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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY
ISSN 0004-9522 · eISSN 1467-8497 · Wiley-Blackwell
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.43; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 52 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 55% (journal website); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism, Australian History and Society and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs, together about 69.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Australian Journal of Politics & History, established in 1955, is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing original, high-quality research addressing significant problems of interest to those working in the fields of history, political science, and related disciplines with a particular focus on Australia. It publishes articles that explore the intersection between Australian politics and history, including social, cultural economic, and policy history. This includes Australia’s relationship with the wider world. The journal also encourages papers that consider theoretical and conceptual issues in history and political science that are of relevance and interest to the Australian community of scholars. The focus on Australia extends to an interest in research relating to Aotearoa New Zealand and our neighbours in the Asia-Pacific region. While focusing on Australia and its immediate region, the journal encourages authors, where appropriate, to consider the implications of their findings for other jurisdictions. We welcome submissions from Australian and international scholars working within the journal’s scope. Keywords Australian, politics, history, Australia, political studies, intellectual, foreign, policy, gender, class, identity, media, communications, research, analysis, journal, studies, article, periodical, theory, review, book Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) America: History & Life (EBSCO Publishing) APAIS: Australian Public Affairs & Information Service (National Library of Australia) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents: Arts & Humanities (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Excerpta Indonesica (KITLV & IIAS) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) Global Issues in Context (GALE Cengage) Historical Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-61 ProQuest Politics Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Sociology Collection (ProQuest) Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Coll
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Linda BotterillPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 18, New Zealand 4, United States 1, United Kingdom 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and FederalismSocial Sciences32.4%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences28.4%
- Island Studies and Pacific AffairsSocial Sciences9%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences2.6%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences2.3%
- Historical and Contemporary Political DynamicsArts and Humanities1.9%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences1.9%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences1.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.43LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 327OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 57.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 66Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 107,991Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,611 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 28 | 2 |
| 2025 | 74 | 34 | 8 |
| 2024 | 92 | 61 | 30 |
| 2023 | 90 | 71 | 95 |
| 2022 | 66 | 22 | 65 |
| 2021 | 81 | 16 | 91 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
52 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 8 days – 172 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 72 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (151 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 55%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
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 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 2,160 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- in-text citations
Article types accepted9
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that mak…Length not stated
- case reportArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that mak…Length not stated
- letter to the editorArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that mak…Length not stated
- literature reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that mak…Length not stated
- original manuscriptOriginal Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge 7,500 – 10,000 Yes, 200 word limitLength not stated
- reflectionReflection Invited contributions to the Australian Journal of Politics and History, including reflections on the state of the (sub)discipline, reviews of perman…Length not stated
- research noteResearch Note Preliminary findings of research in progress or a case report of particular interest 1,500 – 5,000 Yes, 200 word limitLength not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that mak…Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Manuscript Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that mak…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
ORCID required Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest declaration Model summary
You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing encouraged Model summary
This journal encourages data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE core practices Model summary
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access option after acceptance Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You’ll have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/AJPH For help with submissions, please contact: submissionhelp@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving allowed under conditions Model summary
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0004-9522
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-8497
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 72, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY
What CAS zone is AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History / Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.43; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 52 days (interquartile range 8–172 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 55% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (18), New Zealand (4) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY open access, and what is the APC?
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .