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Arctic Anthropology

University of Wisconsin Press · United States · Est. 1962

ISSN1933-8139

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.202

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

520

Total Citationsi

5,829

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

It is an international journal devoted to the study of northern cultures and peoples of the circumpolar north. Topics include cultural anthropology. archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics, Indigenous studies, and new directions in interdisciplinary northern research in the social sciences and humanities.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

Frequencytwice per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications520

Publisher OrgUniversity of Wisconsin Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC-BY-ND-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Wisconsin Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1933-8139

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

Citations received

2018

2019

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2021

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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anthropology

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Studies and EcologyArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyPacific and Southeast Asian StudiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchArctic and Russian Policy StudiesIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsMarine animal studies overviewHistorical and Cultural Archaeology StudiesForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Arctic Anthropology

Is Arctic Anthropology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arctic Anthropology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Arctic Anthropology?

Arctic 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 0.30.

Is Arctic Anthropology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arctic Anthropology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.