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American Communist History

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1474-3892

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

515

Total Citationsi

1,171

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

American Communist History is a non-partisan journal that publishes objective scholarship about the history of communism in the United States and its political, social, economic, and cultural impact.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications515

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-3892

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyCommunism, Protests, Social MovementsAmerican Political and Social DynamicsVietnamese History and Culture StudiesItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyEuropean history and politicsAnarchism and Radical PoliticsAcademic Freedom and PoliticsIntelligence, Security, War StrategyFrench Historical and Cultural Studies

Frequently asked questions about American Communist History

Is American Communist History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Communist History: it is indexed in 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 American Communist History?

American Communist History is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is American Communist History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Communist History is indexed in Scopus.