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HISTORY OF THE FAMILY

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · GB

ISSN1081-602XeISSN1873-5398

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.332

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.497

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The History of the Family: An International Quarterly publishes historical studies of families, including comparative research on cultures and societies worldwide. It reflects new developments in scholarship and charts new directions in the historical study of the family, covering areas such as demography, anthropology, and sociology.

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General Information

Country / RegionGB

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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?

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1081-602X / 1873-5398

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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

483

2019

133

2020

2021

196

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.

HistoryQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesHistory Of Social Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Economic and Social StudiesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesDemographic Trends and Gender PreferencesFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesMigration and Labor Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about HISTORY OF THE FAMILY

Is HISTORY OF THE FAMILY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for HISTORY OF THE FAMILY: 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 HISTORY OF THE FAMILY?

HISTORY OF THE FAMILY 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.

Is HISTORY OF THE FAMILY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

HISTORY OF THE FAMILY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.