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Asian Anthropology

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN2168-4227

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.222

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.617

Total Worksi

571

Total Citationsi

3,478

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Asian Anthropology publishes original and translated anthropological and ethnographic research covering communities and societies in Asia. The journal seeks to bring new anthropological research on Asia to a global audience.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications571

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-4227

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

253

2019

223

2020

109

2021

170

2022

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.

AnthropologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Anthropology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Japanese History and CultureChinese history and philosophyMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesVietnamese History and Culture StudiesAsian Culture and Media StudiesAsian Studies and HistoryAnthropological Studies and InsightsMigration and Labor Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Asian Anthropology

Is Asian Anthropology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asian Anthropology: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Asian Anthropology?

Asian Anthropology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.222.

Is Asian Anthropology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asian Anthropology is indexed in Scopus.