Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Zeithistorische Forschungen
ISSN 1612-6033 · eISSN 1612-6041 · Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht Verlage · Germany
Zeithistorische Forschungen: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zeithistorische Forschungen is published by Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht Verlage. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Policy and Reform Studies, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Political Economy and Marxism, together about 33.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
»Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History« (ZF/SCH) ist ein Peer-Review-Journal, das seit 2004 frei zugänglich im Internet sowie in einer gedruckten Ausgabe im Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht erscheint. Pro Jahrgang werden zwei Hefte publiziert (ab dem Jg. 21/2024–2025; zuvor jeweils drei Hefte). Geographisch, thematisch und methodisch verfolgt die Zeitschrift ein breites Verständnis von Zeitgeschichte: Beiträge zur deutschen und europäischen Geschichte des 20. und des beginnenden 21.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences11.1%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences11.1%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities11.1%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences11.1%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities11.1%
- History, Culture, and DiplomacyArts and Humanities11.1%
- German History and SocietyArts and Humanities11.1%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q2 | 797/1936 | 58th |
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
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
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review, Single anonymous peer review, Unspecified 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted8
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Follows DFG guidelines for good scientific practice and the publication ethics of Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage. Model summary
Es gelten die Leitlinien zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Zudem folgt die Zeitschrift der generellen Publikationsethik der Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage und den dort genannten Verpflichtungen.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
All texts from volume 18 (2021) are published under CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Model summary
Ab dem Jahrgang 18 (2021) werden sämtliche Texte unter der Lizenz CC BY-SA 4.0 publiziert.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Only original contributions are published; no secondary publications. Model summary
Veröffentlicht werden nur Originalbeiträge, keine Zweitpublikationen.
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
- Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht Verlage
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 1612-6033
- Electronic ISSN
- 1612-6041
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zeithistorische Forschungen
How long does peer review take at Zeithistorische Forschungen?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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.
Which databases index Zeithistorische Forschungen?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zeithistorische Forschungen is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Zeithistorische Forschungen open access, and what is the APC?
Zeithistorische Forschungen 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .