Journal profile · MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
ISSN 0268-117X · eISSN 2050-4616 · Taylor & Francis
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 155 days to acceptance (45 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 50% (journal website); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Scottish History and National Identity, together about 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Seventeenth Century is established as the leading forum for interdisciplinary approaches to the period, and complements these with stimulating specialist studies on a wide range of subjects. The journal is international in its scope. There is a general preference for articles embodying original research. All contributions should be accessible to scholars who are not specialists in the field concerned. Subjects covered include literature, political and economic history, social history, theology, philosophy, colonial history, natural sciences, music, and the visual arts. There is substantial coverage of book reviews; the journal also publishes review articles and surveys of recent research. From time to time special issues will be devoted to one theme or topic, although the journal normally aims for a broad spread of interest in each issue. The Seventeenth Century is listed in the Clarivate Analytics Arts & Humanities Citation Index.® Peer Review Policy All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Richard MaberPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities16.1%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Scottish History and National IdentityArts and Humanities8.6%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.5%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities6.3%
- Historical Studies of British IslesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Historical Influence and DiplomacySocial Sciences4.9%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities4.2%
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 | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 3 |
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
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
Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, Humanities Source, Humanities Source Ultimate, MLA International BibliographyPublisher 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
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.19Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.64Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 84,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 84,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,335 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 67 | 24 | 4 |
| 2024 | 55 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023 | 88 | 34 | 79 |
| 2022 | 65 | 16 | 71 |
| 2021 | 55 | 15 | 108 |
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
155 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 214 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (45 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 191 days
- Sample
- 45 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 2,490 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- book reviewsThere is substantial coverage of book reviewsLength not stated
- original researchThere is a general preference for articles embodying original research.Length not stated
- review articlesthe journal also publishes review articles and surveys of recent researchLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available. Model summary
The Seventeenth Century 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 ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review; online submission via Taylor & Francis Submission Portal. Model summary
All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal.
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
- 0268-117X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-4616
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
What CAS zone is SEVENTEENTH CENTURY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 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.
What is the impact factor of SEVENTEENTH CENTURY?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at SEVENTEENTH CENTURY?
Based on the dates recorded on 45 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 155 days (interquartile range 84–214 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 50% (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.
Which databases index SEVENTEENTH CENTURY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is SEVENTEENTH CENTURY open access, and what is the APC?
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,490.
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: .