About this journal

Aims and scope

Recent epistemological challenges have shaken the core assumptions of many historians. 'Culture' is now seen as intrinsic to social practice, and therefore at the heart of society itself. Cultural and Social History, the official peer-reviewed journal of the Social History Society (SHS), aims to address disciplinary shifts, and create a dialogue between social and cultural historians. The journal emphasizes the ways the 'social' and 'culture' are mutually constitutive and that study of one enables a deeper understanding of the other. The and in our title is important: all submissions to the journal should aim to contribute to the understanding of both cultural and social history.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 105K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 0.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 0.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.168 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.143 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 35 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 158 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 18% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors:
Vandana Joshi, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, India
Brodie Waddell, Birkbeck, University of London, UK 
Grace Huxford, University of Bristol, UK

Assistant Editor:
Adrian Ager, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Book Reviews Editor:
Kelly Boyd, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK

Editorial Board:

Jennifer Altehenger, Merton College, University of Oxford, UK
Padma Anagol, Cardiff University, UK
John Arnold, King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK
Kate Bradley, University of Kent, UK
David Hopkin, Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK
Max Jones, University of Manchester, UK
Karen Hunt, Keele University, UK
Colin Jones, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Anthony McElligott, University of Limerick, Ireland
Simon Middleton, William and Mary College, USA
Donald Spaeth, University of Glasgow, UK
Penny Summerfield, University of Manchester, UK
Pat Thane, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Chris Waters, Williams College, Massachusetts, USA
Mark Williams, Cardiff University, UK
Phil Withington, University of Sheffield, UK

Advisory Board:

Gadi Algazi, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Clare Anderson, University of Leicester, UK
Guy Beiner, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Israel
Judith Bennett, University of Southern California, USA
John Brewer, California Institute of Technology, USA
Jeffrey Brooks, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Franz-Josef Brüeggemeier, Universitaet Freiburg, Germany
Peter Burke, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK
Craig Clunas, University of Oxford, UK
Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University, USA
James W. Cook, University of Michigan, USA
Prasenjit Duara, Duke University, USA
Laura Lee Downs, European University Institute, Italy
Margot Finn, University College London, UK
Irene Guenther, University of Houston, USA
Cynthia Herrup, University of Southern California, USA
Carla Hesse, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Shigemi Inaga, Kyoto Seika University, Japan
Eugene Irschick, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Sarah Knott, University of Indiana, USA
Orvar Löfgren, Lund University, Sweden
Iain McCalman, University of Sydney, Australia
Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University, USA
Frank Mort, University of Manchester, UK
Herman Roodenburg, Meertens Instituut, Netherlands
Judith Rowbotham, University of Plymouth, UK
Miri Rubin, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Stephen Smith, All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK
Megan Vaughan, University College London, UK
Judith Walkowitz, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Andy Wood, Durham University, UK

Abstracting and indexing

Indexed/abstracted in:

De Gruyter Saur: IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes; Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes; EBSCOhost; America: History and Life; Current Abstracts; Historical Abstracts; Left Index; Political Science Complete; SocINDEX; TOC Premier; Scopus; Gale; Academic OneFile; Book Review Index; InfoTrac Custom; InfoTrac Student Edition; Psychology Collection; OCLC; ArticleFirst; CSA Sociological Abstracts; Electronic Collections Online; ProQuest:British Humanities Index; CSA Social Services Abstracts; CSA Sociological Abstracts; Professional ProQuest Central; ProQuest 5000 International; ProQuest Central; ProQuest Research Library; Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Web of Science.

Open access

Cultural and Social 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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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