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Social Anthropology

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN1469-8676

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total58

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

0.326

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.098

Total Works

3,088

Total Citations

23,123

2yr Mean Citedness

0.55

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes ethnographic research that explores the complexities of power structures, bureaucracy, and state actions, often highlighting contradictions, paradoxes, and absurdities encountered in everyday life. It examines how individuals and groups navigate precarity, migration, and institutional failures through various strategies, including improvisation, humor, critique, and speculative practices. The journal also addresses themes of social mobility, identity formation, intimate relations, and the intersection of human and more-than-human worlds.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,088

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-8676

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

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2025

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anthropology

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anthropological Studies and InsightsGeographies of human-animal interactionsSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesFrench Urban and Social StudiesAnthropology: Ethics, History, CultureMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationIndigenous Studies and EcologyCultural Identity and HeritageVietnamese History and Culture StudiesAfrican history and culture analysis