William and Mary Quarterly

Aims & Scope

The William and Mary Quarterly is the leading journal of early American history and culture.

Founded in 1892 and published by the Omohundro Institute in Williamsburg, Virginia, it is one of the oldest academic journals in the United States and was one of the first ten archived on JSTOR.

Today, the Quarterly ranks among the most-cited journals covering a specific time and place and is one of the most-respected and most-acclaimed historical journals in the world.

We seek articles of scope and significance that speak meaningfully to multiple fields, engage fresh methods, and highlight new sources.

We publish critical forums and review essays as well as substantial examinations of individual books.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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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.

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.

• Citation: 423

  Authors: L. H., Steven J.

• The Volume and Structure of the Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Reassessment

  Citation: 135

  Authors: David

• The Iberian Roots of American Racist Thought

  Citation: 126

  Authors: James H.

• Virgin Soil Epidemics as a Factor in the Aboriginal Depopulation in America

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Alfred W.

• Families and Farms: Mentalite in Pre-Industrial America

  Citation: 119

  Authors: James A.

• Fear of Hot Climates in the Anglo-American Colonial Experience

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Karen Ordahl

• Conspiracy and the Paranoid Style: Causality and Deceit in the Eighteenth Century

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Gordon S.

• The Sons of Noah and the Construction of Ethnic and Geographical Identities in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Benjamin

• From Creole to African: Atlantic Creoles and the Origins of African- American Society in Mainland North America

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Ira

• Cannibals, Witches, and Slave Traders in the Atlantic World

  Citation: 91

  Authors: John