Labor History

Aims & Scope

Labor History is the pre-eminent journal for historical scholarship on labor.

It is thoroughly ecumenical in its approach and showcases the work of labor historians, industrial relations scholars, labor economists, political scientists, sociologists, social movement theorists, business scholars and all others who write about labor issues.

Labor History is also committed to geographical and chronological breadth.

It publishes work on labor in the US and all other areas of the world.

It is concerned with questions of labor in every time period, from the eighteenth century to contemporary events.

Labor History provides a forum for all labor scholars, thus helping to bind together a large but fragmented area of study.

By embracing all disciplines, time frames and locales, Labor History is the flagship journal of the entire field.

All research articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.381

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14259

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	127

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Workplace surveillance: an overview

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Kirstie

• Labor control regimes and worker resistance in global supply chains

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Mark

• “Animals are part of the working class”: a challenge to labor history

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Jason

• Creating Perfect Immigrants: Guestworkers of the World in Historical Perspective 1

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Cindy

• Shifting dynamics in international trade unionism: Agitation, organisation, bureaucracy, diplomacy

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Richard

• A supranational regime that nationalizes social conflict: Explaining European trade unions' difficulties in politicizing European economic governance

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Roland

• The International Labour Organization and the Struggle against Forced Labour from 1919 to the Present

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Daniel Roger

• The old labor history and the new: In search of an American working class

  Citation: 46

  Authors: David

• Financing women’s entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: bank, microfinance and mobile money

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Jean Francky Landry

• Online social networking and trade union membership: what the Facebook phenomenon truly means for labor organizers

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Alex, Rafael, Paul

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