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| Discipline | Anthropology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Don Brenneis,Karen B. Strier |
| Publication details | |
Former name | Biennial Review of Anthropology |
| History | 1959–present, 66 years old |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Annually |
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| 2.7[1] (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Annu. Rev. Anthropol. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | ARAPCW |
| ISSN | 0084-6570 (print) 1545-4290 (web) |
| LCCN | 72082136 |
| JSTOR | 00846570 |
| OCLC no. | 1783647 |
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TheAnnual Review of Anthropology is an academic journal that publishesreview articles of significant developments inanthropology and its subfields. First published byStanford University Press in 1959 under the name theBiennial Review of Anthropology, it became known as the current title in 1972 when its publication was assumed byAnnual Reviews.Don Brenneis andKaren B. Strier have been theeditors since 2013. As of 2025, according toJournal Citation Reports, the journal has animpact factor of 2.7 for the year 2024.[1] As of 2023, it is being published asopen access, under theSubscribe to Open model.[2]
In the late 1950s, anthropologistBernard J. Siegel received a grant from theNational Science Foundation to establish ananthropology journal that publishedreview articles surveying recent developments in the field.[3]Stanford University Press published the first volumeBiennial Review of Anthropology in 1959.[4] Siegel was theeditor of the journal. By the publication of the third volume of the journal Siegel was approached by psychologistErnest R. Hilgard, member of the board of directors ofAnnual Reviews, about publishing the journal with them instead of Stanford University Press. Siegel was initially resistant, though eventually saw the advantages of switching publishers.[3] TheBiennial Review of Anthropology released seven volumes in total through 1971.[4]
Beginning in 1972, the project was assumed by the nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews,[4] with Siegel remaining as editor.[3] The format changed to annual publication instead of every other year, with the title changed toAnnual Review of Anthropology. It became the second journal title in thesocial sciences published by Annual Reviews, after theAnnual Review of Psychology was first released in 1950.[5] Starting with the second volume, it included prefatory chapters where prominent anthropologists reflected on their careers.[3] The twenty-fifth volume, published in 1996, marked the first time that the journal was published electronically.[6]
It defines its scope as covering significant developments in the field of anthropology; it covers subfields likearchaeology,biological anthropology,linguistics, international and regional anthropology, andsociocultural anthropology.[7] As of 2024, according toJournal Citation Reports, the journal has animpact factor of 2.7, ranking it ninth out of 141 journals in the category "Anthropology".[1] It isabstracted and indexed inScopus,Science Citation Index Expanded,Social Sciences Citation Index,IBZ Online,Anthropological Literature, andAcademic Search, among others.[8]
TheAnnual Review of Anthropology is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.[9] Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted.Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.[10]
Dates indicate publication years in which someone was credited as a lead editor or co-editor of a journal volume. The planning process for a volume begins well before the volume appears, so appointment to the position of lead editor generally occurred prior to the first year shown here. An editor who has retired or died may be credited as a lead editor of a volume that they helped to plan, even if it is published after their retirement or death.
As of 2025, the editorial committee consists of the co-editors and the following members:[16]