Journal profile · Multiple
War & Society
ISSN 0729-2473 · eISSN 2042-4345 · Taylor & Francis
War & Society: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.48; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 189 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 19% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
War & Society is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies and Military History and Strategy, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
War & Society is a history journal which publishes high-quality scholarly articles on the causes, experience and impact of war. Our articles feature original research based on archival, oral, and other primary sources. While we publish articles dealing with the technical and operational aspects of warfare, our main emphasis is on the broader relationships between warfare and society. Our articles range in time from Ancient Greece to the 21st Century, and highlight the diverse aspects of national and transnational operational and social military history. We also welcome articles that reflect recent historical 'turns', such as memory studies, cultural history, and the history of emotions. War & Society does not review books. Visit War & Society's detailed index of articles from Volume 1 (1983) to Volume 39 (2020) - almost 40 years of published articles. Articles are listed by volume and issue, subject and author alphabetically. War & Society is an international, peer reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra. We encourage all prospective authors to read our Instructions for Authors. Please note: this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. Peer Review Policy All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by two anonymous referees. Please note: we do inhouse copyediting of all articles before sending them to production, where they will again be copyedited as part of the proof process. We will contact authors if we have any queries during the inhouse edit.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences14.3%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- Military History and StrategySocial Sciences7%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities6.8%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences6.7%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine5.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Modern Language Association Bibliography
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
- 0.48LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.16Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.45Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 70,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 789 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 35 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 28 | 19 | 15 |
| 2023 | 28 | 8 | 15 |
| 2022 | 30 | 6 | 30 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
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
189 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 121 days – 220 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 69 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 285 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 83 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- Book reviews
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
War & Society is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readershi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review with initial editor screening and two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by two anonymous referees.
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
- 0729-2473
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-4345
- Society / sponsor
- UNSW Canberra
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about War & Society
What CAS zone is War & Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, War & Society is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 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 War & Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.48; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at War & Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 189 days (interquartile range 121–220 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19%. 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 JCR quartile is War & Society in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of History.
Which databases index War & Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, War & Society is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is War & Society open access, and what is the APC?
War & Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .