American Journal of Biological Anthropology

*American Journal of Biological Anthropology*
Discipline	Biological anthropology
Language	English
Edited by	Trudy R. Turner
Publication details
Former name(s)	American Journal of Physical Anthropology
History	1918–present
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons for the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (United States)
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	2.868 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Am. J. Biol. Anthropol.
Indexing;
CODEN	AJPNA9
ISSN	0002-9483 (print); 1096-8644 (web);
OCLC no.	1480176
Links
	Journal homepage; Current issue; Online archive;

The American Journal of Biological Anthropology^[1] (previously known as the American Journal of Physical Anthropology)^[1] is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official journal of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. It was established in 1918 by Aleš Hrdlička (U.S. National Museum, now the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History).

The journal covers the field of biological anthropology, a discipline which Hrdlička defined in the first issue as "the study of racial anatomy, physiology and pathology."^[2] The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology was the original publisher.^[3]^[4] Before launching publication, there were few outlets in the United States to publish scientific work in physical anthropology. Scientists hoping to learn more about recent discoveries often had to wait for several months or even years before becoming available in libraries throughout the country. In addition to its monthly issues, the association also publishes two supplements, the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology and a meeting supplement.

^ ^a ^b Info pages about the renaming are: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/26927691/homepage/productinformation.html and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26927691
^ Dewar, Elaine (2004). Bones: Discovering the First Americans. Basic Books. p. 640. ISBN 978-0-7867-1377-6.
^ "Science: Benefactor of Science". Time. 13 December 1937. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
^ Radick, Gregory (2008). The Simian Tongue: The Long Debate about Animal Language. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-226-70224-7.

[renaming_2022-1] Info pages about the renaming are: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/26927691/homepage/productinformation.html and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26927691

[2] Dewar, Elaine (2004). Bones: Discovering the First Americans. Basic Books. p. 640. ISBN 978-0-7867-1377-6.

[3] "Science: Benefactor of Science". Time. 13 December 1937. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

[4] Radick, Gregory (2008). The Simian Tongue: The Long Debate about Animal Language. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-226-70224-7.

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