Open Access Anthropology Journals
A list of Open Access Anthropology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Anthropology is science of humanity
Open Access journals publish papers that are free to the reader to download. OA papers have undergone peer review and are not more or less stringent than papers in closed journals — the main difference is in the business model.
Hopefully this list of Anthropology Open Access journals will make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Anthropology manuscript.
We have thousands of high-impact factor Anthropology journals in our list.Instead of displaying the most commonly known Anthropology journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Anthropology journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Anthropology venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Anthropology journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
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Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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Social Communication | 2299-5382 | ☑ | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 80 | 136 | 93.8 | |
Ethnologia Actualis | 1339-7834 | ☑ | 100 | 44 | 88 | ||
The qualitative report | 2160-3715 | ☑ | Nova Southeastern University | 481 | 128 | 70.7 | Website |
International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology | 2366-1003 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 67 | 74 | 68.7 | Website |
Nepalese Journal of Qualitative Research Methods | 2071-3258 | Nepal Journals Online | 6 | 37 | 66.7 | ||
International journal of qualitative methods | 1609-4069 | ☑ | SAGE | 447 | 891 | 64 | Website |
Journal of participatory research methods | 2688-0261 | University of Cincinnati - Office of Innovation and Community Engagement | 33 | 29 | 60.6 | ||
Global qualitative nursing research | 2333-3936 | ☑ | SAGE | 239 | 1812 | 59.8 | Website |
Motivational interviewing | 2160-584X | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | 39 | 70 | 56.4 | ||
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health | 2667-3215 | ☑ | Elsevier | 141 | 41 | 52.5 | Website |
Commoning ethnography | 2537-9879 | Victoria University of Wellington Library | 25 | 10 | 52 | ||
The journal for undergraduate ethnography | 2369-8721 | ☑ | Dalhousie Libraries | 133 | 46 | 51.9 | Website |
International Journal of Contemporary Islamic Education | 2715-4572 | IAIN Palu | 39 | 9 | 51.3 | ||
Journal of social inclusion | 1836-8808 | ☑ | School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University | 184 | 597 | 51.1 | Website |
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being | 1748-2623 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1121 | 13120 | 50.7 | Website |
American journal of qualitative research | 2576-2141 | Modestum Limited | 97 | 291 | 49.5 | ||
Social Inclusion | 2183-2803 | ☑ | Cogitatio | 828 | 4365 | 48.1 | Website |
Child studies in diverse contexts | 2233-890X | Korean Association of Child Studies | 25 | 57 | 48 | ||
Religion and Gender | 1878-5417 | Brill | 438 | 537 | 47.3 | ||
African Journal of Disability | 2223-9170 | ☑ | AOSIS | 317 | 1960 | 46.7 | Website |
Journal of ethnic and cultural studies | 2149-1291 | Modestum Limited | 226 | 619 | 45.6 | ||
Studies in engineering education | 2690-5450 | ☑ | Virginia Tech Libraries | 33 | 47 | 45.5 | Website |
Journal committed to social change on race and ethnicity | 2642-2387 | ☑ | University of Oklahoma Libraries | 93 | 111 | 45.2 | Website |
The Open Sociology Journal | 1874-9461 | Bentham Science | 9 | 13 | 44.4 | ||
Intercultural communication education | 2209-1041 | Castledown Publishers | 58 | 93 | 43.1 | ||
Journal of Business Anthropology | 2245-4217 | ☑ | Copenhagen Business School | 216 | 437 | 43.1 | Website |
Journal of research in interprofessional practice and education | 1916-7342 | CISP Journal Services | 144 | 754 | 42.4 | ||
