Australian Journal of Anthropology

Aims & Scope

The Australian Journal of Anthropology (TAJA) publishes scholarly papers and book reviews in anthropology and related disciplines.

Though wide ranging in its areas of interest, the journal especially welcomes theoretically focused analyses and ethnographic reports based on fieldwork carried out in Australia and neighbouring countries in the Pacific and Asian regions.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.265

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17936

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	59

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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 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.

• From dividual and individual selves to porous subjects

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Karl

• Australian Indigenous Studies: A Question of Discipline

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Martin

• Translatability and the scripting of other peoples’ souls

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Anna

• An Indigenous Philosophical Ecology: Situating the Human

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Deborah

• Aspects of the semantics of emotions and feelings in Dalabon (South‐Western Arnhem Land, Australia)

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Maïa

• Contested value and an ethics of resources: Water, mining and indigenous people in the Atacama Desert, Chile

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Sally

• Seen by the state: Bureaucracy, visibility and governmentality in a Papua New Guinean hospital

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Alice

• Alternative Cultural Heterotopia and the Liminoid Body: Beyond Turner at ConFest

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Graham

• From Victim to Victimhood: Truth Commissions and Trials as Rituals of Political Transition and Individual Healing

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Michael

• ‘Shit Happens’: The Selling of Risk in Extreme Sport

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Catherine

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