Museum History Journal is the only international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the history of museums. Focusing on how and why museums originated, developed and sustained themselves through collections, exhibitions, management, policy and public programmes as well as other key activities. Rather than focus on particular collections or leading curators and directors, we encourage articles that take a broad historical view of these organisations and institutions that seem to be as popular as ever. We particularly welcome submissions about regions that are under-represented in the existing scholarly literature: we want to go beyond the Anglophone focus of Western Europe and North America. We also encourage fresh scholarly approaches that integrate historical studies with the theories and methodologies of other humanities and social science disciplines. This journal interprets ‘museum’ broadly, including galleries and other collecting and exhibiting institutions. We welcome submissions on related institutions as well, such as botanical gardens, historical societies and sites, acquaria, planetariums and zoos.
Peer review policy
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
15K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.1 (2023) Impact Factor
0.3 (2023) 5 year IF
0.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.115 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
61 days avg. from submission to first
decision
31% 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.
Natsuko Akagawa (University of Queensland, Australia)
Vitaly Gennadievich Ananiev (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia)
Samuel Alberti (The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK)
Mirjam Brusius (German Historical Institute, London, UK)
Fiona Cameron (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
Meaghan Clarke (Sussex University, UK)
Jan Dolak (University of Comenius, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Anastasia Filippoupoliti (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
Gordon J Fyfe (Keele University, UK)
Rodney Harrison (University College London, UK)
Dan Hicks (University of Oxford, UK)
Rhonda Hinther (Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canada)
Simon Knell (University of Leicester, UK)
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (University of Minnesota, USA)
Sean Mallon (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand)
Maria Margaret Lopes (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil)
Jésu Pedro Lorente (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Emma Martin (National Museums Liverpool/ University of Manchester, UK)
Rhiannon Mason (Newcastle University, UK)
Nancy J Parezo (University of Arizona, USA)
Amandine Péquignot (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France)
Irina Podgorny (Archivo Historico del Museo de La Plata, Argentina)
Charlotte M Porter (University of Florida, USA)
E Bruce Robertson (University of California, USA)
Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis (University of Florida, USA)
Christopher M Whitehead (Newcastle University, UK)
Claire Wintle (University of Brighton, UK)
Andrea Witcomb (Deakin University, Australia)
Founding Publisher:
Mitchell Allen
Abstracting and indexing
Museum History Journal is included in the following services:
Clarivate, Emerging Source Citation Index (ESCI)
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
Periodicals Index Online
Scopus
Open access
Museum History Journal 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.
Members of the Museum and Galleries History Group receive online access to Museum History Journal. To become a member of the Group, please visit their website.
Print ISSN:
1936-9816
Online ISSN:
1936-9824
2 issues per year
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