This list of history journals presents representative notable academic journals pertaining to the field of history and historiography. It includes scholarly journals listed by journal databases and professional associations such as: JSTOR, Project MUSE, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association,[1] Goedeken (2000),[2] or are published by national or regional historical societies, or by major scholarly publishers (such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, the University of Chicago Press and Taylor & Francis). It does not include many of the world's 5000 journals devoted to local history or highly specialized topics. This list is a compilation and not one based on an exhaustive examination and judgment of quality.
General history
- The American Historical Review
- Annales. Histoire, Sciences sociales
- Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire
- The English Historical Review
- The Historian
- The Historical Journal
- Historische Zeitschrift
- History
- History Compass
- History Today
- History Workshop Journal
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- Past & Present
- Radical History Review
- Revue historique
- Rivista Storica Italiana
- Studies in People's History
By period
Classical
- Antiguo Oriente
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review
- Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte – Revue d'Histoire Ancienne – Journal of Ancient History – Rivista di Storia Antica
- The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Modern and contemporary
Comparative and world
By region
Africa
- African Archaeological Review
- African Economic History
- African Historical Review
- Afrique & Histoire
- History in Africa
- International Journal of African Historical Studies
- The Journal of African History
- Journal of Modern African Studies
- Journal of Southern African Studies
- Rhodesiana
- South African Historical Journal
- Zaïre. Revue Congolaise—Congoleesch Tijdschrift
Egypt
Asia
- Asian Survey
- Central Asian Survey
- Iranian Studies
- Journal of American-East Asian Relations
- Journal of the American Oriental Society
- The Journal of Asian Studies
- Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
- Modern Asian Studies
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australasia and Oceania
Europe
- Contemporary European History
- European History Quarterly
- European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire
- Historical Social Research
- Itinerario
Middle Ages
Britain
- Albion
- Anglo-Saxon England
- Arthuriana
- British Catholic History
- The British Journal for the History of Science
- Britain and the World, formerly British Scholar
- Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies
- Contemporary British History
- The Economic History Review
- The English Historical Review
- History Workshop Journal
- History: The Journal of the Historical Association
- Journal of British Studies
- Journal of Scottish Historical Studies, formerly Scottish Economic and Social History
- Journal of Victorian Culture
- Past and Present
- The Scottish Historical Review
- Twentieth Century British History
- Victorian Studies
Regional or local
Ireland
- Analecta Hibernica
- Archivium Hibernicum
- Clogher Record
- Collectanea Hibernica
- Dublin Historical Record
- Eighteenth-Century Ireland
- Ériu
- The Irish Sword, formerly Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland
- Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
- Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
- Studia Hibernica
Eastern Europe and Balkans
- Central Asian Survey
- Contemporary European History
- Harvard Ukrainian Studies
- Journal of Baltic Studies
- Journal of Modern Greek Studies
- Journal of Slavic Military Studies
- Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
- Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino
- Revolutionary Russia
- Russian History
- Slavic Review
- Slavonic and East European Review
- Soviet Studies
- The Polish Review
- The Russian Review
- The Slavic and East European Journal
- Politics, Religion & Ideology (formerly Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions)
- Zgodovinski časopis
Nordic Europe
Western Europe
- BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
- Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
- Central European History
- Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies
- French Historical Studies
- French History
- French Studies
- German History
- German Studies Review
- Historische Zeitschrift
- Journal of Belgian History
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro
- Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura
- Boletín americanista
- Revista de Historia Americana y Argentina
- Hispanic American Historical Review
- Historia
- Journal of Latin American Studies
- Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos
- Revista Complutense de Historia de América
Middle East
United States
- The American Genealogist
- American Quarterly
- Arkansas Historical Quarterly
- Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South
- California History
- The Chronicles of Oklahoma
- Civil War History
