Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Arbeiderhistorie
ISSN 0801-7778 · eISSN 2387-5879 · Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek · Norway
Arbeiderhistorie: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arbeiderhistorie is published by Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Labor Movements and Unions, European Political History Analysis and Philosophy, History, and Historiography, together about 41.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arbeiderhistorie, The annual for the Norwegian Labour Movement’s Archive and Library, is Norway’s leading journal for research into the history of the labour movement and the working class in a local, national and international context. The journal contains scientific articles and texts on popular history, and is richly illustrated. Arbeiderhistorie is aimed at members of the labour movement, researchers, students and those who are broadly interested in the history. Arbeiderhistorie has issued one edition a year since 1987. The archive of previous editions of Arbeiderhistorie from 1976–2016 is available here. The journal is published by Scandinavian University Press on behalf of Labour Movement Archives and Library. Peer review All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewers and the author remain anonymous to each other.The journal does not ask for any fees for assessment or publication. Indexing The journal is covered by the following indexing and discovery services: ERIH PLUS SHERPA/RoMEO Google Scholar Primo Central Index (Ex Libris) / Oria The Summon Service (ProQuest) Ebsco Discovery Services WorldCat (OCLC) All content in this journal is also exported to Portico, a preservation archive that safeguards perpetual access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections. The journal is authorized as a publication channel on level 1 in NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data (for Norway and Sweden), in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Authorization list for serials (Denmark), and in Publication Forum (Finland).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Ole Martin RønningPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences24.5%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities9%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities7.7%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Communism, Protests, Social MovementsSocial Sciences4.3%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q3 | 1057/1936 | — |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1327/1530 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC, Portico
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 115 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1
- artiklerArtikler skal ikke overgå 50 000 tegn (inkludert mellomrom) som tilsvarer ca. 6000-8000 ord.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
COPE Model summary
Tidsskriftet følger retningslinjene til Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 Model summary
Alle artikler publiseres i overenstemmelse med Creative Commons-lisensen CC BY 4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål
- ISSN
- 0801-7778
- Electronic ISSN
- 2387-5879
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arbeiderhistorie
How long does peer review take at Arbeiderhistorie?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Arbeiderhistorie?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Arbeiderhistorie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arbeiderhistorie is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Arbeiderhistorie open access, and what is the APC?
Arbeiderhistorie is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .