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Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1469-9656

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.384

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.467

Total Worksi

1,958

Total Citationsi

10,652

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the History of Economic Thought is dedicated to the history of economic thought. It publishes research on the history of economic thought.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 70 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,958

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-9656

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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

159

2019

188

2020

178

2021

183

2022

100

135

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryHistory Of Social Sciences

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)History and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomic Theory and PolicyPolitical Economy and MarxismDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHistorical Economic and Social StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringEconomic theories and modelsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsHistory of Science and MedicinePhilosophy and History of Science

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Is Journal of the History of Economic Thought a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the History of Economic Thought: 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 Journal of the History of Economic Thought?

Journal of the History of Economic Thought 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 0.18.

Is Journal of the History of Economic Thought indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the History of Economic Thought is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the History of Economic Thought?