Journal profile · HISTORY
Slavery & Abolition
ISSN 0144-039X · eISSN 1743-9523 · Taylor & Francis
Slavery & Abolition: CAS Zone 1 · History (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); hybrid open access; 75 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Slavery & Abolition is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Colonialism, slavery, and trade, Race, History, and American Society and Caribbean history, culture, and politics, together about 47.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences29.4%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences10.1%
- Caribbean history, culture, and politicsSocial Sciences8.2%
- Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSocial Sciences7.1%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Cuban History and SocietySocial Sciences4.6%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 527OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,979 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 75 | 18 | 23 |
| 2024 | 84 | 26 | 41 |
| 2023 | 68 | 21 | 55 |
| 2022 | 63 | 24 | 143 |
| 2021 | 63 | 12 | 279 |
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0144-039X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-9523
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Slavery & Abolition
What CAS zone is Slavery & Abolition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Slavery & Abolition is in Zone 1 of History, and in Zone 1 of the minor category History; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Slavery & Abolition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Slavery & Abolition is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Slavery & Abolition open access, and what is the APC?
Slavery & Abolition 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: .