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History of the Present

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2159-9785

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.611

Total Worksi

236

Total Citationsi

2,001

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications236

Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois 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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2159-9785

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

103

2020

2021

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

Scopus Categories

History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anthropological Studies and InsightsRace, History, and American SocietyCommunism, Protests, Social MovementsHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesIslamic Studies and HistoryColonialism, slavery, and tradeEducational Reforms and InnovationsAmerican History and CulturePostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Frequently asked questions about History of the Present

Is History of the Present a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History of the Present: it is indexed in 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 the Present?

History of the Present is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.215.

Is History of the Present indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

History of the Present is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History of the Present?