Emotions: History, Culture, Society

Aims & Scope

Emotions: History, Culture, Society (EHCS) is dedicated to understanding the emotions as culturally and temporally-situated phenomena, and to exploring the role of emotion in shaping human experience and action by individuals, groups, societies and cultures.

EHCS welcomes theoretically-informed work from a range of historical, cultural and social domains.

The journal aims to illuminate (1) the ways emotion is conceptualized and understood in different temporal or cultural settings, from antiquity to the present, and across the globe; (2) the impact of emotion on human action and in processes of change; and (3) the influence of emotional legacies from the past on current social, cultural and political practices.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.125

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26792

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10

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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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• Collective Emotions in Celebratory, Competitive, and Conflictual Contexts: Exploring the Dynamic Relations between Group-Based and Collective Pride and Shame

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Gavin Brent, Chris R.

• What is the History of Anger a History of?

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Thomas

• New Materialism and the New History of Emotions

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Katie

• The Fission of the Forbidden: The Popularity of Video Content in an Online Right-Wing Extremist Environment

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Lise

• Social Emotions: A Multidisciplinary Approach

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Jordan, Rebecca, Roger, Michelle

• Cow Protection, Hindu Identity and the Politics of Hurt in India, c.1890–2019

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Shabnum

• Objects, Material Culture and the History of Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Stephanie, Anna

• Chaniotis, A., ed., Unveiling Emotions: Sources and Methods for the Study of Emotions in the Greek World (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012); and Sanders, E. and M. Johncock, eds, Emotion and Persuasion in Classical Antiquity (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016)

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Constanze

• Living Death: Imagined History and the Tarrant Manifesto

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Max

• Constitutional Patriotism, Moral Sentiment, and International Human Rights

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Sharon R.

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