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International Labor and Working-Class History

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1471-6445

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.143

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.01

Total Worksi

2,595

Total Citationsi

9,458

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

International Labor and Working-Class History (ILWCH) is a quarterly journal that publishes research on the history of labor and working-class movements and organizations in all parts of the world. ILWCH is committed to providing a forum for scholars to discuss new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of labor history. The journal publishes articles, review essays, and book reviews. ILWCH is published by Cambridge University Press.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,595

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?

1471-6445

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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

305

2019

2020

2021

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.

HistoryQ2

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryIndustrial Relations & Labor

Scopus Categories

HistoryOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Labor Movements and UnionsRace, History, and American SocietyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsEuropean history and politicsPolitical Economy and MarxismMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyAustralian History and SocietyFrench Historical and Cultural StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about International Labor and Working-Class History

Is International Labor and Working-Class History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Labor and Working-Class 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 International Labor and Working-Class History?

International Labor and Working-Class 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 0.44.

Is International Labor and Working-Class History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Labor and Working-Class History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.