Journal profile
Journal of Anthropological Films
ISSN 2535-437X · Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) · Norway
Journal of Anthropological Films: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Anthropological Films is published by Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anthropological Studies and Insights, Cinema and Media Studies and Cinema History and Criticism, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Anthropological Films (JAF) publishes original, empirically based contributions that present new insights to the study of human behaviour through audio-visual means. Contributions should be based on anthropological or equivalent longer term fieldwork and methods of research. The films should be directed towards an academic community, for use in research and teaching of academic disciplines concerned with the cultural and social diversity of the world, and universal ideas and values. As JAF will be published as Open Access, the films will have a potential of reaching a wider audience with an interest in themes of anthropological concern.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences14%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.2%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities11.8%
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences5.7%
- African Studies and EthnographySocial Sciences5.2%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 134 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 5 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 7 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; licensed under CC BY-NC-ND. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License that allows others to share and redistribute the work, but not for commercial purposes or in modified forms, with an acknowledgement of the work's …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
JAF (Journal of Anthropological Films) provides immediate, unrestricted open access to published films and other content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Films are published in JAF under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license. This means that published films can be discovered, downloaded, copied and redistributed fre…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer-reviewed journal that publishes films that stand alone as original, empirical contributions based on social anthropological research. Model summary
This is a peer-reviewed journal. All films published in JAF have undergone peer review. The editors will organise peer reviews of submitted films. The films will have at least two peer reviewers, one with expertise in the region, and/or the theme of the film, and the other with background in the field of visual anthropology. The editors have the final decision on what films will be published. The …
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
- Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA)
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2535-437X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 01 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Anthropological Films
How long does peer review take at Journal of Anthropological Films?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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 Journal of Anthropological Films?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Anthropological Films is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Anthropological Films open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Anthropological Films is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .