Anthropology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	23
2	Journal of Peasant Studies	22
3	Journal of Human Evolution	20
4	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
5	Social Networks	18
6	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	15
-	American Anthropologist	15
8	Current Anthropology	14
-	Transcultural Psychiatry	14
-	American Journal of Human Biology	14
11	Evolutionary Anthropology	13
-	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	13
-	Antiquity	13
14	Annual Review of Anthropology	12
-	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	12
16	American Ethnologist	11
17	Cultural Studies	10
-	Human Ecology	10
-	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	10
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
-	Medical Anthropology	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	American Antiquity	10
-	Cultural Anthropology	10
-	Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective	10
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	10
-	Annals of Human Biology	10
28	Journal of Ethnobiology	9
-	Anthropology & Medicine	9
-	Culture Medicine and Psychiatry	9
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	9
32	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	8
-	African Archaeological Review	8
34	Critique of Anthropology	7
-	Field Methods	7
-	Lithic Technology	7
-	Anthropological Theory	7
-	Australian Archaeology	7
-	Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology	7
-	Latin American Antiquity	7
-	Medical Anthropology Quarterly	7
-	Social Anthropology	7
-	Anthropology & Education Quarterly	7
44	Ethos	6
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	6
-	Africa	6
-	Economic Anthropology	6
-	Ethnography	6
-	Ethnos	6
-	Public Culture	6

-	Trabajos de Prehistoria	6
-	Anthropologie	6
53	Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology	5
-	Estudios Atacamenos	5
-	Human Organization	5
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Oceania	5
-	Archaeology in Oceania	5
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	5
-	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies	5
-	Anthropological Forum	5
63	Ethnohistory	4
-	Journal of Anthropological Research	4
-	Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology	4
-	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	4
-	Social Analysis	4
-	Anthropologischer Anzeiger	4
-	Bijdragen Tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde	4
-	HAU-Journal of Ethnographic Theory	4
-	Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology	4
-	PoLAR-Political and Legal Anthropology Review	4
-	Signs and Society	4
74	Australian Journal of Anthropology	3
-	Chungara-Revista de Antropologia Chilena	3
-	History and Anthropology	3
-	Journal of Family History	3
-	Anthropology Southern Africa	3
79	Magallania	2
80	AIBR-Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana	1
-	Anthropos	1
-	Journal of the Polynesian Society	1