The Journal of Pacific History is a leading refereed journal dedicated to research concerning the Pacific Islands, their peoples and their pasts. Its remit is broad: from prehistory to the present. It publishes articles in social, cultural, religious, political, economic, geographical, and environmental history; analysis of contemporary developments; critical surveys; and comments. It also publishes primary documents, notes on source materials, reviews and review essays on books, exhibitions and other media. Contributions are welcome that address Oceania more widely, or comparative or theoretical questions of significance to the Pacific. Please feel free to get in touch with our editorial team at [email protected].
The Journal of Pacific History accepts the following types of submission: · Research Articles including articles submitted for Pacific Currents · Narratives and Documents · Special Issues · Reviews
Pacific Currents publishes papers that deal with contemporary developments, but from a historical perspective. It suits submissions that, among other things, identify and explore new Pacific regional trends, or investigate important elections, significant constitutional developments or political crises in specific Island countries or territories. We encourage comparative papers, and/or papers that deal with the interactions of Island countries with countries outside the region. We prefer papers that place specific events in wider, enduring frameworks, i.e. those that will offer readers in 10 or 20 years’ time a solid historical account of contemporary developments. We do not normally accept papers with a largely speculative orientation or advocacy pieces. By ‘contemporary’, we mean the period since independence. Our view of the Pacific region is broad.
Narratives and Documents is concerned with the primary sources of Pacific History: Pacific archives and manuscripts, photographs, audio-visual records, and material culture. The ‘From the archives’ series describes a body of archival material or other archival endeavour or achievement. The ‘Manuscript’ series introduces and reproduces a primary source, particularly a vernacular source with translation. The section also features articles that usually share information about a particular event, episode, or body of primary material. Although some specialist articles are solicited, all submissions are welcome.
Special Issues. Special Issues may address thematic concerns or adopt a regional focus and should present a coherent argument for the reappraisal of a historical theme or field, a place, a historiographical issue, or a major methodological shift. Special Issue proposals should contain: a tentative title for the Special Issue; a rationale (of at least 3,000 words excluding notes), that summarizes the objectives of the proposed Special Issue and outlines its justification, approach, contents, and the relationships of individual papers to the overarching theme; this may include a short critical survey of the relevant literature; working titles and abstracts for each contribution; a tentative date for the initial submission of the contributions. The proposal should be submitted to the JPH editors by email ( [email protected]). JPH may request further information. For further information on Special Issues and the role of the guest editor(s) please contact the JPH editors.
Reviews. JPH publishes reviews of books (monographs and edited collections), exhibitions, films and other media relating to Pacific History. Publishers, authors, curators and film-makers are invited to submit notices of works for review to the relevant Editor for consideration. JPH does not accept unsolicited reviews.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review. After initial editor screening, submissions are circulated anonymously to the full membership of the board and, at the editor's discretion, to other referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
43K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
0.5 (2023) 5 year IF
0.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.115 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
149 days avg. from submission to first
decision
53 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
76% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
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.
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.
Editors: Ryan Tucker Jones - University of Oregon, USA Jacqueline Leckie - Conjointly Victoria University of Wellington, and University of Newcastle
Managing Editor: Diana Glazebrook - Australian National University, Australia
Editorial Assistant: Nicholas Hoare - Australian National University, Australia
Pacific Currents: Jon Fraenkel - Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Narratives and Documents Editor: Ewan Maidment - Australian National University, Australia Michael Reilly - University of Otago
Media and Film: Chris Ballard - Australian National University, Australia
Exhibitions: Leah Lui-Chivizhe - University of Technology Sydney Billie Lythberg - University of Auckland, NZ
Book Review Editors: Hilary Howes - Australia National University, Australia Kate Stevens - University of Waikato
Editorial Board: Judith A. Bennett - University of Otago, NZ Paul D’Arcy - Australian National University, Australia Bronwen Douglas - Australian National University, Australia (Secretary-Treasurer, JPH Inc.) Joseph Foukona - University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i Helen Gardner - Deakin University, Australia (Chair, JPH Inc.) Nicole Haley - Australian National University, Australia Nicholas Halter - University of the South Pacific, Fiji Anne Perez Hattori - University of Guam Peter Hempenstall - Conjoint University of Newcastle, Australia and University of Canterbury, NZ Iati Iati - Victoria University of Wellington, NZ Monica C. LaBriola - University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i Matt K. Matsuda - Rutgers University, USA Kylie Moloney - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Adrian Muckle - Victoria University of Wellington, NZ Max Quanchi - University of Queensland, Australia Charles Radclyffe – University of Otago Jonathan Ritchie - Deakin University, Australia Damon Salesa - Auckland University of Technology, NZ Jane Samson - University of Alberta, Canada Frances Steel – University of Otago Morgan Tuimaleali'ifano - University of the South Pacific, Fiji Angela Wanhalla - University of Otago, NZ
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Pacific History is currently noted in the following:
A P A I S: Australian Public Affairs Information Service (Online); Abstracts in Anthropology; America: History and Life; Anthropological Index Online; C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts); Current Abstracts; Historical Abstracts; Humanities Index; Humanities International Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; ProQuest Central; Religion Index One: Periodicals; Sociological Abstracts, Thomson Reuters ISI Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Open access
The Journal of Pacific History 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.
Why choose open access?
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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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