Journal of Scottish Historical Studies

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Scottish Historical Studies (formerly Scottish Economic and Social History) is published by Edinburgh University Press on behalf of the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland.

It is a fully double-blind peer-reviewed outlet for the best research in social, economic and cultural history, in historical geography and anthropology, and in historical theory.

It includes regular research and review articles, news and book reviews, and also has occasional interviews, symposia on key books, and appreciations of incidents, sources and ideas in the writing of Scotland’s history.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29679

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

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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, Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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.

• The Deglobalisation of Dundee, c. 1900–2000

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Jim

• The Scottish Community and Scottish Organisations on Merseyside: Development and Decline of a Diaspora

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Duncan

• The Modernising of the Democratic Intellect: the Role of English in Scottish Secondary Education, 1900U–1939

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Lindsay

• A Glasgow-West India Merchant House and the Imperial Dividend, 1779–1867

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Stephen

• THE GENTLEMAN AND THE SOLDIER: PATRIOTIC MASCULINITIES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SCOTLAND

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Rosalind

• Researching Death, Mourning and Commemoration in Modern Scotland

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Elaine

• An Elite Revisited: Glasgow West India Merchants, 1783–1877

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Anthony

• Glimpses into a Town's Reading Habits in Enlightenment Scotland: Analysing the Borrowings of Gray Library, Haddington, 1732–1816

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Vivienne S.

• The Trouble with Linwood: Compliance and Coercion in the Car Plant, 1963–1981

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Alison

• The Emergence of the Scottish Broadside Ballad in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Adam

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