American Nineteenth Century History

Aims & Scope

American Nineteenth Century History is a peer-reviewed, transatlantic journal devoted to the history of the United States during the long nineteenth century.

It welcomes contributions on themes and topics relating to America in this period: slavery, race, and ethnicity, the Civil War and Reconstruction, military history, American nationalism, urban history, immigration and ethnicity, western history, the history of women, gender studies, African Americans and Native Americans, cultural studies and comparative pieces.

In addition to articles based on original research, historiographical pieces, reassessments of historical controversies, and reappraisals of prominent events or individuals are welcome.

Special issues devoted to a particular theme or topic will also be considered.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29842

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• “Uncle Sam is to be Sacrificed”: Anglophobia in Late Nineteenth-Century Politics and Culture

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Stephen

• Lynching Photography and the Visual Reproduction of White Supremacy

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Amy Louise

• Opium smoking, anti‐Chinese attitudes, and the American medical community, 1850–1890

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Diana L.

• Over two centuries: Black people in nineteenth-century HawaiÊ»i

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Nitasha Tamar

• The Lynching of Sicilian Immigrants in the American South, 1886-1910

  Citation: 12

  Authors: C.

• Patriot Graves: American national identity and the Civil War dead

  Citation: 12

  Authors: SUSAN‐MARY

• “A Typical Negro”: Gordon, Peter, Vincent Colyer, and the Story behind Slavery's Most Famous Photograph

  Citation: 11

  Authors: David

• Violence and the competition for sovereignty in Cherokee Country, 1829–1835

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Adam J.

• ‘The Blade Was in My Own Breast’: Slave Infanticide in 1850s Fiction

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Sarah N.

• Without Due Process: Albert E. Pillsbury and the Hoar Anti‐Lynching Bill

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Adam

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