Qualitative studies | 1903-7031 | ☑ | Aarhus University Library | 72 | 626 | 41.7 | Website |
Qualitative sociology review | 1733-8077 | ☑ | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) | 715 | 1392 | 41.7 | Website |
Methodological innovations | 2059-7991 | ☑ | SAGE | 69 | 95 | 40.6 | Website |
Journal of virtual exchange | 2647-4832 | ☑ | University of Groningen Press | 37 | 34 | 40.5 | Website |
JMIR nursing | 2562-7600 | ☑ | JMIR Publications Inc. | 62 | 153 | 40.3 | Website |
International Journal of Multicultural Education | 1934-5267 | Eastern University | 464 | 2176 | 39.9 | Website | |
Advances in Library and Information Science (Online) | 2090-4096 | 71 | 559 | 39.4 | |||
Annals of applied sport science | 2322-4479 | ☑ | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 104 | 25 | 39.4 | Website |
Journal of participatory medicine | 2152-7202 | ☑ | JMIR Publications Inc. | 66 | 173 | 39.4 | Website |
Research Involvement and Engagement | 2056-7529 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 368 | 3623 | 39.4 | Website |
Ethnobiology Letters | 2159-8126 | ☑ | Society of Ethnobiology | 411 | 955 | 39.4 | Website |
Journal of Ethnic Foods | 2352-6181 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 310 | 3020 | 39 | Website |
International health trends and perspectives | 2563-9269 | ☑ | Ryerson University Library and Archives | 36 | 9 | 38.9 | Website |
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement | 1836-3393 | ☑ | University of Technology, Sydney | 193 | 771 | 38.9 | Website |
Methods in psychology | 2590-2601 | ☑ | Elsevier | 67 | 127 | 38.8 | Website |
Diversity and equality in health and care | 2049-5471 | Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd (OMICS) | 634 | 1852 | 38.8 | ||
Journal of international students | 2162-3104 | ☑ | STAR Scholars Network | 304 | 325 | 38.5 | Website |
Health Expectations | 1369-6513 | ☑ | Wiley | 2356 | 47456 | 38.3 | Website |
Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology | 1809-4341 | ☑ | SciELO | 435 | 488 | 38.2 | Website |
Comparative Migration Studies | 2214-594X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 319 | 2659 | 37.9 | Website |
Genealogy | 2313-5778 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 442 | 464 | 37.8 | Website |
Australian Journal of Clinical Education | 2207-4791 | ☑ | Bond University | 69 | 9 | 37.7 | Website |
Qualitative Research in Education | 2014-6418 | ☑ | Hipatia Press | 175 | 429 | 37.7 | Website |
Teaching and learning in communication sciences and disorders | 2689-6443 | ☑ | Illinois State University | 40 | 9 | 37.5 | Website |
Association of Mexican American Educators Journal | 2377-9160 | Association of Mexican American Educators Journal | 317 | 647 | 37.5 | ||
Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology | 1994-2664 | ☑ | Nepal Journals Online | 182 | 408 | 37.4 | Website |
Anthropology In Action | 0967-201X | ☑ | Berghahn Books | 442 | 1137 | 37.3 | Website |
Etnosia : jurnal etnografi Indonesia | 2527-9319 | ☑ | Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Hasanuddin | 110 | 35 | 37.3 | Website |
African Anthropologist | 1024-0969 | African Journals Online | 154 | 392 | 36.4 | Website | |
Journal of education (Durban) | 0259-479X | ☑ | Academy of Science of South Africa | 66 | 8 | 36.4 | Website |
International journal of nursing studies advances | 2666-142X | ☑ | Elsevier | 86 | 309 | 36 | Website |
Etnografia | 2392-0971 | Uniwersytet Gdanski | 100 | 17 | 36 | ||
Conjunctions | 2246-3755 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 28 | 16 | 35.7 | ||
Electronic journal of business research methods | 1477-7029 | Academic Conferences International Ltd | 31 | 14 | 35.5 | ||
Englishes in practice | 2049-7156 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 17 | 396 | 35.3 | ||
Online Readings in Psychology and Culture | 2307-0919 | Grand Valley State University Libraries | 134 | 5943 | 35.1 | ||
Journal of migration and health | 2666-6235 | ☑ | Elsevier | 124 | 295 | 34.7 | Website |
