| American Journal of Physical Anthropology | |
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| Abbreviated title (ISO) | Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. |
| Discipline | Physical anthropology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Christopher Ruff |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Wiley-Liss (United States) |
| Publication history | 1918–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Impact factor (2010) |
2.693 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0002-9483 (print) 1096-8644 (web) |
| CODEN | AJPNA9 |
| OCLC number | 1480176 |
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The American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official journal of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. It was established in 1918 by Aleš Hrdlička.
The journal covers the field of physical anthropology, a discipline which Hrdlička defined in the first issue as "the study of racial anatomy, physiology and pathology."[1] The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology was the original publisher.[2][3] In addition to its monthly issues, the association also publishes two supplements, the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology and a meeting supplement.
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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, anthropology was embedded in a larger milieu of scientific racism and eugenics. Hrdlička put prominent eugenicist Charles Davenport on the AJPA editorial board, and used his connection to the racist and anti-immigrant Madison Grant to obtain funding for his new journal.[4] Hrdlička was deeply suspicious of genetics and statistics; not even standard deviations were allowed into his journal during his 24 years as editor in chief.[5] After his death, the journal continued as the organ of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, which Hrdlička had founded in 1930.
Like the field of physical anthropology, the AJPA has grown and developed into research areas far beyond its origins. It publishes high quality scientific research in areas such as human paleontology, osteology, anatomy, biology, genetics, primatology, and forensic science.
In 2009, the AJPA was selected by the Special Libraries Association as one of the top 10 most influential journals of the century in the fields of biology and medicine, along with the American Journal of Botany, British Medical Journal, Journal of Paleontology, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Zoology, Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Science.[6] According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 2.693, ranking it 4th out of 75 in the category "Anthropology" and 21st out of 45 in the category "Evolutionary Biology". Additionally, the AJPA has earned the most citations in the category "Anthropology" each year for over a decade.
| Yearbook of Physical Anthropology | |
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| Abbreviated title (ISO) | Yearb. Phys. Anthropol. |
| Discipline | Biological anthropology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Robert W. Sussman |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Wiley-Liss (United States) |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Impact factor (2009) |
1.286 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0096-848X |
| OCLC number | 1367782 |
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The Yearbook of Physical Anthropology is an annual peer-reviewed supplement of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. It provides "broad but thorough coverage of developments within the discipline" of physical anthropology.[7]