Journal profile
Kinship
ISSN 2766-8584 · eScholarship Publishing, University of California · United States
Kinship: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kinship is published by eScholarship Publishing, University of California. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anthropological Studies and Insights, Language and Culture and Family Dynamics and Relationships, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Kinship offers a scholarly site for research publications dedicated to the ethnography and theory of kinship and covers current systematic efforts using new data or new ideas, including the use of these data and ideas to revisit and rework earlier assumptions in the field. It covers a wide range of kinship-based cross-cultural practices ranging from incest to marriage, to avoidances, to kin terms, to succession, to contemporary forms of motherhood, fatherhood, and family, and more. The journal Kinship, as the design of the front cover seeks to convey, is dedicated to the study of kinship in all of its facets, is international in scope, and will publish original work in English, though publications in other languages will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, United Kingdom 2, Australia 1, Brazil 1, Russia 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences18.5%
- Language and CultureSocial Sciences8.9%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences8.2%
- Categorization, perception, and languagePsychology7.4%
- Indigenous Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences7.4%
- Australian Indigenous Culture and HistorySocial Sciences7.4%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences6.7%
- Language and cultural evolutionSocial Sciences5.9%
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
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 57 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted1
- articleArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
No author charges for processing or submission Model summary
Kinship does not charge authors for processing or article submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Open Access Publications from the University of California Model summary
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution (no APCs). Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. All original material published in Kin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review process Model summary
Kinship undertakes a double-anonymous peer review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
No online plagiarism screening software Model summary
Kinship does not use online software to screen for plagiarism.
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
- eScholarship Publishing, University of California
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2766-8584
- 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 Kinship
How long does peer review take at Kinship?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Kinship based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4), United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Kinship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kinship is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Kinship open access, and what is the APC?
Kinship 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: .