Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review
ISSN 1081-6976 · eISSN 1555-2934 · Wiley-Blackwell
Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.66; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 276 days to acceptance (62 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 37% (journal website); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review 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 Law in Society and Culture, Anthropological Studies and Insights and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publication of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology, PoLAR publishes cutting-edge work in the field of political and legal anthropology, broadly defined. This innovative interdisciplinary publication features articles on such issues as nationalism, citizenship, political and legal processes, the state, civil society, colonialism, postcolonial public spheres, multiculturalism, and media politics. In addition to articles, PoLAR publishes syllabi, symposia, book reviews, methodological pieces, narratives of teaching strategies, research notes, and interviews. PoLAR is published semiannually.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Deepa Das AcevedoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences14.6%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences10.3%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences10.2%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- Impact factor
- 1.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 323OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 35Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 62,974Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,567 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 42 | 26 | 46 |
| 2024 | 38 | 15 | 62 |
| 2023 | 47 | 31 | 87 |
| 2022 | 49 | 12 | 171 |
| 2021 | 64 | 5 | 155 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
276 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 123 days – 488 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 349 days
- Sample
- 62 articles with submission and acceptance dates (86 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 435 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing
Please refer to the AAA's author rights and sharing guidelines for information on copyright and licensing for your article, including Open Access.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1081-6976
- Electronic ISSN
- 1555-2934
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 2 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review
What CAS zone is Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Anthropology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.66; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 62 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 276 days (interquartile range 123–488 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 37% (2025). 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 Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review open access, and what is the APC?
Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .