English Historical Review

Aims & Scope

First published in January 1886, The English Historical Review (EHR) is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world.

It publishes original and exciting research relating to all parts of the world and all forms of historical inquiry from the Classical era onwards.

The EHR includes major Articles and Review Articles, and an unusually extensive range of Reviews of books published throughout the world in English and other languages.

On an annual basis it compiles Notices of Records, Texts and Reference Works, and provides a summary of a wide range of periodical literature.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.187

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	33

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21990

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	57

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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.

• Imperialism and the Victorians: The Dynamics of Territorial Expansion

  Citation: 65

  Authors: J.

• British applications of the Aryan theory of race to India, 1850–1870

  Citation: 61

  Authors: JOAN

• Imperial cable communications and strategy, 1870–1914¹

  Citation: 58

  Authors: P. M.

• The franchise factor in the rise of the Labour Party

  Citation: 57

  Authors: H. C. G., R. I., J. A.

• Middle Opinion in the Thirties : Planning, Progress and Political ‘Agreement’

  Citation: 51

  Authors: ARTHUR

• A Dark-Age crisis: aspects of the Iconoclastic controversy

  Citation: 48

  Authors: PETER

• Why do disciplines fail?: The strange case of British sociology

  Citation: 46

  Authors: REBA N.

• Agriculture and the home market for English industry, 1660—1820

  Citation: 44

  Authors: PATRICK

• The rate of profit in seventeenth-century England

  Citation: 44

  Authors: RICHARD

• The Banality of Brutality: British Armed Forces and the Repression of the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-39

  Citation: 35

  Authors: M.

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