Journal profile · MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Journal of Medieval History
ISSN 0304-4181 · eISSN 1873-1279 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Medieval History: CAS Zone 2 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 231 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); 60 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medieval History 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 Medieval Literature and History, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities19.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.4%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities6.7%
- Medieval History and CrusadesArts and Humanities6.2%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities5.7%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences4.5%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 2 |
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 359OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.37%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,635 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 17 | 2 |
| 2025 | 60 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024 | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| 2023 | 38 | 20 | 34 |
| 2022 | 35 | 17 | 51 |
| 2021 | 34 | 13 | 55 |
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
231 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 165 days – 302 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 287 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (125 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0304-4181
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-1279
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medieval History
What CAS zone is Journal of Medieval History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Medieval History is in Zone 2 of History, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Medieval & Renaissance Studies. 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medieval History?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 231 days (interquartile range 165–302 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Medieval History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medieval History is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Medieval History open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medieval History is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .