History of Photography

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1977, History of Photography is an international quarterly journal devoted to the history, practice and theory of photography in all its definitions - artistic, scientific, commercial, and domestic; in archives, art galleries, and museums; on the page, on the wall, or on the screen.

The journal is inclusive and interdisciplinary, welcoming all scholarly approaches, whether historical, art historical, anthropological, sociological, archival or theoretical.

It embraces global photographic history, ranging across all geographical and cultural contexts around the world.

The journal aims to provide a significant resource to diverse communities, including academics, curators, photographers, collectors, independent scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students - indeed, anyone with an interest in the history and practice of photography.

The journal encourages submissions from emerging scholars, while also seeking to publish work by established writers.

We are proud of our reputation for rigorous and constructive reviewing.

Over the past decades History of Photography has become an indispensable source of documentary texts, new and original scholarly articles, novel interpretations, and original thinking in this field.

History of Photography is a peer reviewed journal overseen by the Editor and supported by a board of scholars in international standing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.122

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

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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.

• From God's-eye to Camera-eye: Aerial Photography's Post-humanist and Neo-humanist Visions of the World

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Paula

• Vernacular photographies

  Citation: 46

  Authors:

• New light on F. Holland day's

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Barbara L.

• F. Holland day

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Verna Posever

• Photography and National Memory: Senegal about 1960

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Jennifer

• Talbot's natural magic

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Douglas R.

• Early Photography in Samoa

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Alison Devine

• On the Relationship between Personal Photographs and Individual Memory

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Catherine

• Louis Agassiz's photographs in Brazil: Separate creations

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Gwyniera

• Film, Charcoal, Time: Contemporaneities in Gold Coast Photographs

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Erin

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