Journal profile · HISTORY
CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW
ISSN 0008-8080 · eISSN 1534-0708 · Catholic University of America Press
CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 150 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW is published by Catholic University of America Press 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 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Medieval Literature and History, together about 33.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities14%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences10.1%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities9.6%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities7.3%
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities7%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities4.5%
- Theology and Canon Law StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Early Modern Women WritersArts and Humanities3.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,880 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 150 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 190 | 4 | 17 |
| 2023 | 188 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 126 | 4 | 50 |
| 2021 | 52 | 2 | 37 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Catholic University of America Press
- ISSN
- 0008-8080
- Electronic ISSN
- 1534-0708
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW
What CAS zone is CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?
CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW is a subscription 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: .