Journal profile · HISTORY
Chinese Historical Review
ISSN 1547-402X · eISSN 2048-7827 · Taylor & Francis
Chinese Historical Review: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chinese Historical Review is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chinese history and philosophy, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies and Japanese History and Culture, together about 62.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences36.9%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences14.6%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences10.8%
- Hong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.7%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.6%
- China's Ethnic Minorities and RelationsSocial Sciences2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 637 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 26 | 0 | 21 |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 | 45 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | 108 |
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1547-402X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2048-7827
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chinese Historical Review
What CAS zone is Chinese Historical Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Chinese Historical Review is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 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 Chinese Historical Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chinese Historical Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Chinese Historical Review open access, and what is the APC?
Chinese 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, Publisher website; 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: .