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Journal of Autoethnography

University of California Press · United States · Est. 2020

ISSN2637-5192

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

0.244

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.154

Total Worksi

324

Total Citationsi

549

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications324

Publisher OrgUniversity of California Press

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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 California Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2637-5192

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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

284

2020

2021

2022

121

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

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsQualitative Research Methods and EthicsEmpathy and Medical EducationParticipatory Visual Research MethodsCritical Race Theory in EducationGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthGeographies of human-animal interactionsFeminist Theory and Gender StudiesRhetoric and Communication Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Autoethnography

Is Journal of Autoethnography a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Autoethnography: 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 Journal of Autoethnography?

Journal of Autoethnography is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.244.

Is Journal of Autoethnography indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Autoethnography is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Autoethnography?