About this journal
Aims and scope
ethnos encourages submissions both from scholars working in anthropology and those in other disciplines whose work can make a substantial contribution to topics of concern to anthropologists.
ethnos publishes original papers that promote theoretical, methodological and empirical developments within the discipline of socio-cultural anthropology.
Please submit Manuscripts electronically at the Ethnos Manuscript Central site.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in ethnos have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 170K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.111 (2023) SNIP
- 0.392 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 20 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 19 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 39% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors-In-Chief
Nils Bubandt - Aarhus University, DenmarkMark Graham - Stockholm University, Sweden
Book Review Editors
Noa Vaisman - Aarhus University, Denmark
Associate Editors
Kenneth M. George - The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Kirsten Hastrup - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Don Kulick - New York University, USA
Sandy Robertson - University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, University of Edinburgh, UK
Joel L. Robbins - University of California at San Diego, USA
Patricia Spyer - Leiden University, The Netherlands
Advisory Board
Lila Abu-Lughod - Columbia University, USA
Anne Allison - Duke University, USA
Hugh Beach - Uppsala University, Sweden
T.O. Beidelman - New York University, USA
Dominic Boyer - Cornell University, USA
Michael Carrithers - Durham University, UK
Hastings Donnan - Queen’ University, Belfast, UK
Marita Eastmond - Göteborg University, Sweden
Jeanette Edwards - University of Manchester, UK
Richard Eves - Australian National University, Australia
Magnus Fiskesjö - Cornell University, USA
Michael C. Gilsenan - New York University,USA
Andre Gingrich - University of Vienna, Austria
Marcio Goldman - Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bruce Grant - New York University, USA
R. Joy Hendry - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Alf Hornborg - Lund University, Sweden
Tim Ingold - University of Aberdeen, UK
Christian Krohn-Hansen - Oslo University, Norway
Karin Norman- Stockholm University, Sweden
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney - University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
Wilhelm Östberg - Museum of Ethnography, Sweden
Joanna Overing - University of St. Andrews, UK
Gislí Pálsson - University of Iceland, Iceland
Joao Pina Cabral, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Danilyn Rutherford - University of Chicago, USA
Bev Skeggs - Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
Martin Sökefeld - University of Bern, Switzerland
Christopher B. Steiner - Connecticut College, USA
Verena Stolcke - Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Philip Taylor - Australian National University, Australia
Borut Telban- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bob Tonkinson - University of Western Australia, Australia
Ulla Wagner - Museum of Ethnography, Sweden
Pnina Werbner - Keele University, UK
Unni Wikan - University of Oslo, Norway
Editorial enquiries relating to articles and special issues may be directed to [email protected]
Enquiries relating to book reviews and Bookmarks may be directed to [email protected]
Please send Review copies to the Book Review Editors at:
Department of Anthropology
University of Aarhus
Moesgaard Alle 20
8270 Hojbjerg, Denmark
Abstracting and indexing
Ethnos is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts)
Abstracts in Anthropology
Anthropological Index Online
Anthropological Literature
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Bibliography of Native North Americans
C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Current Abstracts
Current Contents - Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics)
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Linguistic Bibliography
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
OCLC
Periodicals Index Online
Religion Index One: Periodicals
Scopus (Elsevier)
Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Open access
Ethnos is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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