Social Anthropology

ISSN 0964-0282 · Wiley · United Kingdom · active 1992–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
0.6
SJR
0.418
h-index
69

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 30 September 2026 (venue index build).

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~12 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Free to publish — DOAJ lists no article processing charge (APC).

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Scope

anthropologicalinsightsanthropologygeographieshuman-animalinteractionsgeographyplanningdevelopmentsoutheastasiansociopolitical

Frequently asked

Is Social Anthropology a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Social Anthropology. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Social Anthropology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Social Anthropology appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Social Anthropology?

Papers in Social Anthropology are cited about 0.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 69. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Social Anthropology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places Social Anthropology in Q1 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Social Anthropology is cited about 0.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 69. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Social Anthropology?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Social Anthropology. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Social Anthropology open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

Is Social Anthropology free to publish in?

Free to publish — DOAJ lists no article processing charge (APC). So there is no fee for authors to publish in Social Anthropology. Fee policies change — confirm on the journal's own site before relying on it.

How long does Social Anthropology take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for Social Anthropology takes about ~12 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Social Anthropology.

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