Journal profile · Multiple
War in History
ISSN 0968-3445 · eISSN 1477-0385 · SAGE
War in History: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.17; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 60 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 34.9% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
War in History is published by SAGE 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 World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact, Military History and Strategy and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, together about 32.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published quarterly, War in History is a peer reviewed journal that publishes articles on war in all its aspects: economic, social, political and military including the study of naval forces, maritime power and air forces, as well as more narrowly defined military matters. There is no restriction as to period. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 13, United States 10, Germany 2, France 2, Israel 2 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences12.8%
- Military History and StrategySocial Sciences10.4%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities9.1%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences8.3%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences8%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences7.4%
- Intelligence, Security, War StrategySocial Sciences4.1%
- Historical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences4%
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 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.17LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,187 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 50 | 19 | 2 |
| 2024 | 62 | 17 | 6 |
| 2023 | 48 | 17 | 4 |
| 2022 | 63 | 9 | 15 |
| 2021 | 55 | 15 | 15 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
60 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 34.9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- articlesWar in History publishes articles of between 7,000 and 10,000 words including notes (citations).Length not stated
- book reviewWar in History publishes articles on the relationship between war and society, the study of naval forces, maritime power and air forces, as well as more narrowl…Length not stated
- book reviewsIn addition War in History publishes review articles and book reviews.Length not stated
- review articleWar in History publishes articles on the relationship between war and society, the study of naval forces, maritime power and air forces, as well as more narrowl…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesReview articles should be no longer than 5,000 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints not accepted Model summary
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0968-3445
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-0385
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about War in History
What CAS zone is War in History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, War in History is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History / International Relations. 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 War in History?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.17; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 31.
How long does peer review take at War in History?
The publisher reports about 60 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 34.9%. 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 War in History?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 War in History based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (13), United States (10) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index War in History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, War in History is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is War in History open access, and what is the APC?
War in History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .