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About the Anthropological Theory format

Anthropological Theory is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Anthropological Studies and Insights, Geographies of human-animal interactions, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Anthropological Theory, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inAnthropological Studies and Insights Geographies of human-animal interactions Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Social and Cultural Dynamics Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
ISSN1463-4996
Citation impact (2-yr)1.57
h-index78
i10-index360
Total citations23,253
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Cambridge
Journal websiteant.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Anthropological Theory per year

25
2014
28
2015
32
2016
34
2017
22
2018
39
2019
13
2020
21
2021
22
2022
17
2023
24
2024
30
2025

Citation impact of Anthropological Theory by publication year

728
2014
599
2015
1.1K
2016
1.1K
2017
464
2018
993
2019
175
2020
190
2021
223
2022
47
2023
94
2024
20
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Anthropological Theory

Audit culture and Illiberal governance

Cris Shore · 25 Jul 2008

The economic imperatives of neoliberalism combined with the technologies of New Public Management have wrought profound changes in the organization of the workplace in many contemporary capitalist societies. Calculative practices including `performance indicators' and `benchmarking' are increasingly being used to measure and reform public sector organizations and improve the productivity and conduct of individuals across…

571 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Moral breakdown and the ethical demand

Jarrett Zigon · 1 Jun 2007

Recently social scientists in general and anthropologists in particular have invoked the concept of morality in their studies. The use of this concept is seen by many as a way to bypass the complexities and contradictions of such traditional social scientific concepts as culture, society and power. Nevertheless, it is becoming increasingly evident that in…

554 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Motion squared

Henrik Vigh · 1 Dec 2009

Serving as a metaphor for practice, the concept of navigation has become increasingly popular in anthropological theory. The concept seems to have almost sneaked its way into our analytical vocabulary; it is used when referring to how people act in difficult or uncertain circumstances and in describing how they disentangle themselves from confining structures, plot…

467 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A not so multi-sited ethnography of a not so imagined community

Ghassan Hage · 28 Nov 2005

This article reflects on key analytical concepts used in the anthropology of migration in the light of the author’s own ethnographic work on Lebanese migrants in a number of international locations. It first examines the notion of multi-sited ethnography and argues that in the study of migrants sharing a unifying culture across a number of…

450 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Husserl, intersubjectivity and anthropology

Alessandro Duranti · 1 Mar 2010

In this article, the notion of intersubjectivity is re-examined by going back to its original formulation by the philosopher Edmund Husserl at the beginning of the 20th century. On the basis of a careful reading of Husserl’s books and lecture notes, four claims are put forward that help clarify in what sense intersubjectivity is a…

440 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Anthropological Theory template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Anthropological Theory format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Anthropological Theory template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Anthropological Theory use?
Anthropological Theory uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Anthropological Theory, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Anthropological Theory document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Anthropological Theory format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Anthropological Theory?
Anthropological Theory is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Anthropological Theory template matches SAGE's official submission format.
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