Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Medical Anthropology Quarterly is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Race, Genetics, and Society, Anthropological Studies and Insights and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, together about 25.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Aims, Scope & Principles Medical Anthropology Quarterly is an international journal published by the Society for Medical Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association. The Editorial Board believes that the journal should be more than a repository of research findings. It should be the anchor for a community of practice that is active, rigorous, compassionate, and welcoming. The journal publishes research and theory in all areas of medical anthropology. Its first aim is to stimulate development of important theory, methods, and debates in medical anthropology and to explore the links between medical anthropology, the broader field of anthropology, and neighboring fields in the humanities, social sciences, and health-related disciplines, including public health, nursing, and clinical practice. The Journal is committed to scholarship that seeks to undo the structures of white supremacy, and (settler) colonialism. We aim to provide space for antiracist and anticolonial praxis, and to amplify the voices and perspectives of underrepresented scholars from around the globe, including in our practices of citation. Our publishing prioritizes cross-cultural perspectives that are distinctive of anthropology in general. This approach encompasses, but is not limited to such topics as: the complex relation between social, historical, and structural forces of inequality and lived experiences of illness, health, healing, and access to care. critical ethnographic research on practice, technology, and knowledge production across systems of medicine and biomedicine and varied epistemologies of the body. cultural, political, economic, and ecological influences on individual and population health critical analysis of health-related research, policies, and interventions global and transnational dimensions of health and health care In recognition of the fact that the journal relies on the dedication of scholars from a range of nationalities, institutional affiliations, and career stages, we have outlined here some of the principles that the journal seeks to enact in its role as a space of engagement for scholars across these domains. First is integrity of scholarship. Early-career researchers and those structurally positioned outside the centers of academic prestige can be particularly vulnerable to intellectual theft. We are committed to doing all we can to ensure that MAQ remains a space where this is not tolerated. Similarly, scholars are responsible for

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

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Other: Index Medicus, EBSCO, ProQuest

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Impact

Impact factor

1.91LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-23

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-10-03

CiteScore 2026-06

3.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

3.4Publisher website · 2026-09-23

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

3.4Publisher website · 2026-10-03

SJR 2026-06

0.67LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.42LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

105OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

886OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.56OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

55.32%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

40LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

2Publisher website · 2026-09-23

Articles per year (publisher) 2025

62Publisher website · 2026-10-03

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

154,744Publisher website · 2026-10-03

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

39%Publisher website · 2026-09-23

Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025

39%Publisher website · 2026-10-03

Submission to first decision

37 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-23

Submission to first decision 2025

37 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-03

Submission to acceptance 2025

183 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-03

Acceptance to publication 2025

41 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-03

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN

0745-5194

Electronic ISSN

1548-1387

Latest issue on the website

Volume 40, Issue 3 (September 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website