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Monthly Review

Monthly Review Press · United States · Est. 1949

ISSN0027-0520eISSN0027-0520

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.596

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

6,506

Total Citationsi

38,381

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Monthly Review is an independent socialist magazine founded in 1949 by Paul M. Sweezy and Leo Huberman. It is dedicated to providing a socialist critique of capitalism and imperialism, and to exploring the history and theory of Marxism. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including political economy, ecology, history, and social movements. It aims to foster a deeper understanding of the world's problems and to contribute to the struggle for a more just and equitable society.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications6,506

Publisher OrgMonthly Review Foundation

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Monthly Review Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0027-0520 / 0027-0520

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

509

2019

473

2020

416

2021

140

2022

216

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Gender StudiesQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Economy and MarxismRace, History, and American SocietyEconomic Theory and PolicyPolitical and Economic history of UK and USLabor Movements and Unions

Frequently asked questions about Monthly Review

Is Monthly Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Monthly Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Monthly Review?

Monthly Review is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.24.

Is Monthly Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Monthly Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.