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Aims & Scope

BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review was founded in 1877 and is the leading academic journal for the history of the Netherlands, Belgium and their global presence.

The journal publishes both in print and online research and review articles which explore broad and important issues in the history of the Low Countries, and seeks to do so in a wider comparative context.

In creating discussion fora and in publishing book reviews, the journal aims to enliven historical debate among both professional historians and a wider interested public.

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• On Digital History

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Gerben

• Scholarly Personae and Twentieth-Century Historians: Explorations of a Concept

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Mineke

• Big Data for Global History: The Transformative Promise of Digital Humanities

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Joris van, Toine, Jaap

• Pillarization, Multiculturalism and Cultural Freezing. Dutch Migration History and the Enforcement of Essentialist Ideas

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Marlou

• Sources of the Self: Scholarly Personae as Repertoires of Scholarly Selfhood

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Herman

• A New Dutch Imperial History?: Perambulations in a Prospective Field

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Remco

• The Exchange Programme of the Belgian American Educational Foundation: An Institutional Perspective on Scientific Persona Formation (1920-1940)

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Pieter, Kaat

• Exemplum and Wundertier: Three Concepts of the Scholarly Persona

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Gadi

• What – and who – is ‘European’ in the Postcolonial EU? Inclusions and Exclusions in the European Parliament’s House of European History

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Elizabeth

• Digital Historical Research: Context, Concepts and the Need for Reflection

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Hinke, Kees