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Best open-access journals for Anthropology

All 31 Anthropology journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Anthropology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

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  1. 1
    Cultural Anthropology
    0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Social Anthropology
    0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Klio
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · De Gruyter
    Open AccessScopus
  4. 4
    Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris
    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  5. 5
    Journal de la Société des Américanistes
    0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Society of Americanists
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Revista de História
    0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · University of São Paulo
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Emerita
    0.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Spanish National Research Council
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Scripta classica Israelica
    1.2 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopus
  9. 9
    Pallas
    0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Publications Department of the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  10. 10
    AVRUG-bulletin/Afrika Focus
    0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Brill
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  11. 11
    Aboriginal History Journal
    0.2 cites/paper · Q4 · Australian National University
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Euphrosyne
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · University of Lisbon
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  13. 13
    Dialogues d histoire ancienne
    0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · University of Franche-Comté
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  14. 14
    Afro-Ásia
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Universidade Federal da Bahia
    Open AccessDOAJ
  15. 15
    Teksty Drugie
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  16. 16
    Nova Tellus
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Open AccessDOAJ
  17. 17
    XVII-XVIII
    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
    Open AccessDOAJ
  18. 18
    Annuaire - Ecole pratique des hautes études, Section des sciences religieuses/Annuaire
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  19. 19
    Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennica
    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  20. 20
    Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Litteraria Polonica
    0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Lodz Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    Chungara
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · University of Tarapacá
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    American Indian Culture and Research Journal
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Minnesota Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Revista Brasileira de História
    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · National History Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Estudos Ibero-Americanos
    0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  25. 25
    New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids
    0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Brill
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Aethiopica
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Hamburg University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  27. 27
    Revista Portuguesa de História
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · University of Coimbra
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  28. 28
    Dix-huitième siècle
    0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Société française d'étude du XVIIIe siècle
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  29. 29
    Littératures
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessWeb of Science
  30. 30
    École pratique des hautes études Section des sciences historiques et philologiques Livret-Annuaire
    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  31. 31
    Widok Teorie i Praktyki Kultury Wizualnej
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ

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Frequently asked

Cultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Klio, Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris, Journal de la Société des Américanistes lead this list, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. All 31 ranked venues are listed on this page; 4 are Scimago Q1, 2 Q2, 9 Q3, 7 Q4 and 9 have no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Anthropology ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Anthropology is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Anthropology come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Anthropology come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Anthropology — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Anthropology — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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