Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Journal of Global Slavery
ISSN 2405-8351 · eISSN 2405-836X · Brill
Journal of Global Slavery: CAS Zone 2 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 16 (journal website); hybrid open access; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Global Slavery is published by Brill and is in Zone 2 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Colonialism, slavery, and trade, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and Historical Economic and Social Studies, together about 52.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Global Slavery (JGS) advances the study of slavery and post-slavery from comparative, transregional, and global perspectives. It publishes original research on the institutions, practices, experiences, and legacies of slavery and enslavement from antiquity to the present, as well as work addressing the methodological, theoretical, and conceptual challenges involved in their study. The journal particularly emphasizes both the global diversity of slavery and its role as a globalizing force in world history.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Juliane SchielPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences34.1%
- Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSocial Sciences12.5%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences4.9%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Cuban History and SocietySocial Sciences4.5%
- Caribbean history, culture, and politicsSocial Sciences4%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 16Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 13Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 242 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4 | 16 |
| 2023 | 22 | 13 | 63 |
| 2022 | 22 | 9 | 14 |
| 2021 | 24 | 9 | 23 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 2405-8351
- Electronic ISSN
- 2405-836X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Global Slavery
What CAS zone is Journal of Global Slavery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Global Slavery is in Zone 2 of History, and in Zone 2 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Global Slavery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 16 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 9.
Which databases index Journal of Global Slavery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Global Slavery is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Global Slavery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Global Slavery is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .