Seventeenth Century

Aims & Scope

The Seventeenth Century is established as the leading forum for interdisciplinary approaches to the period, and complements these with stimulating specialist studies on a wide range of subjects.

The journal is international in its scope.

There is a general preference for articles embodying original research.

All contributions should be accessible to scholars who are not specialists in the field concerned.

Subjects covered include literature, political and economic history, social history, theology, philosophy, colonial history, natural sciences, music, and the visual arts.

There is substantial coverage of book reviews; the journal also publishes review articles and surveys of recent research.

From time to time special issues will be devoted to one theme or topic, although the journal normally aims for a broad spread of interest in each issue.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.248

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	18

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18660

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	45

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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.

• THE ATOMISM OF THE CAVENDISH CIRCLE: A REAPPRAISAL

  Citation: 42

  Authors: STEPHEN

• A Proselytising Protestant Commonwealth: The Religious and Political Ideals of Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh (1614–1691)

  Citation: 38

  Authors: RUTH

• FEMININE PIETY AND PERSONAL POTENCY: THE ‘EMANCIPATION’ OF MRS JANE RATCLIFFE

  Citation: 26

  Authors: PETER

• OPERA AND OBEDIENCE: THOMAS HOBBES AND<i>A PROPOSITION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MORALITIE</i>BY SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT

  Citation: 24

  Authors: JAMES R., TIMOTHY

• Captains and Slaves: Aphra Behn and the Rhetoric of Republicanism

  Citation: 23

  Authors: WARREN

• Thomas Harrison and his ‘Ark of Studies’ An Episode in the History of the Organization of Knowledge

  Citation: 19

  Authors: NOEL

• THE GODLY AND THE MULTITUDE IN STUART ENGLAND

  Citation: 17

  Authors: EAMON

• LUCY HUTCHINSON VERSUS EDMUND WALLER: AN UNPUBLISHED REPLY TO WALLER'S<i>A PANEGYRICK TO MY LORD PROTECTOR</i>

  Citation: 17

  Authors: DAVID

• Shakespeare Jesuited: The Plagiarisms of ‘Pater Clarcus’

  Citation: 15

  Authors: MARTIN

• JOHN LOCKE'S METHOD OF COMMON-PLACING, AS SEEN IN HIS DRAFTS AND HIS MEDICAL NOTEBOOKS, BODLEIAN MSS LOCKE D. 9, F. 21 AND F. 23

  Citation: 14

  Authors: G. G.

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