Oceania (Oceania)
Journal Descriptions
Oceania is one of the longest‑running and most respected peer‑reviewed scholarly journals in social and cultural anthropology, established in 1930 with a regional focus on the Indigenous peoples and societies of Oceania and adjacent Southeast Asia. The journal emphasizes original ethnographic research, publishing sustained fieldwork studies that contribute to anthropological theory and deepen understanding of social life, cultural practices, and historical transformations across Pacific societies. In addition to full research articles, Oceania features review essays, shorter commentaries, and occasional themed issues that spotlight current debates or emerging scholarly concerns within the discipline. With a strong commitment to rigorous scholarship, the journal serves as a forum for critical reflection on topics such as kinship, ritual, colonialism and post‑colonial change, gender and identity, ecology and environment, and the intersections of tradition and modernity in Pacific Island contexts. Its interdisciplinary orientation makes it valuable not only to anthropologists but also to scholars in related fields such as Asian studies, area studies, and social sciences more broadly. Oceania is published three times a year by Wiley‑Blackwell on behalf of Oceania Publications, University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is widely indexed and accessible in both print and electronic formats.
Oceania (Oceania) is :-
-
International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Anthropology, sustained ethnographic fieldwork, theoretical papers, review articles, short comments, correspondence, occasionally themed special issues, kinship, ritual, colonialism and post‑colonial change, gender and identity, ecology and environment , Online or Print , Triennially Journal
- UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0029-8077, E-ISSN: 1834-4461, Established: 1930, Impact Factor: 0.6
- Does Not Provide Crossref DOI
-
Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE