Journal profile · HISTORY
Cultural & Social History
ISSN 1478-0038 · eISSN 1478-0046 · Taylor & Francis
Cultural & Social History: CAS Zone 2 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 234 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 30% (journal website); 69 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cultural & Social History is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Economic and Social Studies, Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, together about 32.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cultural and Social History, the official peer-reviewed journal of the Social History Society, aims to address disciplinary shifts, and create a dialogue between social and cultural historians. The journal emphasizes the ways the 'social' and 'culture' are mutually constitutive historically and that study of one enables a deeper understanding of the other, and thus a richer understanding of the past. The ‘and’ in our title is important: all submissions to the journal should aim to contribute to the understanding of both cultural and social history, in all historical periods. All articles submitted to Cultural and Social History must be researched and written by a human scholar. While artificial intelligence tools may be useful and valid in some instances in the research and writing processes, the Social History Society and the editors of Cultural and Social History see our discipline as grounded in human inquiry, intellect and scholarly exchange. Authors who wish to use Generative Artificial Intelligence in any part of their research and writing process should carefully read our publisher’s AI Policy to understand what is permitted and how it should be acknowledged. Authors should also read the Plagiarism Policy and follow the high standards of citation and acknowledgement expected in our discipline.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editor-in-chief Brodie WaddellPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, Ireland 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.8%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities10.8%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities8.2%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities4.9%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences4.6%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities4.3%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes, EBSCOhost, America: History and Life, Current Abstracts, Historical Abstracts, Left Index, Political Science Complete, SocINDEX, TOC Premier, Gale, Academic OneFile, Book Review Index, InfoTrac Custom, InfoTrac Student Edition, Psychology Collection, ArticleFirst, CSA Sociological Abstracts, Electronic Collections Online, British Humanities Index, CSA Social Services Abstracts, Professional ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Research Library, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 151,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 151,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,366 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 69 | 27 | 16 |
| 2024 | 63 | 22 | 32 |
| 2023 | 93 | 15 | 71 |
| 2022 | 94 | 35 | 181 |
| 2021 | 78 | 23 | 296 |
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
234 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 177 days – 424 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 256 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (133 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)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access, Plagiarism
- AI use
AI policy: articles must be researched and written by a human scholar; AI tools may be used in some instances but the discipline is grounded in human inquiry. Model summary
All articles submitted to Cultural and Social History must be researched and written by a human scholar. While artificial intelligence tools may be useful and valid in some instances in the research and writing processes, the Social History Society and the editors of Cultural and Social History see our discipline as grounded in human inquiry, intellect and scholarly exchange.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Cultural and Social History is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Authors should read the Plagiarism Policy and follow high standards of citation and acknowledgement. Model summary
Authors should also read the Plagiarism Policy and follow the high standards of citation and acknowledgement expected in our discipline.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1478-0038
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-0046
- Society / sponsor
- Social History Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cultural & Social History
What CAS zone is Cultural & Social History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cultural & Social History is in Zone 2 of History, and in Zone 2 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.
What is the impact factor of Cultural & Social History?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 31.
How long does peer review take at Cultural & Social History?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 234 days (interquartile range 177–424 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30%. 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 JCR quartile is Cultural & Social History in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of History.
Where are the editorial board members of Cultural & Social History based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3) and Ireland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cultural & Social History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cultural & Social History is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cultural & Social History open access, and what is the APC?
Cultural & Social History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .