About this journal

Aims and scope

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

Editorial board

Editorial Collective

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.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. 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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