List of anthropology journals


Academic anthropological knowledge is the product of lengthy research, and is published in recognized peer-reviewed academic journals. As part of this peer review, theories and reports are rigorously and comparatively tested before publication. The following publications are generally recognized as the major sources of anthropological knowledge.

Four-field journals

These journals publish articles in the four fields of anthropology: archaeology, biological, cultural, and linguistic.American Anthropologist: premier journal of the American Anthropological Association, incorporating all four fieldsAnnual Review of Anthropology: published by Annual Reviews; releases an annual volume of review articlesCurrent Anthropology: published by the University of Chicago Press and sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchJournal of Anthropological Sciences: published by the Istituto Italiano di Antropologia

Archaeology

Cultural anthropology journals

American Ethnologist: published by the American Ethnological Society, a sub-section of the American Anthropological Association; quarterly journal concerned with ethnology in the broadest sense of the termAnthropological Forum: since 1963, published by Taylor & Francis and hosted by the University of Western AustraliaAnthropological Quarterly: since 2001, published by the George Washington University's Institute for Ethnographic ResearchCultural Anthropology: quarterly journal published by Wiley-Blackwell and the American Anthropological Association on behalf of the Society for Cultural AnthropologyEthnology: published by the University of Pittsburgh, specializes in ethnographic articles and cross-cultural studiesHAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory: since 2011, published by the Centre for Ethnographic Theory Public Culture: published by Duke University Press for the Institute for Public Knowledge; seeks to address "the cultural transformations associated with cities, media and consumption, and the cultural flows that draw cities, societies and states into larger transnational relationships and global political economies"

Journals on cultural anthropology topics

Anthropology of Consciousness: publication of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, by the American Anthropological Association since 1990Human Organization: journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology; primary objective is the scientific investigation of the principles controlling the relations of human beings to one another and the wide application of these principles to practical problemsJournal of Contemporary Ethnography: published by SAGE Publications; covers research in ethnographyMedical Anthropology Quarterly: published for the Society for Medical Anthropology by the American Anthropological Association; addresses topics in human health and disease from anthropological perspectivesÑeʼẽ. Revista de Investigación Lingüística y Cultural: published by Fundación Yvy Marãe’ỹ; covers research in linguistics, cultural anthropology, sociolinguistics and related fieldsVisual Anthropology Review: publication of the Society for Visual Anthropology, by the American Anthropological Association

Historical anthropology journals

Comparative Studies in Society and History: published quarterly by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Comparative Study of Society and HistoryEthnohistory: published quarterly by Duke University Press on behalf of the American Society for EthnohistoryHistory and Anthropology: published quarterly by Routledge; addresses the intersection of history and social sciences, focusing on the interchange between anthropologically-informed history, historically-informed anthropology and the history of ethnographic and anthropological representation

Journals by geographic area of coverage

Social anthropology journals

Anthropological Theory: critical journal published by SAGE, bringing social anthropology into contact with social theoryL'Homme: Revue française d'anthropologie: French anthropological journal established as a French counterpart to Man and American AnthropologistJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute: published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and IrelandSocial Analysis: published by Berghahn Books; presents contributions directed toward a critical and theoretical understanding of cultural, political, and social processesSocial Anthropology: published since 2007 by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the European Association of Social Anthropologists; established in 1992; originally published by Cambridge University Press

Anthropological linguistics

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