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Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1972

ISSN1743-9329

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.436

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.74

Total Worksi

2,039

Total Citationsi

19,441

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History publishes original research on the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth, and on comparative European empires. It also covers colonial and post-colonial experiences globally, with particular attention to imperial policy, practices, rivalries, and methods of imperial control.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,039

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1743-9329

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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

249

2019

384

2020

133

2021

2022

2023

2024

138

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

DevelopmentQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

HistoryDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Australian History and SocietyAfrican history and culture studiesColonialism, slavery, and tradeGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationHistorical Economic and Social StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesWorld Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Is Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth 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 Imperial and Commonwealth History?

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth 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 0.32.

Is Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.