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Britain and the World

Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN2043-8575

SJR Q4✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

595

Total Citationsi

657

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications595

Publisher OrgEdinburgh University Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Edinburgh University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2043-8575

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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

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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.

HistoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Australian History and SocietyScottish History and National IdentityHistorical Economic and Social StudiesColonialism, slavery, and tradeGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsAfrican history and culture studiesHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsIrish and British StudiesWorld Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

Frequently asked questions about Britain and the World

Is Britain and the World a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Britain and the World: 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 Britain and the World?

Britain and the World 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 0.07.

Is Britain and the World indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Britain and the World is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Britain and the World?