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Labor History

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1960

ISSN1469-9702

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.489

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.213

Total Worksi

2,710

Total Citationsi

12,901

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Labor History publishes historical studies on labor worldwide, examining issues such as capitalism, labor rights, unionization, collective bargaining and occupational safety. It also publishes articles regarding the history of the labor movement in the United States, Europe, and other regions and countries.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,710

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

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-9702

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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

260

2019

226

2020

184

2021

170

2022

162

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

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryHistory Of Social SciencesIndustrial Relations & Labor

Scopus Categories

HistoryOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Labor Movements and UnionsRace, History, and American SocietyAmerican History and CultureHuman auditory perception and evaluationMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesEmployment and Welfare StudiesPolitical and Economic history of UK and US

Frequently asked questions about Labor History

Is Labor History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Labor 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 Labor History?

Labor 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 0.70.

Is Labor History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Labor History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.