History of Retailing and Consumption

Aims & Scope

The purpose of the journal is to provide a central place for publication and reference for those interested in all aspects of the history of retailing and consumption: from the literary, to the spatial, to the economic.

In bringing together different disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches, we aim to foster greater dialogue across disciplines which too often exist in silos.

Equally, by drawing together contributions from across the globe, we look to establish a clearer dialogue between national schools of thought and to facilitate international comparisons through empirical studies and review essays.

In this way, the journal will nuance the dominant Anglo-American perspective on consumption with viewpoints taken from different places and different times.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20358

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	28

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.214

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 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.

• Rural electrification in the British Empire

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Ute

• Blinded by science? Constructing truth and authority in early twentieth-century Virol advertisements

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Lauren Alex

• In ‘splendid isolation'. A comparative perspective on the historiographies of the ‘material renaissance' and the ‘consumer revolution'

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Bruno, Wouter

• The changing role of international grocery retailers in China, 1978–2016

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Sina

• Trans-border kitchens: Iberian recipes in seventeenth-century English manuscripts

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Amy L.

• The corset and the mirror. Fashion and domesticity in Swedish advertisements and fashion magazines, 1870–1914

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Leif

• Gendered encounters in mobile trade: human hair as a commodity in the Nordics, 1870–1914

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Johanna, Anna

• ‘Competition is useless’: how Gilbey's retail and marketing innovation dominated the British wine and spirits market, 1857–1922

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Graham

• The Victorian provincial department store: a category too many?

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Ian

• The dip pen as a source of social distinction in Victorian Britain

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Lauren

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