Plains Anthropologist
Last updated ISSN 0032-0447
Plains Anthropologist is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Plains Anthropologist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0032-0447, 2052-546X |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,836 |
| Publishing since | 1936 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/ypan20/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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