List of anthropology journals explained

Academic anthropological knowledge is the product of lengthy research, and is published in recognized peer-reviewed academic journals. As part of this peer review, theories and reports are rigorously and comparatively tested before publication. The following publications are generally recognized as the major sources of anthropological knowledge.

Four-field journals

These journals publish articles in the four fields of anthropology: archaeology, biological, cultural, and linguistic.

Archaeology

Cultural anthropology journals

Journals on cultural anthropology topics

Historical anthropology journals

Journals by geographic area of coverage

published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International African Institute

publishes contributions in the field of social and cultural anthropology; primary regional orientation is to the peoples of Oceania, primarily comprising Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia and southeast Asia

Social anthropology journals

published by the Anthropological Society of Oxford; established 1970

published by Zeta Books; established 2012

published by University of Poitiers (France); established 1985

Anthropological linguistics

Others