Journal profile · HISTORY
Pacific Historical Review
ISSN 0030-8684 · eISSN 1533-8584 · University of California Press
Pacific Historical Review: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 78 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pacific Historical Review is published by University of California Press 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 American Environmental and Regional History, American History and Culture and Asian American and Pacific Histories, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science17.4%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting10.5%
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences9.3%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.5%
- Canadian Identity and HistorySocial Sciences4.8%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Archaeology and Natural HistorySocial Sciences3.9%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 384OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,211 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 78 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 93 | 45 | 10 |
| 2023 | 77 | 13 | 12 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2 | 14 |
| 2021 | 68 | 4 | 19 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- University of California Press
- ISSN
- 0030-8684
- Electronic ISSN
- 1533-8584
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pacific Historical Review
What CAS zone is Pacific Historical Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pacific Historical Review is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Pacific Historical Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pacific Historical Review is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Pacific Historical Review open access, and what is the APC?
Pacific Historical Review is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .