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Contemporary British History

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1361-9462eISSN1743-7997

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.317

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.603

Total Worksi

1,248

Total Citationsi

8,067

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Contemporary British History offers innovative new research on British society, culture, politics, foreign policy, and the economy in the recent past. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s) of Politics & Government.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyFour Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,248

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1361-9462 / 1743-7997

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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

441

2019

210

2020

148

2021

2022

102

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

DevelopmentQ3

Safety ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesDevelopmentSafety ResearchPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political and Economic history of UK and USIrish and British StudiesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesAustralian History and SocietyWorld Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsScottish History and National IdentityHistorical Economic and Social StudiesFrench Historical and Cultural StudiesCommunism, Protests, Social Movements

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary British History

Is Contemporary British History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary British History: 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 Contemporary British History?

Contemporary British History 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 0.29.

Is Contemporary British History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary British History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.