Labor (journal)

Not to be confused with Labour/Le Travail.

Labor: Studies in Working-Class History

Discipline	Labor studies
Language	English
Edited  by	Julie Greene
Publication details
Former name(s)	Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas
History	2004–present
Publisher	Duke University Press  (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	0.1 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Labor
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	1547-6715  (print) 1558-1454  (web)
LCCN	2003202572
OCLC  no.	958655780
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Labor: Studies in Working-Class History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of the labor movement in the United States, including non-union agricultural work, slavery, unpaid and domestic labor, informal employment, and other topics. While the primary focus is on the United States, the journal also covers labor movements in North and South America as well as transnational comparisons that shed light on the American labor movement. It is the official journal of the Labor and Working-Class History Association and is published by Duke University Press. ^{[1] [2]} The editor-in-chief is Julie Greene (University of Maryland, College Park) who took over the role when the founding editor, Leon Fink (University of Illinois at Chicago), stepped down in July 2023. ^[3]

History

The journal was established in February 2004 when Fink, along with the entire editorial board of Labor History and much of the staff, left that publication after a disagreement with publisher Routledge over the direction of the journal. ^[4] According to Fink, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence. ^[5] Labor is endorsed by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, as a SPARC Alternative. ^[6] In 2016 the board voted to adjust the subtitle to Labor: Studies in Working-Class History to reflect a new transnational scope that stretched beyond the Western hemisphere.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• EBSCO databases ^[7]
• Emerging Sources Citation Index ^[8]
• MLA International Bibliography ^[7]
• Scopus ^[9]
• Sociological Abstracts ^[7]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 0.1. ^[10]

Awards

Labor was chosen "Best New Journal" by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 2005. ^[11]

References

1. "Labor: Studies in Working-Class History". Labor and Working-Class History Association. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
2. "Labor: Studies in Working-Class History". Duke University Press. Retrieved 2003-09-10.
3. "Julie Greene New Editor of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas". history.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
4. Smallwood, Scott; David Glenn (July 4, 2003). "Editor of 'Labor History' Quits, and Dozens Join Him; Oxford Press Hires Editor From Princeton". The Chronicle of Higher Education . 49 (43): A18. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
5. "SPARC Partners with New Labor Studies Journal". Weekly News Digest. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
6. "Current SPARC Partners". The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Association of Research Libraries. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
7. "Labor". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2023-09-11.
8. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2023-09-11.
9. "Source details: Labor". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2023-09-11.
10. "Labor: Studies in Working-Class History". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Emerging Sources ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.
11. "Best New Journal". The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

External links

• Official website