History and Anthropology

History and Anthropology 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 Anthropological Studies and Insights, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

History and Anthropology is a peer reviewed journal that continues to address the intersection of history and social sciences, focusing on the interchange between anthropologically-informed history, historically-informed anthropology and the history of ethnographic and anthropological representation. It is now widely perceived that the formerly dominant ahistorical perspectives within anthropology severely restricted interpretation and analysis. Much recent work has therefore been concerned with social change and colonial history and the traditional problems such as symbolism, have been rethought in historical terms. History and Anthropology publishes articles which develop these concerns, and is particularly interested in linking new substantive analyses with critical perspectives on anthropological discourse. The journal publishes studies of: economic, religious and linguistic change; European and non-European colonial systems; transformations of art and material culture; gender in history and culture; encounters with and images of "others"; the influences of anthropological representations upon indigenous consciousness and culture; the various contributions of anthropology to colonial practice; and the development of ethnological and anthropological ideals and investigative techniques. The editor therefore welcomes regional and thematic studies oriented towards wider analytic or critical issues. All papers should be aimed at the wider group of those interested in anthropology, history and discourse, rather than sub-disciplinary traditions; articles concerned with particular geographic regions or debates should therefore not presume prior knowledge of the area. Peer Review Policy: Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer reviewand read our guidance on publishing ethics.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 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

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PubMedCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: OCLC, America: History and Life, Anthropological Index Online, Anthropological Literature, Current Abstracts, Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Index, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association), OCLC Periodicals Index Online, Sociological 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.

Impact

Impact factor

0.55LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.6Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

1.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.37Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.14Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

49OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

347OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.86OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

16.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

37.74%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

24LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

134,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

15%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

48 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

179 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

19 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0275-7206

Electronic ISSN

1477-2612

Latest issue on the website

Volume 37, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website