About this journal
Aims and scope
Slavery & Abolition is the only journal devoted in its entirety to a discussion of the demographic, socio-economic, historical and psychological aspects of human bondage from the ancient period to the present. It is also concerned with the dismantling of the slave systems and with the legacy of slavery. The journal publishes research articles, comments, reflections, review articles and book reviews. There are frequent special thematic issues and an important annual bibliographical supplement on slavery which provides the only comprehensive listing of books and articles in the field. All research articles published in regular issues of the journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing.
Please direct all Book Review queries to Prof. Tim Lockley ( [email protected]).
Journal metrics
Usage
- 144K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.000 (2023) SNIP
- 0.255 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 44 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 22 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 48% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor:
Gad Heuman - University of Warwick, UK
Associate Editors:
Tim Lockley - University of Warwick, UK
David Lambert - University of Warwick, UK
Emily West - University of Reading
Editorial Board:
George Reid Andrews - University of Pittsburgh
Ana Lucia Araujo - Howard University
Edward E. Baptist - Cornell University
Manuel Barcia - University of Leeds
Celeste-Marie Bernier - University of Edinburgh
Richard Blackett - Vanderbilt University
David Blight - Yale University
Christopher Leslie Brown - Columbia University
Randy M. Browne - Xavier University
Indrani Chatterjee - University of Texas at Austin
Camillia Cowling - University of Warwick
Daniel Domingues da Silva - Rice University
Laurent Dubois - Duke University
Marcela Echeverri - Yale University
Ada Ferrer - New York University
Julia Gaffield - College of William & Mary, Virginia
Sandra E. Greene - Cornell University
Ariela J. Gross - University of Southern California
Tera W. Hunter - Princeton University
Martha S. Jones - Johns Hopkins University
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers - University of California, Berkeley
Jane G. Landers - Vanderbilt University
Paul E. Lovejoy - York University
Simon Newman - University of Glasgow
John Oldfield - University of Hull
Diana Paton - University of Edinburgh
Daina Ramey Berry - University of Texas
Benedetta Rossi - University College London
Rebecca J. Scott - University of Michigan
Verene Shepherd - University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Manisha Sinha - University of Connecticut
James Walvin - University of York
Abstracting and indexing
Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in:
America: History and Life; British Humanities Index; C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts); Current Abstracts; Historical Abstracts; Humanities International Index; International Index to Black Periodicals; OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; Race Relations Abstracts; SCOPUS; Sociological Abstracts; Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index®.
Open access
Slavery & Abolition is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our 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.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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