About this journal
Aims and scope
Established in 1976, Social History publishes high quality and innovative historical scholarship without restrictions of period or place. This peer reviewed journal, published quarterly, encourages research articles that take as their starting point much longer periods of time than is now the norm, and have an ambition of scale that is commonplace in historical sociology, historical geography and demography. Case studies, particularly when integrated with broader considerations, will continue to have their place in the pages of Social History.
The journal wishes to broaden its scope by publishing more material on the medieval period and the contemporary, including the present and very recent past. In so doing, Social History will explore the liminal zones that mark the points of rupture and continuity between late antiquity and the medieval, and between the present and the future.
Social History welcomes work which recognises the significance of those who are hidden, marginalised, neglected and invariably speechless. The journal also seeks to understand how power and rule is exercised and to analyse the role of intermediaries in the management and regulation of everyday life. Social History publishes articles that explain and analyse the operation of social behaviours, attitudes, roles, formations and structures, and processes of social and moral regulation.
Social History is a journal for the academic community and for all those interested in the study of social change. All research articles published in Social History have undergone peer review, involving initial editor screening and consideration by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 84K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 0.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.000 (2023) SNIP
- 0.166 (2023) SJR
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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
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
Editors: Louise Jackson - University of Edinburgh, UK, Gordon Johnston - University of Edinburgh, UK
Reviews Editor: Eloise Moss - University of Manchester, UK
Social History Blog Editor: Gráinne Goodwin - Leeds Beckett University, UK
Editorial Board:
Paulina Alberto - University of Michigan, USA
Mónica Burguera - UNED, Madrid, Spain
Vinayak Chaturvedi - University of California, Irvine, USA
Samuel Cohn - University of Glasgow, UK
David Crew - University of Texas at Austin, USA
Celia Donert - Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK
Geoff Eley - University of Michigan, USA
John Foster
Larry Frohman - State University of New York, USA
Young-Sun Hong - State University of New York, USA
Emma Hunter - University of Edinburgh, UK
Katrina Navickas - University of Hertfordshire, UK
John Seed - Roehampton University, London, UK
Michael Sonenscher - King's College, Cambridge, UK
Corresponding Members:
Sweden David Gaunt (Huddinge); Germany Lutz Niethammer (Jena); USA Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom (Indiana); UK Alyson Brown (Edge Hill)
Founding Editors:
Janet Blackman and Keith Nield
Guardian obituary of Keith Nield, co-founder and co-editor of Social History for 35 years: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/10/keith-nield-obituary
Guardian obituary of Janet Blackman, co-founder and co-editor of Social History.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/14/janet-blackman-obituary
Abstracting and indexing
Social History is abstracted/indexed in:
America: History and Life; British Humanities Index; 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; SCOPUS; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Open access
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?
- 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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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Social History Blog - read the latest posts now
- Social History blog on Twitter (X)
- Special subscription rate of $95/£57 for members of Social History Society. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe
- Special subscription rate of US$57/£37 for members of AHA. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.
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