Journal profile
Journal of Big History
ISSN 2475-3610 · International Big History Association · United States
Journal of Big History: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Big History is published by International Big History Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution, Philosophy, History, and Historiography and Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations, together about 52.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JBH, the journal of the International Big History Association (IBHA), is published on line and is accessible to members of the IBHA. The IBHA also publishes bulletins: Origins and Emergence. Emergence contains members’ accounts of their activities and views, announcements of conferences and meetings of interest, and other communication of interest to IBHA members. Origins includes longer think pieces that are not intended to be in academic format.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionEarth and Planetary Sciences28.7%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities13.7%
- Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International RelationsSocial Sciences9.8%
- Complex Systems and DynamicsPhysics and Astronomy5.4%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities4.1%
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifePhysics and Astronomy3.7%
- Origins and Evolution of LifePhysics and Astronomy3.3%
- Chaos, Complexity, and EducationComputer Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
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
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 299 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 119 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 173 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 78 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 53 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Tools and Technologies
JBH expects that articles should report the listed authors’ own work and ideas. Any contributions made by other sources must be clearly and correctly attributed.Contributions by artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technologies to a study or to an article’s contents must be clearly reported in a dedicated section of the Methods, or in the Acknowledgements section for article types lacking a Meth…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Anti-plagiarism screening via Grammarly. Model summary
We use Grammarly as our anti-plagiarism service.
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
- International Big History Association
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2475-3610
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Big History
How long does peer review take at Journal of Big History?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Big History based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Big History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Big History is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Big History open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Big History 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: .