Journal profile · HISTORY
Historian
ISSN 0018-2370 · eISSN 1540-6563 · Wiley-Blackwell
Historian: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,500; median 108 days to acceptance (23 articles, last 24 months); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Historian is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 American Constitutional Law and Politics, American History and Culture and Race, History, and American Society, together about 30.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1938, The Historian is a peer-reviewed journal of historical scholarship, publishing articles, essays, and reviews on all periods, regions, and topics within the discipline. The Historian serves as a point of reference and dialogue across the field’s many communities, from aspiring and emerging scholars to established figures in the field, from community colleges to major research institutions, across the United States and around the world. The journal’s affiliation with Phi Alpha Theta , the national history honors society, allows it to reach a large and diverse audience of readers, from undergraduates to senior scholars, making it a particularly valuable point of contact for all who read and write about the past. The Historian is also noted for its extensive book review section. This section covers a broad array of recent publications, affording the reader an up to date survey of works in the profession. We accept submissions on all regional, temporal, and thematic fields of history.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editor-in-chief V. Scott KaufmanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences17.1%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences6.5%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences6.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4.9%
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)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Clarivate AnalyticsPublisher website
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
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 176OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 41,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 41,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,002 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 77 | 1 | 18 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1 | 132 |
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
108 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 157 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 122 days (22 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 239 days
- Sample
- 23 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 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".
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 2,500 / EUR 2,100 / GBP 1,650 | — | — | |
| 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)
Article types accepted3
- articlespublishing articles, essays, and reviews on all periods, regions, and topics within the disciplineLength not stated
- essayspublishing articles, essays, and reviews on all periods, regions, and topics within the disciplineLength not stated
- reviewspublishing articles, essays, and reviews on all periods, regions, and topics within the disciplineLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Open access options available Model summary
The Historian 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 and readershi…
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
- 0018-2370
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-6563
- Society / sponsor
- Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 88, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Historian
What CAS zone is Historian in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Historian 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.
What is the impact factor of Historian?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.1, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Historian?
Based on the dates recorded on 23 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 108 days (interquartile range 69–157 days). 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.
Which databases index Historian?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Historian is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Historian open access, and what is the APC?
Historian is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,500.
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: .