- Florida Historical Quarterly
- Georgia Historical Quarterly
- Harvard Law Review
- Indiana Magazine of History
- The Journal of American History (formerly Mississippi Valley Historical Review)
- Journal of American Studies
- Journal of the Early Republic
- Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Journal of Illinois History
- Journal of Southern History
- Journal of the Southwest
- Journal of the West
- Kansas History
- Michigan Historical Review
- Minnesota History
- Missouri Historical Review
- Montana: The Magazine of Western History
- The New England Quarterly
- Ohio History
- Oregon Historical Quarterly
- Pacific Historical Review
- Pacific Northwest Quarterly
- Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
- Reviews in American History
- William and Mary Quarterly, pre-1815
- Southwestern Historical Quarterly
- Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
- Western Historical Quarterly
- Wisconsin Magazine of History
- Yale Law Journal
Canada
- Acadiensis
- Canada's History, formerly The Beaver (1920 – 2010)
- Canadian Historical Review
- Saskatchewan History
By topic
Architectural
Archives
Business, labor and economics
- African Economic History
- Agricultural History
- Agricultural History Review
- American Communist History
- Business History
- Business History Review
- Communisme
- Economic History Review
- Enterprise and Society
- Essays in Economic & Business History
- European Review of Economic History
- Financial History Review
- International Labor and Working Class History
- Journal of Economic History
- Labor History
- Labor: Studies in Working-Class History
- Labour/Le Travail
- Twentieth Century Communism
Demography and family
Ethnic and racial studies
- Amerasia Journal
- American Jewish History
- Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
- Jewish Social Studies
- Journal of African American History, formerly The Journal of Negro History (1916–2001)
- Journal of Asian American Studies
Food history
Genocide
Ideas and historiography
International relations and diplomatic
Legal
Maritime
Media and books
Military
Politics and public policy
Religion
- American Jewish History
- Anglican & Episcopal History
- Anuario de Historia de la Iglesia
- Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
- British Catholic History
- The Catholic Historical Review
- Church History
- History of Religions
- John Whitmer Historical Association Journal
- Journal of Ecclesiastical History
- Journal of Mormon History
- Journal of Religious History
- The Mennonite Quarterly Review
- Mormon Historical Studies
- Numen
- Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique
- Reformation
Science and technology
- Ambix
- Annals of Science
- The British Journal for the History of Science
- Bulletin of the History of Medicine
- Centaurus
- Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
- History and Technology
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- Isis
- Journal for the History of Astronomy
- Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
- Notes and Records of the Royal Society
- Osiris
- Quest: The History of Spaceflight
- The Rutherford Journal
- Technology and Culture
Social
Teaching and methods
Urban
Women and gender studies
See also
- List of historians
- History journal
- Historiography
- List of historical societies, most of which have journals or popular magazines
- List of scientific journals
References
- ↑ The American Historical Society's Directory of Journals. historians.org.
- ↑ Goedeken, Edward A. (2002). "Journals of the Century in Modern History". In Stankus, Tony (ed.). Journals of the Century. New York: Haworth Press. pp. 243–270. ISBN 978-0-7890-1133-6.
Further reading
- Dalton, Margaret Stieg, and Laurie Charnigo. "Historians and their information sources." College & Research Libraries (2004) 65#5 pp. 400–425. online
- Henson, Kenneth T. "Writing for professional journals." Phi Delta Kappan 80.10 (1999): 780+. online
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre VM. "Acknowledging Clio's lesser children: The importance of journals for historical research and scholarship." Journal of Scholarly Publishing (2008) 39#3 pp: 241–256.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre VM. "The nature of three history journals: A citation experiment." Collection Management 12.34 (1990): 57–67.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre VM, and Edward A. Goedeken. "Trends in historical scholarship as evidenced in the American Historical Review: 1896–1990." Serials Review (1993) 19#2 pp: 79–84.
- Kitchens, Joel D. "Clio on the Web: An Annotated Bibliography of Select E-Journals for History" Perspectives on History (Feb 2000) online
- Lingelbach, Gabriele. "The Institutionalization and Professionalization of History in Europe and the United States." in The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 4: 1800–1945 4 (2011): 78+ online
- Stankus, Tony, and Edward A. Goedeken. "Journals of the Century in Modern History" in Journals of the Century (Haworth Press, 2002) excerpt
- Stieg, Margaret F. The origin and development of scholarly historical periodicals (University Alabama Press, 1986)