Social History

Aims & Scope

Established in 1976, Social History publishes high quality and innovative historical scholarship without restrictions of period or place.

This peer reviewed journal, published quarterly, encourages research articles that take as their starting point much longer periods of time than is now the norm, and have an ambition of scale that is commonplace in historical sociology, historical geography and demography.

Case studies, particularly when integrated with broader considerations, will continue to have their place in the pages of Social History.

The journal wishes to broaden its scope by publishing more material on the medieval period and the contemporary, including the present and very recent past.

In so doing, Social History will explore the liminal zones that mark the points of rupture and continuity between late antiquity and the medieval, and between the present and the future.

Social History welcomes work which recognises the significance of those who are hidden, marginalised, neglected and invariably speechless.

The journal also seeks to understand how power and rule is exercised and to analyse the role of intermediaries in the management and regulation of everyday life.

Social History publishes articles that explain and analyse the operation of social behaviours, attitudes, roles, formations and structures, and processes of social and moral regulation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.266

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	36

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17894

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	37

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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.

• Eighteenth‐century English society: Class struggle without class?

  Citation: 334

  Authors: E. P.

• The pro to‐industrial family economy: The structural function of household and family during the transition from peasant society to industrial capitalism¹

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Hans

• The rise of living alone and loneliness in history

  Citation: 129

  Authors: K. D. M.

• Community: Toward a variable conceptualization for comparative research

  Citation: 87

  Authors: C. J.

• Patriarchy stabilized: The construction of the male breadwinner wage norm in nineteenth‐century Britain∗

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Wally

• The end of social history?

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Patrick

• Interpreting the market: The ethics of credit and community relations in early modern England

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Craig

• ‘Slavery from within’: The invention of alcoholism and the question of free will∗

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Mariana

• Cycling, modernity and national culture

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Harry

• Making liberalism durable: Vision and civility in the late Victorian city

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Chris

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