Ethos

Aims & Scope

Ethos is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly journal devoted to scholarly articles dealing with the interrelationships between the individual and the sociocultural milieu, between the psychological disciplines and the social and cultural disciplines.

Ethos is the official journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology.

The journal publishes work from a wide spectrum of research perspectives.

Recent issues, for example, include papers on religion and ritual, medical and psychiatric practice, addiction and recovery, political economy and psychological institutions, phenomenology and psychoanalysis, child and life-span development, emotion, cognitive modeling and cultural belief systems.

Research reports may use a wide range of methodological approaches and epistemological standpoints, although qualitative, ethnographic, and mixed-methods approaches are typical.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15926

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	105

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.323

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	56

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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.

• Embodiment as a Paradigm for Anthropology

  Citation: 1005

  Authors: THOMAS J.

• The Illusion of Wholeness: Culture, Self and the Experience of Inconsistency

  Citation: 306

  Authors: KATHERINE P.

• Parental Acceptance‐Rejection: Theory, Methods, Cross‐Cultural Evidence, and Implications

  Citation: 302

  Authors: RONALD P., ABDUL, DAVID E.

• Becoming a Moral Child: The Socialization of Shame among Young Chinese Children

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Heidi

• The Contagion Concept in Adult Thinking in the United States: Transmission of Germs and of Interpersonal Influence

  Citation: 287

  Authors: CAROL, PAUL

• Chinese and European American Cultural Models of the Self Reflected in Mothers' Childrearing Beliefs

  Citation: 280

  Authors: RUTH K.

• Personal Stories: Identity Acquisition and Self‐Understanding in Alcoholics Anonymous

  Citation: 267

  Authors: CAROLE

• Side by Side: Learning by Observing and Pitching In

  Citation: 254

  Authors: Ruth, Barbara

• Is the Western Conception of the Self “Peculiar” within the Context of the World Cultures?

  Citation: 235

  Authors: MELFORD E.

• From Cure to Community: Transforming Notions of Autism

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Nancy

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