Historical Research

Aims & Scope

Published since 1923, Historical Research, flagship publication of the Institute of Historical Research, is a leading generalist history journal, covering the global history of the early middle ages to the twenty-first century.

Editors welcome a variety of approaches and methodologies as well as interdisciplinary articles.

Particular attention is given to work based on new historical evidence or interpretation, as full articles and—where appropriate—in the form of short notes and commentaries on documents.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24130

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	41

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.155

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

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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.

• Pandemics: waves of disease, waves of hate from the Plague of Athens to A.I.D.S.*

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Samuel K.

• Race, place and bodily difference in early nineteenth-century India*

  Citation: 67

  Authors: David

• ‘Burying the dead’: making Muslim space in Britain

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Humayun

• ‘Doctor evangelicus super omnes evangelistas’: Wyclif's Fortune in Hussite Bohemia

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Frantisek

• Pamphlets and Politics, 1553–8

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Jennifer

• The Rise of a Fiscal State in England, 1485–1815

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Patrick K., Philip A.

• THE CROWN WOODS AND THEIR EXPLOITATION IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES

  Citation: 42

  Authors: G.

• Composite States, Representative Institutions and the American Revolution

  Citation: 37

  Authors: H. G.

• <i>‘Every Citizen of Empire Implored to Save the Children!’</i>Empire, internationalism and the Save the Children Fund in inter-war Britain

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Emily

• ‘You are what you eat’: historical changes in ideas about food and identity

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Steven

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