Anthropological Forum

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1963, Anthropological Forum seeks to examine and advance disciplinary approaches in its publication of articles from a variety of anthropological and sociological perspectives, ranging from the established to the experimental.

The editors welcome empirically based ethnographic studies and probing theoretical explorations dealing with global processes and local instantiations, particularly, but not exclusively, in the journal’s traditional areas of focus: Aboriginal Australia, Australian culture and society, the Pacific and Southeast Asia.

Our Forum section periodically covers issues of professional and public interest in relation to theoretical paradigms, methodological approaches, interdisciplinary connections and ethical quandaries.e Pacific.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.245

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18787

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	55

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.90

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Theory from the South: Or, how Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa

  Citation: 417

  Authors: Jean, John L.

• Competing Responsibilities: Moving Beyond Neoliberal Responsibilisation

  Citation: 206

  Authors: Susanna, Catherine

• The politics of suffering: Indigenous policy in Australia since the 1970s

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Peter

• Water Ways in Aboriginal Australia: An Interconnected Analysis1

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Sandy, Patrick, Sarah

• Are Glaciers ‘Good to Think With’? Recognising Indigenous Environmental Knowledge¹

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Julie

• The Ethnographic Use of Facebook in Everyday Life

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Steffen

• Houses of Resistance in East Timor: Structuring Sociality in the New Nation1

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Andrew

• Zombie Linguistics: Experts, Endangered Languages and the Curse of Undead Voices

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Bernard C.

• Systems of areal integration: Some considerations based on the admiralty Islands of Northern Melanesia¹

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Theodore

• Who and what is a landowner? Mythology and marking the ground in a Papua New Guinea mining project

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Dan

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