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History Compass

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 2003

ISSN1478-0542eISSN1478-0542

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.253

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.538

Total Worksi

1,773

Total Citationsi

12,131

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyMonthly, 2010-<Apr. 2011>

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,773

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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1478-0542 / 1478-0542

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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

132

2019

185

2020

156

2021

105

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.

HistoryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Economic and Social StudiesColonialism, slavery, and tradeDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMedieval Literature and HistoryReformation and Early Modern ChristianityAustralian History and SocietyIslamic Studies and HistoryHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

Frequently asked questions about History Compass

Is History Compass a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History Compass: 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 Compass?

History Compass 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 0.20.

Is History Compass indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

History Compass is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History Compass?