Journal of Anthropological Research
Last updated ISSN 0038-4801
Journal of Anthropological Research is published by University of Chicago Press in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Anthropological Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Latin American history and culture
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0038-4801, 0091-7710, 2153-3806, 2328-1839 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,474 |
| Publishing since | 1973 |
| Journal website | www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jar/current |
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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