Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Aims & Scope

Medical Anthropology provides a global forum for scholarly articles on the social patterns of ill-health and disease transmission, and experiences of and knowledge about health, illness and wellbeing.

These include the nature, organization and movement of peoples, technologies and treatments, and how inequalities pattern access to these.

Articles published in the journal showcase the theoretical sophistication, methodological soundness and ethnographic richness of contemporary medical anthropology.

Through the publication of empirical articles and editorials, we encourage our authors and readers to engage critically with the key debates of our time.

Medical Anthropology invites manuscripts on a wide range of topics, reflecting the diversity and the expanding interests and concerns of researchers in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.520

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11171

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	321

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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
• Medline

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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.

• Structural Vulnerability and Health: Latino Migrant Laborers in the United States

  Citation: 595

  Authors: James, Laurie Kain, Philippe

• Obstetric Racism: The Racial Politics of Pregnancy, Labor, and Birthing

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Dána-Ain

• Obesity and socioeconomic status: A framework for examining relationships between physical and social variables

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Jeffery

• Part Two: The role of constitutional factors, diet, and infectious disease in the etiology of porotic hyperostosis and periosteal reactions in prehistoric infants and children

  Citation: 181

  Authors: Robert P., C. Owen, John W., George J.

• Pregnancy, Birth and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Robbie, Kim, David A

• “Cycling Overseas”: Care, Commodification, and Stratification in Cross-Border Reproductive Travel

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Andrea, Amy

• Slow Research: Thoughts for a Movement in Global Health

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Vincanne, Nancy J., Ian

• The Epigenome and Nature/Nurture Reunification: A Challenge for Anthropology

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Margaret

• Aging Disaster: Mortality, Vulnerability, and Long-Term Recovery among Katrina Survivors

  Citation: 139

  Authors: Vincanne, Sharon R., Taslim, Sandra

• Global Health Business: The Production and Performativity of Statistics in Sierra Leone and Germany

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Susan L.

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