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HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

University of Chicago Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2049-1115

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2018-08-09). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.312

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

1,374

Total Citationsi

19,343

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory is an international journal that aims to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology. It seeks to return ethnography to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyBiannually (With Supplementary Issues)

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,374

Publisher OrgHAU-N.E.T

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-1115

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

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

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

489

2019

134

664

2020

124

317

2021

217

2022

145

2023

101

2024

107

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.

AnthropologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anthropology

Scopus Categories

Anthropology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anthropological Studies and InsightsGeographies of human-animal interactionsSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesAnthropology: Ethics, History, CultureVietnamese History and Culture StudiesReligion and Society InteractionsQualitative Research Methods and EthicsMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationChinese history and philosophyFoucault, Power, and Ethics

Frequently asked questions about HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Is HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory a predatory journal?

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2018-08-09). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory?

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 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 0.27.

Is HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.