Anthropological Quarterly
Last updated ISSN 0003-5491
Anthropological Quarterly is published by George Washington University in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Anthropological Quarterly concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Philippine History and Culture
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- African history and culture analysis
- Islamic Studies and History
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
Key facts
| Publisher | George Washington University |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-5491, 0887-3925, 1534-1518, 2326-4608 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,917 |
| Publishing since | 1953 |
| Journal website | aq.gwu.edu |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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