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Social Anthropology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.5), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Berghahn Journals.
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ISSN 0964-0282Verify ISSN ↗1469-8676Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Berghahn Journals
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | 59 / 536 | 89th | Q1 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 116 / 692 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 355 / 1530 | 76th | Q1 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 165 / 380 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present (also 1982), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.5.
Social Anthropology is Q1 in Anthropology (rank 59 of 536), Q1 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 116 of 692) and Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 355 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Social Anthropology is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.418, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 58.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,000 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Social Anthropology is published by Berghahn Journals. Its print ISSN is 0964-0282 and its online ISSN is 1469-8676.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Social Anthropology has an h-index of 69 and a 2-year mean of 0.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #187 of 497 Scopus journals in Anthropology.
Social Anthropology published 34 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 239. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 18 research articles (2023–2025), authors are most often from United Kingdom (27.8%), Denmark (22.2%) and Norway (13.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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