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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Peasant Studies	24
2	Journal of Human Evolution	21
3	Journal of Archaeological Science	20
4	Social Networks	19
5	Transcultural Psychiatry	16
6	American Anthropologist	15
-	American Journal of Human Biology	15
-	Annual Review of Anthropology	15
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	15
10	Antiquity	14
-	Current Anthropology	14
-	Evolutionary Anthropology	14
13	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	13
14	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	12
-	American Ethnologist	12
16	Cultural Anthropology	11
-	Human Ecology	11
-	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology	11
19	African Archaeological Review	10
-	Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective	10
-	Medical Anthropology	10
-	Annals of Human Biology	10
-	Journal of Ethnobiology	10
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	10
25	Culture Medicine and Psychiatry	9
-	Race & Class	9
-	Social Anthropology	9
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	9
-	Medical Anthropology Quarterly	9
30	Anthropology & Medicine	8
-	Field Methods	8
-	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	8
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	8
-	Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology	8
35	Australian Archaeology	7
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	7
-	Journal of Social Archaeology	7
-	Lithic Technology	7
-	Critique of Anthropology	7
-	Cultural Studies	7
-	Public Culture	7
42	Anthropological Theory	6
-	Ethos	6
-	Oceania	6
-	Africa	6
-	Anthropologie	6
-	Anthropology & Education Quarterly	6
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology	6
-	Ethnography	6
-	Ethnos	6

-	Latin American Antiquity	6
52	Anthropologischer Anzeiger	5
-	Estudios Atacamenos	5
-	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	Praehistorische Zeitschrift	5
-	Anthropological Forum	5
-	Human Organization	5
-	Journal of Anthropological Research	5
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	5
-	Social Analysis	5
62	Bijdragen Tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde	4
-	Ethnohistory	4
-	Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology	4
-	Trabajos de Prehistoria	4
-	History and Anthropology	4
-	PoLAR-Political and Legal Anthropology Review	4
68	Journal of Family History	3
-	Australian Journal of Anthropology	3
-	Chungara-Revista de Antropologia Chilena	3
71	Journal of the Polynesian Society	2
-	Magallania	2
73	AIBR-Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana	1
-	Anthropos	1