Journal profile
Medicine Anthropology Theory
ISSN 2405-691X · University of Edinburgh Library · United Kingdom
Medicine Anthropology Theory: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 72 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicine Anthropology Theory is published by University of Edinburgh Library. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anthropological Studies and Insights, Medicine, History, and Philosophy and Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics, together about 45.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Our goals are to provide timely access to original research; to generate new thinking about the relationships between society and medicine; and to publish experimental, accessible, and engaging academic content that pushes the frontiers of academic writing. MAT is committed to open access publishing as the best means of ensuring that academic debates are inclusive and open to new ideas and that important research reaches the broadest possible international readership across disciplines and publics. MAT is grounded in the comparative and ethnographic traditions of medical anthropology but encourages engagement with cutting-edge thinking from other disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. It seeks to bring researchers with diverse theoretical and political positions into conversation with one another and encourages authors to tackle major current debates, challenges, and events related to health and medicine. As academic publishing moves towards an open access future, MAT is committed to building structures and ways of working that are accessible, inclusive, fair, ethical, and sustainable. MAT recognises that academic publishing is rooted in historical, gendered, and colonial power relationships. Open access publishing addresses some of these issues but also creates new risks, including the potential for new forms of unfair labour relations and gender hierarchies, as well as the consolidation of knowledge within elite institutions. Our journal ethos statement includes commitments to abolishing internships and volunteer labour for administrative tasks; establishing a fair, supportive, and inclusive editorial practice; ensuring robust complaints procedures are in place; distributing credit for journal work; and internationalising the readership, authorship, and governance of the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences27.5%
- Medicine, History, and PhilosophyMedicine12.2%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine4.9%
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, CultureSocial Sciences4.1%
- Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences3.6%
- Global Security and Public HealthSocial Sciences3.2%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 553 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 280 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 437 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 346 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 465 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 356 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 359 |
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 72 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 38 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Originality: submissions must be original and not published or under review elsewhere. Model summary
All submissions must be original material and cannot have been published or be under review elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright: retained by author; sharing allowed with attribution under Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license. Model summary
you will be asked to agree to our copyright policy, which grants copyright to the author and allows for the sharing of the text with attribution (Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: blind peer review; manuscripts must be completely anonymised. Model summary
The manuscript ought to be completely anonymised in order to be considered for blind peer review and move forward in the process.
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
- University of Edinburgh Library
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2405-691X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12 (May 2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medicine Anthropology Theory
How long does peer review take at Medicine Anthropology Theory?
Authors report an average review time of about 72 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Medicine Anthropology Theory?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: Author–date. 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.
Which databases index Medicine Anthropology Theory?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicine Anthropology Theory is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Medicine Anthropology Theory open access, and what is the APC?
Medicine Anthropology Theory 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .