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Social Anthropology

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN1469-8676

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.418

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.098

Total Worksi

3,088

Total Citationsi

23,123

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,088

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

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

9/11 · 82%

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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?

WoS, 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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

141

907

2019

239

1.1k

2020

156

538

2021

293

2022

162

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

AnthropologyQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

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

Frequently asked questions about Social Anthropology

Is Social Anthropology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Anthropology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Social Anthropology?

Social Anthropology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.55.

Is Social Anthropology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Anthropology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Social Anthropology?