Historical Methods

Aims & Scope

Historical Methods reaches an international audience of historians and other social scientists concerned with historical problems.

It explores interdisciplinary approaches to new data sources, new approaches to older questions and material, and practical discussions of computer and statistical methodology, data collection, and sampling procedures.

In addition to its longtime interest in quantitative approaches to historical questions, Historical Methods also emphasizes a variety of other issues such as methods for interpreting visual information and the rhetoric of social scientific history.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7198

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	51

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.764

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

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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.

• The Press as a Source of Socio-Historical Data: Issues in the Methodology of Data Collection from Newspapers

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Roberto

• Sequences of Social Events: Concepts and Methods for the Analysis of Order in Social Processes

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Andrew

• Conceptions of Time and Events in Social Science Methods: Causal and Narrative Approaches

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Andrew

• Height and Per Capita Income

  Citation: 139

  Authors: Richard H.

• A New Sample of Males Linked from the Public Use Microdata Sample of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Population to the 1860 U.S. Federal Census Manuscript Schedules

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Joseph P.

• New Sources and New Techniques for the Study of Secular Trends in Nutritional Status, Health, Mortality, and the Process of Aging

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Robert William

• The Construction of HISCAM: A Stratification Scale Based on Social Interactions for Historical Comparative Research

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Paul S., Richard L., Marco H. D., Ineke, Kenneth

• How to (and How Not to) Analyze Deficient Height Samples

  Citation: 83

  Authors: John

• Event Sequence and Event Duration: Colligation and Measurement

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Andrew

• The Economics of Mortality in North America, 1650–1910: A Description of a Research Project

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Robert W., Stanley L., James, Roderick, Clayne L., Larry T.

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