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Journal of Social History

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1527-1897

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.257

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

6,947

Total Citationsi

32,245

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Social History publishes articles and reviews in all fields of social history, regardless of period and region.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 99 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,947

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-1897

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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

127

301

2019

165

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

116

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Economic and Social StudiesRace, History, and American SocietyHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisAmerican History and CultureColonialism, slavery, and tradeEuropean history and politicsHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesAustralian History and Society

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Social History

Is Journal of Social History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Social 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 Journal of Social History?

Journal of Social 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 0.06.

Is Journal of Social History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Social History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.