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American Indian Culture and Research Journal

UCLA American Indian Studies Center · United States

ISSN0161-6463eISSN0161-6463
SJR Q2WOS A&HCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
33
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q2+18
DOAJ Verified+15
Total33
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.238
H-Index
41
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Works
1,788
Total Citations
9,164
2yr Mean Citedness
0.70
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on Indigenous resurgence, sovereignty, and cultural practices globally. It examines Indigenous data and archival sovereignty, the appropriation and resurgence of Indigenous cultures, languages, arts, and epistemologies, and the assertion of transnational Indigenous identities. The journal also addresses Indigenous rematriation of seeds and cultural heritage, place-based research, and the decolonization of archaeological narratives through Indigenous perspectives.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
60
weeks to review
Slow · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications1,788
Publisher OrgUniversity of Minnesota Press
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~60 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
Merritt Preservation Repository

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0161-6463 / 0161-6463
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Merritt Preservation Repository
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

AnthropologyQ2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsAsian American and Pacific HistoriesArchaeology and Natural HistoryLatin American and Latino StudiesIndigenous Studies and Ecology
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref