Journal profile
Historical Studies on Central Europe
ISSN 2786-0930 · eISSN 2786-0922 · Eötvös Loránd University · Hungary
Historical Studies on Central Europe: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 43 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Historical Studies on Central Europe is published by Eötvös Loránd University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central European national history, Central European and Russian historical studies and Medieval Literature and History, together about 43.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Historical Studies on Central Europe (HSCE) is a double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University. HSCE is a new historical periodical which considers the yearbook Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominatae Sectio Historica as its first series. Between 1957 and 1993, this earlier series was published by the same university in French, English, German, and Russian (issues are available at the following link: https://edit.elte.hu/xmlui/handle/10831/44176), with prominent historians on its editorial board. Whilst the Sectio Historica was attached to the Institute of History, it was decided that HSCE should be launched by the Doctoral School of History. According to its multidisciplinary character, HSCE is dedicated for contributions from various fields of historical scholarship in a broad, interdisciplinary spirit, including ethnology and archaeology. In accordance with its name, the journal focuses on the history of Central Europe: a region of crossroads and meeting points, where throughout the centuries diverse ethnic groups, confessions, traditions, and political entities have interacted in a very special way. As the definition of the region varies by age and discipline—it may mean the Habsburg Empire, the territory ranging from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea, or from German-speaking areas to the Balkans—, HSCE offers a forum for reflective interpretations of this region. Besides studies that specifically address the region’s history, the editors welcome papers that bear methodological and/or theoretical relevance to the study of historical processes. According to the editorial board’s concept, each issue consists of three to five thematic blocks, with two to four studies in each. The HSCE is also open to publish individual papers. The editors are committed to establish a review column with shorter and featured book reviews, as well as review articles critically approaching recent scholarly publications. Furthermore, we aim to publish regular reports on current research projects for disseminating information about ongoing projects in Central Europe. HSCE intends to build an interdisciplinary platform for enhancing the dialog and disseminating new findings on Central Europe, a region, whose research results have limited circulation in international scholarship due to language barriers, and in addition, research is heavily influenced by national narratives. T
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central European national historySocial Sciences29.8%
- Central European and Russian historical studiesSocial Sciences7.2%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities6.9%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities4.8%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences4.1%
- Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandArts and Humanities3.6%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 211 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 17 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 11 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 9 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 3 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 3 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- book reviewwords (Abstract, References included). Book review 1,000 and 2,000 words (all bibliographic data of the reviewed book included). Titmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- research articleavoided. Article types and word length Research articles 6,000 and 10,000 words (Abstract, References, Figure and Table captions included).main text ≤ 10,000 words
- research articlesResearch articles 6,000 and 10,000 words (Abstract, References, Figure and Table captions included).Length not stated
- review articles, Figure and Table captions included). Review articles 4,000 and 6,000 words (Abstract, References included). Book review 1,000 and 2,00main text ≤ 6,000 words
- review articlesReview articles 4,000 and 6,000 words (Abstract, References included).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Chicago Notes and Bibliography citation style Model summary
Historical Studies on Central Europe (HSCE) uses the “Notes and Bibliography” citation system
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement Model summary
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Please remove author information from the MS Word (.doc or .docx) file to prepare for the double-blind review process.
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
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Country or region
- Hungary
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2786-0930
- Electronic ISSN
- 2786-0922
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Historical Studies on Central Europe
How long does peer review take at Historical Studies on Central Europe?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Historical Studies on Central Europe?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Historical Studies on Central Europe?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Historical Studies on Central Europe is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Historical Studies on Central Europe open access, and what is the APC?
Historical Studies on Central Europe 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, DOAJ, 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: .