The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology (also known as the OEA and formerly known as the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology) is a free, peer-reviewed open access encyclopedia dedicated to the encyclopedic coverage of social and cultural anthropology.
Type of site | Online encyclopedia of anthropology |
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| Founder(s) | Felix Stein |
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| URL | www |
| Launched | 2017 |
| ISSN | 2398-516X |
Peer review
editAll Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology entries are peer-reviewed by at least three anonymous experts reviewers; the articles are also reviewed by the work's managing editors. The review process employed by the encyclopedia is single-blind, meaning that the reviewers know who the authors are, but the authors are unaware as to who reviewed their work.[1]
History
editThe publication was originally launched in November 2017 as the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology, a collaboration between Felix Stein and the University of Cambridge's Department of Social Anthropology. It was relaunched as an inter-departmental publication under the name Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology in January 2023 by the Germany-based NGO Verlag Offenes Wissen (Open Knowledge Press).[2][3][4][5][6] The encyclopedia is listed in both the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) the Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD).[2][7]
Funding
editThe encyclopedia was initially funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and a Economic and Social Research Council "Impact Acceleration" grant.[4] In 2023, the encyclopedia signed an agreement with the German open access service provider Knowledge Unlatched, whereby Knowledge Unlatched will support the publication of 18 articles per year for three years.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Submit an Entry | Review Process". Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ a b "About". Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Cambridge encyclopedia of anthropology: Open-access anthropology for education and public policy (phase 1)". REF 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Neumark, Aurelia (8 January 2021). "SUM post-doctorate works to promote open access to scholarship in social anthropology". University of Oslo. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Open Knowledge Press". Open Knowledge Press. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (CEA)". Directory of Open Access Journals. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Pledging 2023: The Anniversary Brochure" (PDF). Knowledge Unlatched. 2023. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 26 May 2023.