Journal of Policy History

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Policy History is an interdisciplinary journal concerned with the application of historical perspectives to public policy studies.

While seeking to inform scholars interested in policy history, the journal also seeks to inform policy makers through a historical approach to public policy.

Its authors, considering public policy primarily in the United States though also in other nations, focus on policy origins and development through historical inquiry, historical analysis of specific policy areas and policy institutions, explorations of continuities and shifts in policy over time, interdisciplinary research into public policy, and comparative historical approaches to the development of public policy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22664

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	24

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.177

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

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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 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.

• Troubled Waters: The National Flood Insurance Program in Historical Perspective

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Scott Gabriel, Howard C.

• “Normal Exposure” and Inoculation Syphilis: A PHS “Tuskegee” Doctor in Guatemala, 1946–1948

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Susan M.

• The Study of Policy Development

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Paul

• Politics as Victimhood, Victimhood as Politics

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Robert B.

• Insatiable Thirst and a Finite Supply: An Assessment of Municipal Water-Conservation Policy in Greater Phoenix, Arizona, 1980–2007

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Kelli L., Annie, Paul

• The Origins and Practice of Emissions Trading

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Hugh S., Barry D.

• Beyond Weak and Strong: Rethinking the State in Comparative Policy History

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Peter

• Path Dependence and the Emergence of Common Schools: Ohio to 1853

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Johann N.

• The Popular Origins of Neoliberalism in the Reagan Tax Cut of 1981

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Monica

• U.S. Environmental Policy and Politics: From the 1960s to the 1990s

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Michael E.

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