Journal for the History of Rhetoric

Aims & Scope

The Journal for the History of Rhetoric (JHR) is the peer-reviewed publication of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

JHR (formerly called Advances in the History of Rhetoric) publishes high-quality scholarship on all historical aspects of rhetoric, in all historical periods, and with reference to all intellectual, national, and cultural communities.

The journal not only welcomes contributions from scholars who take diverse historical approaches to the study of rhetoric, it also seeks to broaden the realm of historical inquiry into rhetoric by publishing essays that investigate topics, texts, and controversies that have not typically been included in the canon of rhetorical history.

The scope of JHR includes, but is not strictly limited to, the following matters of historical research (listed alphabetically): argumentation, public address, relations of rhetoric with other disciplines or cultural institutions, processes, and event, rhetorical criticism, rhetorical discourse, rhetorical instruction in writing and speaking, rhetorical theory (from a historical perspective), and the rhetoric of social movements.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23267

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.167

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

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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 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.

• Brett Kavanaugh’s Self-Defense: A Case Study in Hyper-Partisan Apologia

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Jacob, Brett

• Digitality, Rhetoric, and Protocological Fascism; Or, Fascist Ants & Democratic Cicadas

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Damien Smith

• Surviving the Jim Crow South: “The Talk” as an African American Rhetorical Form

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Brandon M.

• Rhetorical Decipherment and the Recovery of Women in the History of Ancient Rhetoric: A Note on the Bronze Age Women of Linear B Scripts

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Richard Leo, Natasha Trace, Heidi Gabrielle

• <i>Energeia</i>as Defamiliarization: Reading Aristotle with Shklovsky’s Eyes

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Carlos

• Afterlives of Anticolonial Dissent: Performances of Public Memory within and against the United States of América

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Karrieann M.

• Unruly Borders, Bodies, and Blood: Mexican “Mongrels” and the Eugenics of Empire

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Christina

• On Disinvention: Dr. Ersula Ore and the Rhetorics of Race at the US–Mexico Border

  Citation: 2

  Authors: José M.

• Thomas Elyot’s <i>The Castel of Helth</i>: Good Health and Good Counsel

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Sara

• Nonviolence in Context: César Chávez, the Chican@ Movement, and a Poetics of Deferral

  Citation: 2

  Authors: José G.

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