Journal profile · HISTORY
Civil War history
ISSN 0009-8078 · eISSN 1533-6271 · Kent State University
Civil War history: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Civil War history is published by Kent State University 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 American Constitutional Law and Politics, American History and Culture and Race, History, and American Society, together about 66.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences29.7%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting23.3%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences13.6%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Archaeology and Natural HistorySocial Sciences3.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.4%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences2.3%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,256 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 46 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 44 | 1 | 6 |
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
- Kent State University
- ISSN
- 0009-8078
- Electronic ISSN
- 1533-6271
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Civil War history
What CAS zone is Civil War history in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Civil War history is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. 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.
Which databases index Civil War history?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Civil War history is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Civil War history open access, and what is the APC?
Civil War history 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .