Journal profile · Social Sciences-Anthropology
Mankind Quarterly
ISSN 0025-2344 · Ulster Institute for Social Research
Mankind Quarterly: subscription journal; 46 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mankind Quarterly is published by Ulster Institute for Social Research. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cognitive Abilities and Testing, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior and Race, Genetics, and Society, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mankind Quarterly was founded as a quarterly journal of anthropology, in the broadest sense of “the science of man,” in 1961.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Anthropology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cognitive Abilities and TestingPsychology17.4%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology10.7%
- Race, Genetics, and SocietyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.1%
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences4.9%
- Medical History and ResearchArts and Humanities4.6%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities3.7%
- Education, Achievement, and GiftednessPsychology3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 305/692 | — |
| Anthropology | Q3 | 292/536 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,585 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 0 | 115 |
| 2025 | 46 | 1 | 226 |
| 2024 | 52 | 1 | 348 |
| 2023 | 53 | 0 | 383 |
| 2022 | 53 | 0 | 347 |
| 2021 | 76 | 0 | 349 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 accepted5
- book reviewsMQ publishes research reports, theoretical articles, data-driven reviews, book reviews, and short communications on new discoveries or critical comments on publ…Length not stated
- data-driven reviewsMQ publishes research reports, theoretical articles, data-driven reviews, book reviews, and short communications on new discoveries or critical comments on publ…Length not stated
- research reportsMQ publishes research reports, theoretical articles, data-driven reviews, book reviews, and short communications on new discoveries or critical comments on publ…Length not stated
- short communicationsMQ publishes research reports, theoretical articles, data-driven reviews, book reviews, and short communications on new discoveries or critical comments on publ…Length not stated
- theoretical articlesMQ publishes research reports, theoretical articles, data-driven reviews, book reviews, and short communications on new discoveries or critical comments on publ…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Submissions are evaluated only on the basis of scientific soundness, relevance, and interest. Model summary
Submissions are evaluated only on the basis of scientific soundness, relevance, and interest.
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
- Ulster Institute for Social Research
- ISSN
- 0025-2344
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 66, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mankind Quarterly
Which databases index Mankind Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mankind Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.
Is Mankind Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Mankind Quarterly is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .