This list of history journals presents representative 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, Questia and Goedeken (2000), 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.
Modern and contemporary
Eighteenth-Century Studies
The Historical Journal
Journal of Contemporary History
The Journal of Modern History
Comparative and world
Comparative Civilizations Review
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Journal of World History
African Archaeological Review
African Economic History
African Historical Review
Afrique & Histoire
History in Africa
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Journal of Modern African Studies
Journal of Southern African Studies
South African Historical Journal
Zaïre. Revue Congolaise—Congoleesch Tijdschrift, 1920–60
Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt
Ostracon
Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur
Asian Survey
Central Asian Survey
Iranian Studies (journal)
Journal of American-East Asian Relations
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Journal of Asian Studies
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Modern Asian Studies
Bulletin of the National Museum of Japanese History, in Japanese
Central Asian Survey
Chinese Studies in History
East Asian History
Journal of Japanese Studies
Journal of Modern Chinese History
Korean Studies
Late Imperial China
Modern China: An International Journal of History and Social Science
Monumenta Nipponica, Japanese studies (in English)
Sino-Japanese Studies
Social Science Japan Journal
T'oung Pao: International Journal of Chinese Studies
Contemporary South Asia
Indian Economic and Social History Review
Indian Historical Review
Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society
South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
South Asia Research
Brunei Museum Journal
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research
Australasia and Oceania
Australian Cultural History
Australian Historical Studies
Australian Journal of Politics and History
History Australian
The Journal of Pacific History
New Zealand Journal of History
NZ Legacy magazine - the official magazine of the New Zealand Federation of Historical Societies
Oceania
Contemporary European History
European History Quarterly
European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire
First World War Studies
Historical Social Research
Itinerario
Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes
Early Medieval Europe
Journal of Medieval History
The Medieval Review
Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
Albion
Anglo-Norman Studies
Anglo-Saxon England
Arthuriana
Britain and the World, formerly British Scholar
Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies
Contemporary British History
The Irish Sword, formerly Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland
Journal of British Studies
Journal of Scottish Historical Studies, formerly Scottish Economic and Social History
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
The Scottish Historical Review
Twentieth Century British History
Studia Hibernica
Victorian Studies
Regional or local
Archaeologica Aeliana (Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Archaeologia Cantiana (Kent Archaeological Society)
Derbyshire Archaeological Journal (Derbyshire Archaeological Society)
Lincolnshire History and Archaeology (Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology)
Midlands History
Morgannwg (Glamorgan History Society)
Northern History
Oxoniensia (Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society)
The London Journal
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Transactions of the Thoroton Society (Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire)
Surrey Archaeological Collections (Surrey Archaeological Society)
Eastern Europe and Balkans
Journal of Baltic Studies
Journal of Modern Greek Studies
Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography
Journal of Slavic Military Studies
Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
Kwartalnik Historyczny
The Polish Review
Russian History
The Russian Review
Russian Studies in History
Historisk Tidskrift (Sweden)
Historisk Tidsskrift (Denmark)
Historisk Tidsskrift (Norway)
Nordic Historical Review
Scandinavian Journal of History
Belgisch tijdschrift voor nieuwste geschiedenis-Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine (BTNG-RBHC)
Central European History
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft
Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies
French Colonial History
French Historical Studies
French History
French Studies: A Quarterly Review
German History
German Studies Review
Historische Zeitschrift
Latin America and the Caribbean
The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History
Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura
Colonial Latin American Review
Hispanic American Historical Review
Historia
Journal of Latin American Studies
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos
Revista Complutense de Historia de América
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Iranian Studies Journal
Jerusalem Quarterly
Journal of Israeli History: Politics, Society, Culture
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Journal of Palestine Studies
Palestine Exploration Quarterly
United States and Canada
American Nineteenth Century History
American Quarterly
American Review of Canadian Studies
Canada's History, Formerly The Beaver (1920 – 2010)
Canadian Historical Review, the major scholarly journal
Civil War History
The Journal of American History (formerly Mississippi Valley Historical Review)
