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AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
ISSN 0002-8762 · eISSN 1937-5239 · Oxford University Press
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW: CAS Zone 1 · History (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 0.81; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,620; 928 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 1 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Constitutional Law and Politics, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and American History and Culture, together about 30.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences14.7%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities9.3%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences5.9%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities5.7%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.81LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 384OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22,093OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 134,875 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 367 | 32 | 2 |
| 2025 | 928 | 31 | 18 |
| 2024 | 589 | 33 | 86 |
| 2023 | 492 | 32 | 151 |
| 2022 | 446 | 19 | 304 |
| 2021 | 642 | 13 | 305 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,620 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0002-8762
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-5239
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
What CAS zone is AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is in Zone 1 of History, and in Zone 1 of the minor category History; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 384.
Which databases index AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,620.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .