Journal profile · Multiple
Labor History
ISSN 0023-656X · eISSN 1469-9702 · Taylor & Francis
Labor History: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.91; hybrid open access; median 54 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Labor History is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Labor Movements and Unions, Race, History, and American Society and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board 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. Read full aims and scope
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences19.5%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences13.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.6%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences4.2%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History of Social Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History of Social Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History of Social Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.91LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 352OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 30%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,741 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 74 | 20 | 67 |
| 2024 | 73 | 24 | 99 |
| 2023 | 68 | 24 | 164 |
| 2022 | 59 | 11 | 177 |
| 2021 | 42 | 8 | 187 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
54 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 37 days – 74 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 62 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (133 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
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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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0023-656X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9702
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Labor History
What CAS zone is Labor History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Labor History is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History / History of Social Sciences / Industrial Relations & Labor. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Labor History?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.91; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Labor History?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 54 days (interquartile range 37–74 days). 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.
Which databases index Labor History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Labor History is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Labor History open access, and what is the APC?
Labor History 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .