Public Anthropologist

Aims & Scope

Anthropologists have long engaged communities and topics that are central to contemporary debates.

Through ethnographic research, they aim to understand how people’s everyday lives are shaped by and in turn shape larger structural forces.

However, although cultural and social anthropology have produced many insights to help us understand the world in which we live, anthropologists have at times turned their conceptual and therefore ethical gaze inward.

Public Anthropologist, an international, peer-reviewed journal, opens the possibility for dialogue and debates that are timely and socially and politically challenging.

The journal examines the issues of our time in a way that both encourages and scrutinizes a diverse range of shifts outwards from the purely academic realm toward wider publics and counter-publics engaged in cultural and political exchanges and collective collaborations for change.

This approach implicitly interrogates the implications and expectations of anthropology’s public presence.

Public Anthropologist boldly and candidly engages with conditions of violence, inequality, and injustice and explores ways in which anthropology might generate public awareness and have an impact beyond academia.

In its journey into the dilemmas and challenges of the contemporary world, Public Anthropologist avoids standardizing intellectual efforts into specifically formatted articles.

Rather, it welcomes diversity and creative writing.

Articles published in the journal should be accessible yet authoritative, appealing yet not sensationalist.

A submission must be the work of a specialist, but without jargon; methodologically rigorous, and yet politically engaging.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.319

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16048

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	45

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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 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.

• Google’s Tech Philanthropy: Capitalism and Humanitarianism in the Digital Age

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Sofie Elbæk, Lisa Ann

• Public Anthropology in Changing Times

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Robert, Antonio

• A Critical Perspective on Syndemic Theory and Social Justice

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Nicole M.

• Giving as “De-Risking”: Philanthropy, Impact Investment and the Pandemic Response

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Jessica, Paul

• Waiting for the Smuggler: Tales Across the Border

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Luigi

• Could Cambridge Analytica Have Delivered Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential Victory? An Anthropologist’s Look at Big Data and Political Campaigning

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Vito

• Introduction

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Luigi, Gabriella

• Bangladesh as the “Next Frontier”? Positioning the Nation in a Global Financial Hierarchy

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Paul Robert

• Forging an Anthropology of Neoliberal Fascism

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Adrienne

• Disaster-affected Populations and “Localization”: What Role for Anthropology Following the World Humanitarian Summit?

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Raymond, John

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