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American Journal of Biological Anthropology

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN2692-7691eISSN2692-7691

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.876

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.151

Total Worksi

980

Total Citationsi

3,487

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The American Journal of Biological Anthropology is a publication in physical anthropology and biological anthropology. It accepts evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human and primate biology, and explores human biological diversity, evolution, and adaptation.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications980

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2692-7691 / 2692-7691

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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

501

2021

231

1.6k

2022

221

1.2k

2023

179

582

2024

229

370

2025

161

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.

AnatomyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyEvolutionary Biology

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyGeneticsPaleontologyArcheologyAnatomyEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyPrimate Behavior and EcologyForensic and Genetic ResearchArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesMorphological variations and asymmetryEvolution and Paleontology StudiesRace, Genetics, and SocietyPaleopathology and ancient diseasesZoonotic diseases and public health

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Is American Journal of Biological Anthropology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Journal of Biological Anthropology: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 American Journal of Biological Anthropology?

American Journal of Biological 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 1.42.

Is American Journal of Biological Anthropology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Journal of Biological Anthropology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.