Journal metric profile

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 0.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 18/538 Recorded category rank

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.000, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 18 out of 538 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 871 total citations, 24 total articles, 31 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.900, which is 0.100 points below the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 0.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.610.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 15 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 19.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0145-5532 and electronic ISSN 1527-8034. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameSOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY
Abbreviated journalSOC SCI HIST
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank13,445
ISSN0145-5532
eISSN1527-8034
Total cites871
Total articles24
Citable items31
Cited half-life15 years
Citing half-life19.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.000
5-Year Impact Factor0.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.900
Journal Citation Indicator1.610
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank18/538
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY is 1.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY?

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY?

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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