Journal of culture and values in education | 2590-342X | ☑ | OpenEd Network | 84 | 111 | 34.5 | Website |
Social science protocols | 2516-8053 | Language and Psychoanalysis | 73 | 32 | 34.2 | ||
Near east university online journal of education | 2651-3099 | Near East University | 62 | 21 | 33.9 | ||
Critical romani studies / | 2560-3019 | ☑ | Critical Romani Studies | 62 | 58 | 33.9 | Website |
Teaching & learning anthropology journal | 2641-4260 | eScholarship Publishing | 65 | 8 | 33.8 | ||
Collaborations | 2638-4396 | University of Miami | 71 | 32 | 33.8 | Website | |
BMC Palliative Care | 1472-684X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1283 | 17908 | 33.8 | Website |
Anthropological Journal of European Cultures | 1755-2923 | ☑ | Berghahn Books | 319 | 671 | 33.5 | Website |
Journal of athropology reports | 2684-1304 | Longdom Group | 15 | 10 | 33.3 | ||
Stigma research and action | 2210-5174 | VU E-Publishing | 27 | 550 | 33.3 | ||
International journal of applied psychology | 2168-5029 | 3 | 20 | 33.3 | |||
European journal of sociology and anthropology | 2468-4910 | Lectito BV | 12 | 12 | 33.3 | ||
SpringerBriefs in anthropology | 2195-0814 | 99 | 121 | 33.3 | |||
International journal of men's social and community health | 2561-9179 | ☑ | Dougmar Publishing Group, Inc. | 45 | 73 | 33.3 | Website |
International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care | 2051-6223 | Coventry University, Lanchester Library | 165 | 360 | 33.3 | ||
European journal of health communication | 2673-5903 | ☑ | University of Zurich, IKMZ – Department of Communication and Media Research | 27 | 13 | 33.3 | Website |
BMC Nursing | 1472-6955 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1166 | 13181 | 33.2 | Website |
Implementation science communications | 2662-2211 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 327 | 739 | 33 | Website |
Journal of childhood, education & society | 2717-638X | ☑ | Journal of Childhood, Education and Society | 61 | 41 | 32.8 | Website |
Traditiones | 0352-0447 | The Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts / Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC SAZU) | 643 | 403 | 32.3 | ||
The International journal of information, diversity, & inclusion | 2574-3430 | ☑ | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL | 184 | 75 | 32.1 | Website |
Health Services and Delivery Research | 2050-4349 | ☑ | National Institute for Health Research | 352 | 4635 | 32.1 | Website |
UMT education review | 2616-9738 | ☑ | University of Management and Technology | 50 | 10 | 32 | Website |
Greenwich social work review | 2633-4313 | Educational Development Unit, University of Greenwich | 25 | 13 | 32 | ||
Le foucaldien | 2515-2076 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 72 | 88 | 31.9 | Website |
European journal of counselling psychology | 2195-7614 | ☑ | The European Association of Counselling Psychology | 91 | 411 | 31.9 | Website |
JMIR pediatrics and parenting | 2561-6722 | ☑ | JMIR Publications Inc. | 236 | 945 | 31.8 | Website |
Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement | 2153-8999 | ☑ | Purdue University (bepress) | 223 | 290 | 31.8 | Website |
Вестник антропологии | 2311-0546 | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS | 310 | 23 | 31.6 | ||
Journal of research in obesity | 2333-3707 | IBIMA Publishing | 19 | 33 | 31.6 | ||
Journal of Comparative Social Work | 0809-9936 | ☑ | Stavanger University Library | 254 | 671 | 31.5 | Website |
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education | 1691-6301 | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 51 | 79 | 31.4 | |
Journal of curriculum studies research | 2690-2788 | ☑ | OpenEd Network | 51 | 49 | 31.4 | Website |
Dialogues | 2572-1941 | ☑ | Dialogues | 16 | 12 | 31.3 | Website |
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae | 2069-7449 | ☑ | 16 | 16 | 31.3 | Website | |
JMIR aging | 2561-7605 | ☑ | JMIR Publications Inc. | 208 | 1164 | 31.3 | Website |