
Academic Journal
Q1Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
About Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Inc.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.539 and H-index of 72.
Coverage: 1972-1982, 1984-2026. Research categories: Anthropology (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q2); Urban Studies (Q2).
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Topics in published research
Anthropological Studies and Insights; Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics; Japanese History and Culture; Indian and Buddhist Studies; Social and Cultural Dynamics; Homelessness and Social Issues.
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3,650.00 USD; 2,676.00 GBP
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Food, Senses, and Urban Transformation: Contemporary Sensory Ethnography of Istanbul’s Gustatory Landscape
Asiye Nisa Kartal, Hasan Basri Kartal
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Ishfaq Ahmad Wani
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Dilşa Deniz
2026-09-25 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261481611The Taxi Ride: Migration, Whiteness, and Reactionary Moves Among Gringo Youth in Urban Ecuador
Caitlin Anderson
2026-09-25 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261433468Cibus Disputatus: Intergenerational Tensions, Situated Authority, and Succession in a Migrant-Run Family Restaurant
Fabio Indìo Massimo Poppi
2026-09-24 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261483351Sounds of the Neighbourhood: Shouting, Belonging, and Sonic Governance in Berlin’s Maybachufer Market
Muhammet Esat Tiryaki
2026-09-21 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261480510Embodied Experience and Emotional Labor: An Autoethnography of Capturing and Archiving Screenshots From Ephemeral Social Media
Silas Udenze
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261480852Becoming a Publishing Researcher: An Autoethnographic Account of Academic Identity Formation During the PhD
Rouwida ElKhalil
2026-09-11 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261481615Guiding Methodological Choices in Digital Ethnography: A Decision-Making Framework
Nicole Basaraba
2026-08-29 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261476483Identity Archaeology and the Negotiation of Trust: Positionality in Ethnographic Research with Kurdish Communities in Japan
Isil Bayraktar
2026-08-27 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261477585‘Inhotim is a Place of Possibilities’: The Impact of a Private Art Museum on its Local Employees’ Capacity to Aspire
Andrea Rozenbaum
2026-08-27 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261477685Let the People In: Bouncers and the Ordering of the Public
Pietro Saitta
2026-08-25 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261475025Trauma-Informed Digital Ethnography: Insights from An Ethnography on the Satanic Temple Sober Faction
Maryanne Alderson Diaz, Kalani Lopez
2026-08-21 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261476440An Inappropriate Insider in the Field: Autoethnographic Reflections on Accessing Active Online Romance Fraudsters in Ghana
Yushawu Abubakari
2026-08-17 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261474738To Be Like the Greatest: The Limits and Possibilities of Performing Socially Embodied Difference
Gabriel A. Torres Colón
2026-08-17 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261470954Information Poverty Alleviation causing Implicit Information Poverty? Evidence from Rural Information Ecology in China
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2026-08-15 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261475445Stage Courts and Street Sovereignty: Accident Blame, Debt Discipline, and Platform Friction in Uganda’s Boda Boda Economy
Brenda Nabukeera
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261472705Antagonistic Collaboration: Legal Advocates and Immigration Officers in the Dutch Asylum Procedure
Maja Hertoghs
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261469507“Let’s Roll the Streets of Mzansi”: A Collaborative Ethnography of Anti-Immigrant Violence in South Africa
Bastien Dratwa, Robert R. Moleleki
2026-07-28 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261469351Writing from the Wound: Racial Melancholia and the Entangled Affects of Feminist Ethnography
Hasret Cetinkaya
2026-10 · DOI: 10.1177/08912416261468874Reviews
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