Journal profile · ART
History of Photography
ISSN 0308-7298 · eISSN 2150-7295 · Taylor & Francis
History of Photography: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,450; median 395 days to acceptance (18 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 36% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
History of Photography is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photography and Visual Culture, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 50.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Included in Thomson Reuters Arts and Humanities Citation Index® Founded in 1977, History of Photography is an international quarterly journal devoted to the history, practice and theory of photography in all its definitions - artistic, scientific, commercial, and domestic; in archives, art galleries, and museums; on the page, on the wall, or on the screen. The journal is inclusive and interdisciplinary, welcoming all scholarly approaches, whether historical, art historical, anthropological, sociological, archival or theoretical. It embraces global photographic history, ranging across all geographical and cultural contexts around the world. The journal aims to provide a significant resource to diverse communities, including academics, curators, photographers, collectors, independent scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students - indeed, anyone with an interest in the history and practice of photography. The journal encourages submissions from emerging scholars, while also seeking to publish work by established writers. We are proud of our reputation for rigorous and constructive reviewing. Over the past decades History of Photography has become an indispensable source of documentary texts, new and original scholarly articles, novel interpretations, and original thinking in this field. History of Photography is a peer reviewed journal overseen by the Editor and supported by a board of scholars in international standing. Readership: Photographers, curators, collectors, art historians, social historians, historians of science, sociologists, anthropologists and librarians.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ART
Editor-in-chief Patrizia Di BelloPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, United Kingdom 5, Canada 3, Australia 2, Türkiye 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities30.6%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities12.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.8%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities4.3%
- Archaeological Research and ProtectionEarth and Planetary Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLC, America: History and Life, Art Index, ARTbibliographies Current Titles, ARTbibliographies Modern, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, BHA Bibliography of the History of Art, British Humanities Index, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Current Abstracts, Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Index, Periodicals Index OnlinePublisher 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
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.11Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.03LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.03Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 157OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 68,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 68,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,174 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 31 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 39 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022 | 30 | 8 | 46 |
| 2021 | 41 | 5 | 87 |
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
395 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 333 days – 512 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 54 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 453 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (49 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 36%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 36%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 220 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 220 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 85 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 85 daysPublisher 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,450 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
History of Photography 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 …
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0308-7298
- Electronic ISSN
- 2150-7295
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 4 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about History of Photography
What CAS zone is History of Photography in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, History of Photography is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Art; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of History of Photography?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at History of Photography?
Based on the dates recorded on 18 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 395 days (interquartile range 333–512 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 36% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of History of Photography based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), United Kingdom (5) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index History of Photography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, History of Photography is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is History of Photography open access, and what is the APC?
History of Photography is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,450.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .