''Cultural Anthropology'' is a quarterly

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

academic journal published by the

American Anthropological Association The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, ...

on behalf of the

Society for Cultural Anthropology The Society for Cultural Anthropology (or SCA) is a professional organization for cultural anthropologists based in the United States. It was established in 1983, and is one of the largest sections of the American Anthropological Association. The o ...

. It was established in 1986 and covers emerging areas of anthropology. In 2014, it became

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. The editors-in-chief are Dominic Boyer, James D. Faubion, and Cymene Howe ( Rice University).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Scopus, and the

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. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.606.

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* Anthropology journals Quarterly journals English-language journals Open access journals Publications established in 1986 Academic journals published by learned and professional societies {{anthropology-journal-stub