Journal of Historical Sociology

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Historical Sociology was founded in 1988 on the conviction that historical and social studies ultimately have a common subject matter and can only benefit from the interchange of ideas and perspectives.

Edited by a distinguished international panel of historians, anthropologists, geographers and sociologists, it is both interdisciplinary in approach and innovative in content.

As well as refereed articles, the journal presents reviews essays and commentary in its 'Issues and Agendas' section, and aims to provoke discussion and debate.

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Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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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.

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.

• Notes on the Difficulty of Studying the State (1977)

  Citation: 1433

  Authors: PHILIP

• An Indigenous Feminist's Take On The Ontological Turn: ‘Ontology’ Is Just Another Word For Colonialism

  Citation: 1161

  Authors: Zoe

• Borders and Boundaries of State and Self at the End of Empire

  Citation: 373

  Authors: MICHAEL

• The Effects of Truth: Re‐Presentations of the Past and the Imagining of Community

  Citation: 177

  Authors: ANA MARIA

• Translation as Erasure: Thoughts on Modernity's Epistemic Violence

  Citation: 130

  Authors: ROLANDO

• Beyond The Fringe: The Nation State, Colonialism, and The Technologies of Power*

  Citation: 130

  Authors: BERNARD S., NICHOLAS B.

• The Imperial Working Class Makes Itself ‘White’: White Labourism in Britain, Australia, and South Africa Before the First World War

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Jonathan

• Responsible Mothers and Normal Children: Eugenics, Nationalism, and Welfare in Post‐revolutionary Mexico, 1920–1940

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Alexandra Minna

• How the British Working Class Became White: The Symbolic (Re)formation of Racialized Capitalism

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Alastair

• Reckoning Schemes of Legitimation: On Commissions of Inquiry as Power/Knowledge Forms

  Citation: 81

  Authors: ADAM