Journal profile · HISTORY
History
ISSN 0018-2648 · eISSN 1468-229X · Wiley-Blackwell
History: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
History is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Scottish History and National Identity, Medieval Literature and History and Australian History and Society, together about 24.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Scottish History and National IdentityArts and Humanities9%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities7.9%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences7.3%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences7.2%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities7.1%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities5.6%
- Historical Studies of British IslesArts and Humanities5%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 376OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,593 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 49 | 2 |
| 2025 | 97 | 49 | 19 |
| 2024 | 57 | 40 | 20 |
| 2023 | 86 | 36 | 28 |
| 2022 | 97 | 27 | 96 |
| 2021 | 174 | 30 | 119 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (29% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
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 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0018-2648
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-229X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about History
What CAS zone is History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, History is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, History is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is History open access, and what is the APC?
History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .