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New Left Review

New Left Review Subscriptions · United Kingdom · Est. 1960

ISSN0028-6060eISSN2044-0480

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.622

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

4,453

Total Citationsi

14,828

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

A 160-page journal published every two months from London, New Left Review analyses world politics, the global economy, state powers and protest movements; contemporary social theory, history and philosophy; cinema, literature, heterodox art and aesthetics. It runs a regular book review section and carries interviews, essays, topical comments and signed editorials on political issues of the day.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

Frequencybimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,453

Publisher OrgRoutledge

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewmixed-mode, peer review where appropriate or requested

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

New Left Review Subscriptions

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0028-6060 / 2044-0480

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

mixed-mode, peer review where appropriate or requested

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

317

2019

2020

2021

105

2022

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political ScienceSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Economy and MarxismPolitical and Economic history of UK and USSocial Sciences and PoliciesCommunism, Protests, Social MovementsCritical Theory and Philosophy

Frequently asked questions about New Left Review

Is New Left Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for New Left Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of New Left Review?

New Left 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 0.32.

Is New Left Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

New Left Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.