Author Guidelines

Anthropology and Humanism, the journal of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology, is the voice of humanistic science. In this capacity, AH accepts articles from anthropologists who concern themselves with the central question of the discipline: what it is to be human. Believing that such an issue must be addressed both holistically and by the whole discipline, we welcome contributions from all major fields of anthropology. We also welcome articles from scholars in other disciplines, in the humanities as well as in the sciences.

Among the types of submissions AH especially values are (1) those that explore the relationship between humanistic anthropology and other anthropological currents, (2) those that bring to the fore trends in the humanities that may further humanistic anthropology, and (3) those that bring out the intricate and contradictory processes of life in cultural context—including those of the anthropologist.

In the treatment of the above themes, AH particularly solicits essays, fiction, poems, graphics, and photographs. The length of essays and fiction should not exceed 8000 words, inclusive of References. Up to 5 poems may be submitted as a single submission of no more than 10 pages. Both essays and fiction should have a short summary of up to 200 words. Poetry should include an Ethnographic Statement, up to 400 words, after the poem(s).

Submit manuscripts electronically to the editor at the website listed below. Manuscripts must be doublespaced, including quotations and excerpts, notes, references, tables, and figure captions. Position the notes at the end and the list of references after the notes. Margins throughout the manuscript (top, bottom, and both sides) must be one inch, and the right margin should not be justified. Include as separate sections beginning on new pages a title page, with complete title, the author(s) name and affiliation; the summary with five keywords; the article text; notes; references; and figure captions, in that order. All pages of the manuscript should be numbered consecutively.

Free format submission

A&H now offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.

Before you submit, you will need:

• Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files—whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including summary, key words, body, notes, references, and (in the case of poetry) an ethnographic statement. Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. If the figures are not of sufficiently high quality your manuscript may be delayed. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers, and the editorial office will send it back to you for revision. Your manuscript may also be sent back to you for revision if the quality of English language is poor.
• An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)
• The title page of the manuscript, including:
• Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.)
• Statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, which may include any of the following (Why are these important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication):
• data availability statement
• funding statement
• conflict of interest disclosure
• ethics approval statement
• patient consent statement
• permission to reproduce material from other sources
• clinical trial registration

Important: the journal operates a double-blind peer review policy. Please anonymize your manuscript and supply a separate title page file.

References. All entries in the reference list must be cited in the text and vice versa. 

Figures. Artwork for figures should be sent electronically.

Anthropology and Humanism publishes book reviews that discuss topics of central interest to humanistic anthropology. The reviews may cover recent or classical works in anthropology or a combination of the two. Review articles on materials that are not reviewed in other anthropological journals are welcome. Books currently available for review are listed at https://tinyurl.com/anhu-booksforreview.

Submit all manuscripts (articles, fiction, poetry, and book reviews) through the ScholarOne Manuscripts System at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/americananthro-ah.

Article Preparation Support 
Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.

Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript. 

Article Promotion Support 
Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.

Wiley’s Author Name Change Policy
In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.

ELocators
This journal now uses eLocators. eLocators are unique identifiers for an article that service the same function page numbers have traditionally served in the print world. For more information, please visit the Author Services eLocator page here.