The idea for a journal of methodology in the social sciences began in the 1980s, as a collaboration of H. Russell Bernard, Pertti J. Pelto, and Stephen Borgatti. Their early newsletter Cultural Anthropology Methods became in 1989 the Cultural Anthropology Methods Journal, often called the CAM journal.[2]
In 1999, the CAM journal changed its name to Field Methods, with H. Russell Bernard continuing as its editor.[3]
Scope
Field Methods is a source of information for scholars, students and professionals alike. The journal publishes articles including descriptions of methodological advances, advice on the use of specific field techniques and help with both qualitative and quantitative methods. The journal also contains essays and book and software reviews.[4]
Abstracting and indexing
Field Methods is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 1.471, ranking it 33 out of 98 journals in the category ‘Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary’.[5] and 32 out of 85 journals in the category ‘Anthropology’.[6]
References
↑ "Field Methods (Formerly Cultural Anthropology Methods)". Sage Publishing. Retrieved February 25, 2025. Field Methods (formerly Cultural Anthropology Methods) publishes articles about methods used by field investigators from the social and behavioral sciences in the collection, management, analysis and presentation of data about human thought and/or human behavior in the natural world.
↑ Pelto, P.J. (2005). "What Is So New About Mixed Methods?". Qualitative Health Research. 25 (6): 734–735. We started with a newsletter, Cultural Anthropology Methods, sometimes referred to as the CAM Newsletter. Most of the editorial work and logistics for the CAM was managed by Russ Bernard and his team of colleagues and graduate students at the University of Florida. Quite soon, the CAM newsletter transformed into a full-scale journal, beginning in 1989.
↑ "Field Methods". Index Copernicus. Retrieved February 25, 2025. Field Methods (formerly Cultural Anthropology Methods) is devoted to articles about the methods used by field workers in the social and behavioral sciences and humanities for the collection, management, and analysis data about human thought and/or human behavior in the natural world.
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