter from the editors".
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences16.3%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology6.4%
- Social Representations and IdentityPsychology6%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions4.3%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences3.7%
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 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | 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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
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 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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
- Impact factor
- 1.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 762OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 19%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 28Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 109,168Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,382 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 29 | 58 |
| 2024 | 31 | 19 | 47 |
| 2023 | 96 | 34 | 261 |
| 2022 | 46 | 16 | 193 |
| 2021 | 43 | 10 | 104 |
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
323 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 251 days – 380 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 355 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 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)
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 341 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
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 accepted4, with length limits
- book reviewcommissioned essays will be considered. Book review essays are expected to be a maximum of 3,000 words long. Brief Commentary: (no more than 2500 words). Ethos …main text ≤ 3,000 words
- commentarybe a maximum of 3,000 words long. Brief Commentary: (no more than 2500 words). Ethos occasionally publishes brief scholarly commentary tmain text ≤ 2,500 words
- research reportEthos considers manuscripts of the following types: Theoretical reviews and essays (no more than 10000 words) are manuscripts that bring together and/or critica…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviewEthos considers manuscripts of the following types: Theoretical reviews and essays (no more than 10000 words) are manuscripts that bring together and/or critica…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Author Contributions
For all articles, the journal mandates the CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy)—more information is available on our Author Services site.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal encourages and peer reviews data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing
WALS + standard CTA/ELA and/or Open Access for hybrid titles
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access WALS + standard CTA/ELA and/or Open Access for hybrid titles
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2. Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made online via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/ETHO You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please …
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
- 0091-2131
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-1352
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Psychological Anthropology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 54, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ethos
What CAS zone is Ethos in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Ethos is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology / Psychology, Multidisciplinary. 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 Ethos?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.95; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 95.
How long does peer review take at Ethos?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 323 days (interquartile range 251–380 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 34% (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.
Which databases index Ethos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ethos is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Ethos open access, and what is the APC?
Ethos is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .