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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Peasant Studies	25
2	Journal of Human Evolution	21
3	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
4	Social Networks	18
5	Transcultural Psychiatry	16
-	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	16
7	Antiquity	15
8	American Anthropologist	14
-	American Journal of Human Biology	14
-	Annual Review of Anthropology	14
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	14
12	Evolutionary Anthropology	12
-	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	12
-	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	12
-	Current Anthropology	12
-	Human Ecology	12
17	American Ethnologist	11
18	Annals of Human Biology	10
-	Cultural Anthropology	10
-	Culture Medicine and Psychiatry	10
-	American Antiquity	10
-	Field Methods	10
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
-	Medical Anthropology Quarterly	10
25	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	9
-	Medical Anthropology	9
-	Race & Class	9
-	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	9
-	Journal of Ethnobiology	9
-	Social Anthropology	9
31	African Archaeological Review	8
-	Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology	8
-	Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective	8
-	Critique of Anthropology	8
-	Cultural Studies	8
-	Ethos	8
-	Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology	8
38	Anthropologie	7
-	Anthropology & Education Quarterly	7
-	Archaeology in Oceania	7
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	7
-	Economic Anthropology	7
-	Ethnography	7
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	7
-	Lithic Technology	7
-	Human Organization	7
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	7
-	Latin American Antiquity	7
-	Signs and Society	7
50	Ethnos	6

-	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies	6
-	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	6
-	Africa	6
-	Anthropological Theory	6
-	Anthropology & Medicine	6
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	6
-	PoLAR-Political and Legal Anthropology Review	6
-	Public Culture	6
59	Anthropological Forum	5
-	Australian Archaeology	5
-	HAU-Journal of Ethnographic Theory	5
-	Anthropologischer Anzeiger	5
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology	5
-	Estudios Atacamenos	5
-	History and Anthropology	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Trabajos de Prehistoria	5
68	Anthropology Southern Africa	4
-	Oceania	4
-	Ethnohistory	4
-	Journal of Anthropological Research	4
72	Bijdragen Tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde	3
-	Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology	3
-	Journal of Family History	3
-	Social Analysis	3
-	Australian Journal of Anthropology	3
-	Chungara-Revista de Antropologia Chilena	3
78	AIBR-Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana	2
-	Anthropos	2
-	Magallania	2