Journal profile · HISTORY
Aboriginal History
ISSN 0314-8769 · eISSN 1837-9389 · Aboriginal History
Aboriginal History: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 7 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aboriginal History is published by Aboriginal History and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Australian Indigenous Culture and History, Australian History and Society and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, together about 53.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Australian Indigenous Culture and HistorySocial Sciences22.8%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences15.5%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences15.1%
- Pacific and Southeast Asian StudiesSocial Sciences7.1%
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions5%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities4.9%
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Canadian Identity and HistorySocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 76.92%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,201 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Aboriginal History
- ISSN
- 0314-8769
- Electronic ISSN
- 1837-9389
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aboriginal History
What CAS zone is Aboriginal History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aboriginal History is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Aboriginal History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aboriginal History is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Aboriginal History open access, and what is the APC?
Aboriginal History is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .