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History and Theory

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1960

ISSN1468-2303

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.546

H-Indexi

122

Total Worksi

2,428

Total Citationsi

83,697

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,428

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-2303

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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

205

2019

483

2020

294

2021

225

2022

207

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

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyEducator Training and Historical PedagogyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisEuropean Political History AnalysisClassical Antiquity StudiesAustralian History and SocietyHistory, Culture, and DiplomacyMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationPolitical Economy and Marxism

Frequently asked questions about History and Theory

Is History and Theory a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History and Theory: 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 and Theory?

History and Theory 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 History and Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

History and Theory is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History and Theory?