Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN 1060-1538 · eISSN 1520-6505 · Wiley-Blackwell
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,000; median 117 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 30% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Primate Behavior and Ecology, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Evolution and Paleontology Studies, together about 38.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews is an authoritative review journal that focuses on issues of current interest in biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, archaeology, functional morphology, social biology, and bone biology—including dentition and osteology—as well as human biology, genetics, and ecology. In addition to lively, well-illustrated articles reviewing contemporary research efforts, this journal also publishes general news of relevant developments in the scientific, social, or political arenas. Reviews of noteworthy new books are also included, as are letters to the editor and listings of various conferences. The journal provides a valuable source of current information for classroom teaching and research activities in evolutionary anthropology. This journal is now also encouraging the submission of research articles that focus on biologically orientated, human evolutionary framed approaches. How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef or ISI Web of Science), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: "Evol Anthropol." Punctuation may vary according to the style of the citing journal. Readership Anthropologists
· paleoanthropologists
· archaeologists
· geneticists
· evolutionary biologists
· anatomists Keywords paleoanthropology, primatology, human ecology, archeology, evolution, paleontology, behavioral ecology, hominid, prehistory, genetics, fossil, paleolithic, journal, online journal, Wiley Online Library Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage) Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute) Anthropological Literature (Harvard University) BIOBASE: Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (Elsevier) BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) NATCHA: Natural & Cultural Heritage Africa (NISC South Africa) PrimateLit (WPRC/WNPRC) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-181 ProQuest Politics Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Sociology Collection (ProQuest) Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Editor-in-chief John LindoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 26, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, Germany 1, Netherlands 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primate Behavior and EcologyPsychology15.5%
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologySocial Sciences13.3%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences9.4%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.6%
- Language and cultural evolutionSocial Sciences5.4%
- Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSocial Sciences4.2%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: 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
- 3.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 133OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 642OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 49.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 23Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 183,536Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,801 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 18 | 8 |
| 2025 | 31 | 21 | 79 |
| 2024 | 38 | 17 | 140 |
| 2023 | 52 | 31 | 248 |
| 2022 | 53 | 9 | 452 |
| 2021 | 61 | 21 | 868 |
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
117 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 73 days – 173 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 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)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 125 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher 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 5,000 / EUR 4,150 / GBP 3,350 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 6–8
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- book reviewbut are occasionally longer; News; and Book Reviews are typically between 1000 and 2000 words. Issue essays focus on subjects of broad topical interest amain text ≤ 2,000 words
- book reviewsBook Reviews are typically between 1000 and 2000 words.Length not stated
- classical papersClassical Papers should be between 1000 and 3000 words.Length not stated
- digestsDigests are short essays between 1000 and 2000 wordsLength not stated
- high-impact reportsHigh-Impact Reports would be concise original research articlesLength not stated
- issuesIssues are typically between 2000 and 4000 words but are occasionally longerLength not stated
- newsNews articles are brief reports on recent professional meetings, symposia, workshops, and other events of general interest to the anthropological community.Length not stated
- review articlentheses, and original research results. Review articles should range between 6,000 to 10,000 words, including text, references, figures, and tables, with illumain text ≤ 10,000 words
- review articlesReview articles should range between 6,000 to 10,000 words, including text, references, figures, and tables, with illustrations, tables, and graphs included as …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.Acknowledgments
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Please review Wiley’s policy here. This journal expects data sharing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE member Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the Open Access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck Model summary
Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Please click here for more detailed information about self-archiving definitions and policies.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
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
- 1060-1538
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-6505
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
What CAS zone is EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY is in Zone 1 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Anthropology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.32; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 133.
How long does peer review take at EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 117 days (interquartile range 73–173 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30% (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 EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 6–8; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (26), United Kingdom (2) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,000.
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: .