Labor (journal)
{{confused|Labour/Le Travail}}
{{Infobox journal
| title = Labor: Studies in Working-Class History
| cover = Labor journal low res cover.jpg
| editor = Julie Greene
| discipline = Labor studies
| former_names = Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas
| abbreviation = Labor
| publisher = Duke University Press
| country = United States
| frequency = Quarterly
| history = 2004–present
| openaccess =
| license =
| impact = 0.1
| impact-year = 2022
| website = http://labor.dukejournals.org/
| link1 = https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/20/2?browseBy=volume
| link2-name = Online archive
| JSTOR =
| OCLC = 958655780
| LCCN = 2003202572
| CODEN =
| ISSN = 1547-6715
| eISSN = 1558-1454
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Labor: Studies in Working-Class History |publisher=Labor and Working-Class History Association |url=https://www.lawcha.org/labor-studies-in-working-class-history/ |access-date=2023-09-10}}{{Cite web |title=Labor: Studies in Working-Class History |url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/labor |access-date=2003-09-10 |website=Duke University Press}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Julie Greene New Editor of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas |url=https://history.umd.edu/news/julie-greene-new-editor-labor-studies-working-class-history-americas |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=history.umd.edu}}
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.{{cite journal |last=Smallwood |first=Scott |author2=David Glenn |title=Editor of 'Labor History' Quits, and Dozens Join Him; Oxford Press Hires Editor From Princeton |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=July 4, 2003 |volume=49 |issue=43 |pages=A18 |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Editor-of-Labor-History/32338/ |accessdate=28 October 2011}} According to Fink, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence.{{cite news |title=SPARC Partners with New Labor Studies Journal |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/SPARC-Partners-with-New-Labor-Studies-Journal-16620.asp |accessdate=28 October 2011 |newspaper=Weekly News Digest |date=15 September 2003}} Labor is endorsed by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, as a SPARC Alternative.{{cite web |title=Current SPARC Partners |url=http://www.arl.org/sparc/partner/partnerlist.shtml |work=The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition |publisher=Association of Research Libraries |accessdate=28 October 2011}} 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:
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- EBSCO databases{{cite MIAR |title=Labor |issn=1547-6715 |access-date=2023-09-11}}
- Emerging Sources Citation Index{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2023-09-11}}
- MLA International Bibliography
- Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100931308 |title=Source details: Labor |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus Preview |access-date=2023-09-11}}
- Sociological Abstracts
}}
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 0.1.{{cite book |year=2023 |chapter=Labor: Studies in Working-Class History |title=2022 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Emerging Sources |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}
Awards
Labor was chosen "Best New Journal" by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 2005.{{cite web |title=Best New Journal |url=http://www.celj.org/best_new_journal |work=The Council of Editors of Learned Journals |accessdate=28 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102232157/http://www.celj.org/best_new_journal |archivedate=2 November 2011}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.dukeupress.edu/labor/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Labor: Studies In Working-Class History Of The Americas}}
Category:History of the Americas journals
Category:Works about the labor movement
Category:History of labor relations in the United States
Category:Duke University Press academic journals