Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
ISSN 1572-1701 · eISSN 2468-9068 · International Institute of Social History · Netherlands
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis is published by International Institute of Social History. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Economic and Social Studies, Medieval and Early Modern Justice and Biographical and Historical Analysis, together about 45.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History is the Dutch-Flemish journal of social and economic history. It is an open access, peer-reviewed, scientific journal which was granted A status/ INT 1 by the European Science Foundation. The journal publishes articles and reviews in the fields of social and economic history in the broad sense, with a particular but not exclusive interest in the low countries. The journal has a strong interest in the manner in which people in the past have interacted with each other and given shape to social, economic, cultural and political patterns. Key notions here are economic growth, power and (in)equality, group cultures, networks, identity, gender, ethnicity, ecology, trade and technique, entrepreneurship, labour and social movements. The journal issues three numbers a year.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 4, Belgium 4 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance35.2%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences5.1%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.9%
- Historical Economic and Legal ThoughtSocial Sciences4.8%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities4.3%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities3.2%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities3.1%
- Colonial History and Postcolonial StudiesSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q2 | 799/1936 | 58th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1236/1530 | 19th |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 250/283 | 11th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,512 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 74 |
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | 104 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 71 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 120 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | 89 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 78 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | — |
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
- Abstract
- 75–125 words
Article types accepted3
- book reviewBook Review Joris Verheijen, Revolutie in de schoolgang.Length not stated
- data articleData Article Assessing Ghent's City Directories for Socio-Economic Historical Research (1770-1932)Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article The Patent System of the Netherlands in a Belgian Mirror, 1817-1869Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors, licensed under CC BY-4.0 Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-4.0 International (CC BY-4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors encouraged to deposit published article in institutional repository Model summary
Authors are explicitly encouraged to deposit their published article in their institutional repository.
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 Institute of Social History
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English, Dutch
- ISSN
- 1572-1701
- Electronic ISSN
- 2468-9068
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
How long does peer review take at Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (4) and Belgium (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis open access, and what is the APC?
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis 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: .