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History of Political Economy

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN1527-1919

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.513

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.381

Total Worksi

3,589

Total Citationsi

43,641

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; History Of Social Sciences; History; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyQuarterly, With An Annual Supplement, 1992-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,589

Publisher OrgDuke University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle-blind

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?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-1919

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single-blind

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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

367

2019

280

2020

182

2021

302

2022

148

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

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsHistory Of Social Sciences

Scopus Categories

HistoryEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomic Theory and PolicyPolitical Economy and MarxismHistorical Economic and Social StudiesEconomic theories and modelsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsPolitical Theory and InfluenceHistorical Economic and Legal ThoughtGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesEuropean Political History Analysis

Frequently asked questions about History of Political Economy

Is History of Political Economy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History of Political Economy: 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 of Political Economy?

History of Political Economy 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 0.40.

Is History of Political Economy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

History of Political Economy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History of Political Economy?