Journal profile · HISTORY
Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education
ISSN 2203-7543 · University of Newcastle · Australia
Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education is published by University of Newcastle 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 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Global Education and Multiculturalism and Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences, together about 54.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Historical Encounters is a peer-reviewed, open access, interdsiciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of: historical consciousness (how we experience the past as something alien to the present; how we understand and relate, both cognitively and affectively, to the past; and how our historically-constituted consciousness shapes our understanding and interpretation of historical representations in the present and influences how we orient ourselves to possible futures); historical cultures (the English equivalent of the German term Geschichtskultur which literally translates “history culture”, and thus refers to the effective and affective relationship that a human group has with its own past; the agents who create and transform it; the oral, print, visual, dramatic, and interactive media representations through which it is lived, and by which it is disseminated; the personal, social, commercial, and political uses to which it is put; and the processes of reception that shape encounters with it); history education (how we know, teach, and learn history through: schools, universities, museums, public commemorations, tourist venues, heritage sites, local history societies, and other formal and informal settings). Submissions from across the fields of public history, history didactics, history education, curriculum & pedagogy studies, cultural studies, intangible cultural heritage, narrative theory, and historical theory fields are all welcome. The journal editors are particularly interested in presenting a variety of voices from scholars at various career stages, and therefore encourages early career researchers to submit their work for review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editor-in-chief Heather Sharp AdministrativePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences36.8%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences9.3%
- Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology4.1%
- Educational Strategies and EpistemologiesPsychology4.1%
- Digital Storytelling and EducationHealth Professions3.6%
- Educational Assessment and PedagogySocial Sciences3.3%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences3%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google ScholarPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 93Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 187 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 46 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 129 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 137 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteAuthorship
- Authorship Authorship Guidelines
Author instructions page listing relevant policies: Section Policies, Submission Guidelines, Duties of Authors, Author Copyright. Model summary
Before submitting a manuscript, please familiarise yourself with the journal’s full range of policies, particularly the following: Section Policies Submission Guidelines Duties of Authors Author Copyright
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
- University of Newcastle
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2203-7543
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education
What CAS zone is Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 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.
How long does peer review take at Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education open access, and what is the APC?
Historical Encounters-A Journal of Historical Consciousness Historical Cultures and History Education is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .