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Historical Life Course Studies

European Historical Population Samples Network (EHPS-Net) · Netherlands · Est. 2014

ISSN2352-6343

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.361

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.823

Total Worksi

156

Total Citationsi

844

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Historical Life Course Studies is the electronic journal of the European Historical Population Samples Network (EHPS-Net). The journal is the primary publishing outlet for research involved in the conversion of existing European and non-European large historical demographic databases into a common format, the Intermediate Data Structure, and for studies based on these databases. The journal publishes both methodological and substantive research articles.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications156

Publisher OrgInternational Instititute of Social History

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

European Historical Population Samples Network (EHPS-Net)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-6343

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

142

2020

155

2021

121

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)

Historical Economic and Social StudiesHealth disparities and outcomesdemographic modeling and climate adaptationInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesDemographic Trends and Gender PreferencesFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsHistorical and modern epidemiology studiesBirth, Development, and HealthMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

Frequently asked questions about Historical Life Course Studies

Is Historical Life Course Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Historical Life Course Studies: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Historical Life Course Studies?

Historical Life Course Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.361.

Is Historical Life Course Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Historical Life Course Studies is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.