Medieval History Journal

Aims & Scope

The Medieval History Journal was launched at the turn of the twenty-first century when the world of history was in a ferment, radically seeking a redefinition of the discipline.

The MHJ is a peer reviewed journal and derives its distinctive profile from encompassing the entire medieval world in scope and its multi-disciplinary foci.

For the MHJ, `Medieval History` signifies open chronological and thematic boundaries to honour historical plurality.

Its frequent special issues investigating a particular theme across regions have provided a space for comparative and transcultural conversations within scholarship.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.124

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26910

Journal Citation Indicator

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, 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 Great El Niño of 1789–93 and its Global Consequences: Reconstructing an Extreme Climate Event in World Environmental History

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Richard H.

• Climatic Extremes, Recurrent Crises and Witch Hunts: Strategies of European Societies in Coping with Exogenous Shocks in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Christian

• Rome: The Political Economy of a World-Empire

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Willem M.

• Handling Diversity with Absolute Civility

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Rajeev

• Inventing Medieval Japan: The History and Politics of National Identity

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Thomas

• Image against Nature

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Finbarr Barry

• ‘Mind the Next Flood!’ Memories of Natural Disasters in Northern Germany from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Michael

• Islamic Attitudes to Disasters in the Middle Ages: A Comparison of Earthquakes and Plagues

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Anna

• Medievalists and the Notion of the Frontier

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Nora

• Towards a History of Natural Disasters in China: The Case of Lin fen County

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Andrea

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