Journal profile · HISTORY
Public History Review
ISSN 1037-9851 · eISSN 1833-4989 · UTS ePRESS · Australia
Public History Review: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); indexed in ESCI; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 31): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public History Review is published by UTS ePRESS 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 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Museums and Cultural Heritage and Australian History and Society, together about 34.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public History Review, an international peer reviewed journal, is concerned with nature and forms of public history: with ideas as to what constitutes the ‘public’ in history making, with the means by which history is communicated to a range of audiences and with the ways in which the past operates in the present. The journal provides a forum for historians working heritage, museums, government departments, the media, schools, as freelances and in other areas of the culture to pursue issues and reflect on practice, comment on historical representations or extend our knowledge of public history as a field of study. Contributions from others such as archaeologists, conservation and landscape architects and curators on history-related matters are also encouraged. The journal also aims to engage academic historians more fully with the concerns of the public and public history work. It also seeks to articulate creative tensions between theory and practice. We welcome reviewers! If you would like to review works for Public History Review please email the Journal Editor Paul.Ashton@uts.edu.au to state your interest.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 7, United Kingdom 2, United States 1, New Zealand 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities15.4%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities10.7%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences8.8%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology8.5%
- Oral History, Memory, Narrative AnalysisArts and Humanities8.5%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences8.1%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences6.3%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial 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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 182 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 28 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 120 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Our editors are required to declare any potential competing interests in undertaking their editorial duties. In cases where a manuscript is submitted by a colleague at their own institution or from their resesarch networks, editors will remove themselves from the decision-making process. A co-editor, or an external trusted expert, with no such connections, is then asked to act as the editor for th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Handling of Suspected Misconduct
Issues of suspected misconduct will be handled in accordance with the guidelines set out by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who submit articles to this journal from 31st March 2014 for publication, agree to the following terms: a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share and adapt the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No APC or submission charge. Model summary
This journal provides open access to all of it content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. For more information on this approach, see the Public Knowledge Project, which has designed this system to improve the scholarly an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All articles submitted to Public History Review are reviewed by two independent peer referees who are qualified experts in the subject field. Authors and reviewers remain anonymous. Reviewers' recommendations are taken into consideration by the editors in determining publication and revisions. For further information on best practice peer review processes, please see the COPE Code of Conduct for J…
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
- UTS ePRESS
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1037-9851
- Electronic ISSN
- 1833-4989
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public History Review
What CAS zone is Public History Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public History Review is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Public History Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Public History Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Public History Review based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (7), United Kingdom (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public History Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public History Review is indexed in ESCI.
Is Public History Review open access, and what is the APC?
Public History Review is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .