List of history journals explained
This list of history journals presents representative notable academic journals pertaining to the field of history and historiography. It includes scholarly journals listed by journal databases and professional associations such as: JSTOR, Project MUSE, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association,[1] Goedeken (2000),[2] or are published by national or regional historical societies, or by major scholarly publishers (such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, the University of Chicago Press and Taylor & Francis). It does not include many of the world's 5000 journals devoted to local history or highly specialized topics. This list is a compilation and not one based on an exhaustive examination and judgment of quality.
General history
By period
Classical
Modern and contemporary
Comparative and world
By region
Africa
Egypt
Asia
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australasia and Oceania
Europe
Middle Ages
Britain
Regional or local
Ireland
Eastern Europe and Balkans
See main article: List of Slavic studies journals.
Nordic Europe
Western Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
United States
Canada
By topic
Architectural
Archives
Business, labor and economics
Demography and family
Environment
Ethnic and racial studies
Food history
Genocide
Ideas and historiography
See main article: article.
International relations and diplomatic
Legal
Maritime
Media and books
Military
Politics and public policy
Religion
Science and technology
Social
Teaching and methods
Urban
Women and gender studies
See also
Further reading
- Dalton, Margaret Stieg, and Laurie Charnigo. "Historians and their information sources." College & Research Libraries (2004) 65#5 pp. 400–425. online
- Henson, Kenneth T. "Writing for professional journals." Phi Delta Kappan 80.10 (1999): 780+. online
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre VM. "Acknowledging Clio's lesser children: The importance of journals for historical research and scholarship." Journal of Scholarly Publishing (2008) 39#3 pp: 241–256.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre VM. "The nature of three history journals: A citation experiment." Collection Management 12.34 (1990): 57–67.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre VM, and Edward A. Goedeken. "Trends in historical scholarship as evidenced in the American Historical Review: 1896–1990." Serials Review (1993) 19#2 pp: 79–84.
- Kitchens, Joel D. "Clio on the Web: An Annotated Bibliography of Select E-Journals for History" Perspectives on History (Feb 2000) online
- Lingelbach, Gabriele. "The Institutionalization and Professionalization of History in Europe and the United States." in The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 4: 1800–1945 4 (2011): 78+ online
- Stankus, Tony, and Edward A. Goedeken. "Journals of the Century in Modern History" in Journals of the Century (Haworth Press, 2002) excerpt
- Stieg, Margaret F. The origin and development of scholarly historical periodicals (University Alabama Press, 1986)
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.historians.org/pubs/free/journals/ The American Historical Society's Directory of Journals
- Book: Stankus, Tony . Goedeken, Edward A. . Journals of the Century in Modern History . Journals of the Century . . New York . 2002 . 243–270 . 978-0-7890-1133-6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=O-1qrN9FlYoC&pg=PA251 .
