Anthropology and Humanism

Aims & Scope

Anthropology and Humanism concerns that central question of the discipline: what it is to be human.

AH welcomes contributions from all major fields of anthropology and from scholars in other social science disciplines, as well as the humanities.

It seeks to bring out the intricate and contradictory processes of life in other cultures--including those of anthropologists.

Whether working with life histories or demographics, poetics or nutrition, artistic expression or scientific writing, this journal strives to maintain a focus on the human actors themselves.

AH values writing that delights, writing that outrages, writing that evokes the human condition in all its messiness, glory, and misery, writing that reveals the social blockages that are deleterious to our social and physical environment and is able to promote cross-cultural understanding.

To this end, Anthropology and Humanism publishes work in a variety of genres, including fiction and creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, and photo essays, as well as more conventional articles and reviews.

The journal publishes semi-annually by the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.131

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26226

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	49

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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

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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.

• Ethnography and Fiction: Where Is the Border?

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Kirin

• Violence and Recreation: Vacationing in the Realm of Dark Tourism

  Citation: 87

  Authors: ERIKA M.

• Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Paul

• Anthropology at the Edge of Words: Where Poetry and Ethnography Meet

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Kent, Melisa

• Being a Widow and Other Life Stories: The Interplay between Lives and Words

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Sarah

• Fieldwork in the Postcommunity

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Sherry B.

• Tools to Shape Texts: What Creative Nonfiction Can Offer Ethnography

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Kirin

• Unsettled Care: Temporality, Subjectivity, and the Uneasy Ethics of Care

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Joanna, Catherine

• Enchantment as Method

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Yana

• Disastrous Rites: Liminality and Communitas in a Flood Crisis

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Linda

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