The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (TAPJA) is a leading refereed scholarly journal that publishes social and cultural anthropological research with a focus on the Asia and Pacific region, including Australia. This region has been a crucible for significant advances in the discipline and remains an important site for the development of concepts and debates. The international focus of the journal encompasses regional scholars and emerging voices from centres of research in the region. Contributions may include digital media files, including video, that are published in the online version.
TAPJA publishes review essays, reviews of books and multimedia products (including music, films, and web sites) relevant to anthropological research and education.
The journal is now published 5 times a year. This allows timely publication of single articles as well the space to explore important current themes in special issues.
TAPJA is jointly published by the Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific and the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences at The Australian National University. TAPJA has been published continuously since 1977, formerly as Canberra Anthropology. Canberra Anthropology is now also available online through Informaworld.
Peer Review Policy All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and reports by at least two anonymous referees.
The TAPJA multimedia review column undergoes a different peer review process to regular full-length articles published in TAPJA, with peer review conducted by members of the editorial board only.
Journal metrics
Usage
57K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.7 (2023) Impact Factor
1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
1.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.491 (2023) SNIP
0.216 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
26 days avg. from submission to first
decision
21 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
16% 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.
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.
Editor-in-chief Sverre Molland Australian National University
Acting Editor-in-Chief Patrick Guinness Australian National University
Associate Editor (Pacific) Thiago Oppermann Australian National University
Editor Emeritus Kathryn Robinson Australian National University
Executive Editor Diana Glazebrook Australian National University
Short Essay Editor Chris Chaplin London School of Economics and Political Science
MultimediaReviews Editor Alana Brekelmans University of Queensland; Charles Darwin University
Advisory Board
Kathleen Adams - Loyola University Chicago; SOAS University of London Xiang Biao - Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Tom Cliff - Australian National University Jennifer Deger - Charles Darwin University Assa Doron - Australian National University Jane Ferguson - Australian National University Magnus Fiskesjö - Cornell University, United States James J. Fox - Australian National University Eric Harms - Yale University Maya Haviland - Australian National University Tanya Jakimow - Australian National University Andrew Kipnis - Chinese University of Hong Kong Don Kulick - Hong Kong University and Uppsala University Deirdre McKay - Keele University Marama Muru-Lanning - Auckland University Kirin Narayan - Australian National University Eva Nisa - Australian National University Katerina Teaiwa - Australian National University Borut Telban - Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts Matt Tomlinson - Australian National University Marina Welker - Cornell University Yujie Zhu - Australian National University
Abstracting and indexing
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology is abstracted/indexed in: Anthropological Index Online; Anthropological Literature; Current Abstracts; Index Islamicus; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; OCLC.
Open access
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 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.
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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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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