Journal of Historical Geography

Aims & Scope

A well-established international quarterly, the Journal of Historical Geography publishes articles on all aspects of historical geography and cognate fields, including environmental history.

As well as publishing original research papers of interest to a wide international and interdisciplinary readership, the journal encourages lively discussion of methodological and conceptual issues and debates over new challenges facing researchers in the field.

Each issue includes a substantial book review section, and there is a regular feature on 'Historical Geography at Large' devoted to the public impact of research in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	1.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.294

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16831

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	104

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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.

• Conventions of climate change: constructions of danger and the dispossession of the atmosphere

  Citation: 175

  Authors: Diana M.

• Dark ages and dark areas: global deforestation in the deep past

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Michael

• Race, space and moral climatology: notes toward a genealogy

  Citation: 120

  Authors: David N.

• Street names in Bucharest, 1990–1997: exploring the modern historical geographies of post-socialist change

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Duncan

• E. G. Ravenstein and the “laws of migration”

  Citation: 102

  Authors: D.B.

• The moral discourse of climate: historical considerations on race, place and virtue

  Citation: 90

  Authors: David N.

• Currents, visions and voyages: historical geographies of the sea

  Citation: 86

  Authors: David, Luciana, Miles

• Voices from the sea ice: the reception of climate impact narratives

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Michael T.

• The Geography Lesson: photographs and the construction of imaginative geographies

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Joan M.

• (Re)naming the landscape: The formation of the Hebrew map of Israel 1949–1960

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Maoz, Arnon

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