Journal of American Studies
Journal of the Early Republic
Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Pacific Historical Review
Reviews in American History
William and Mary Quarterly, pre-1815
Regions, states and provinces
Acadiensis, covers Atlantic Canada
Alberta history
Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South, 1927 to 2006
California History, formerly California Historical Quarterly and California Historical Society Quarterly
Chicago History
The Chronicles of Oklahoma
Florida Historical Quarterly
Georgia Historical Quarterly
Historical Journal of Massachusetts
Journal of Illinois History
Indiana Magazine of History
Journal of Southern History
Journal of the Southwest
Journal of the West
The Kansas Historical Quarterly
Manitoba History
Michigan Historical Review
Middle West Review
Minnesota History
Missouri Historical Review
Montana: The Magazine of Western History
The New England Quarterly
North Carolina Historical Review
Northwest Ohio History
Ohio History
Ontario History
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Pacific Northwest Quarterly
Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française focus on Quebec
Saskatchewan History
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Western Historical Quarterly
Wisconsin Magazine of History
American Archivist
Archives
Business, labor and economics
African Economic History
Agricultural History
Agricultural History Review
Business History
Business History Review
Communisme
Economic History Review
Enterprise and Society
European Review of Economic History
Financial History Review
International Labor and Working Class History
Journal of Economic History
Labor History
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas
Labour/Le Travail
Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Demography and family
Continuity and Change: A Journal of Social Structure, Law and Demography in Past Societies
The History of the Family
Journal of Family History: Studies in Family, Kinship and Demography
Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth
History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society
History of Education Quarterly
Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education
Ethnic and racial studies
Amerasia Journal: The National Interdisciplinary Journal of Scholarship, Criticism, and Literature on Asian and Pacific Americans
American Jewish History
Immigrants & Minorities: Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora
Jewish Culture and History
Journal of African American History, formerly The Journal of Negro History (1916–2001)
Journal of American Ethnic History
Journal of Asian American Studies
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History
Journal of Genocide Research
Ideas and historiography
Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
History and Theory
Intellectual History Review
Journal of the History of Ideas
Social Science History
American Journal of Legal History
Comparative Legal History (since 2013)
Journal of Legal History
Quaderni fiorentini per la storia del pensiero giuridico moderno (since 1972)
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History (journal of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, since 2002)
Revista Chilena de Historia del Derecho
Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review (since 1918)
Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte (since 1815/1880)
American Neptune
International Journal of Maritime History
Journal for Maritime Research
Mariner's Mirror
Northern Mariner
American Journalism: A Journal of Media History
American Literary History
Book History
Film & History
The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Huntington Library Quarterly
Media History, formerly Studies in Newspaper and Periodical History (1993 - 1997)
Military and diplomatic
Air Power History
Diplomatic History
The International History Review
Journal of American-East Asian Relations
Journal of Cold War Studies
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Medieval Military History
Journal of Military History
Journal of Peace Research
The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
Politics and public policy
American Communist History
Congress and the Presidency
The Journal of Legislative Studies
Journal of Policy History
Presidential Studies Quarterly
The Public Historian
American Jewish History
Anglican & Episcopal History
Anuario de Historia de la Iglesia, in Spanish
Baptist History & Heritage Journal
British Catholic History
The Catholic Historical Review
Church History
History of Religions
John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, on Mormons
Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Journal of Mormon History
Journal of Religious History
The Mennonite Quarterly Review
Methodist History Journal
Mormon Historical Studies
Numen
Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique, published in English French and German
Science and technology
Annals of Science
The British Journal for the History of Science
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Centaurus
Early Science and Medicine
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
History and Technology
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Isis
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Notes and Records of the Royal Society
Nursing History Review
Osiris
Quest: The History of Spaceflight
The Rutherford Journal
Technology and Culture
Histoire sociale/Social History, focus on Canada
Historical Social Research
History of Intellectual Culture
History Workshop Journal
Journal of Social History
Social Science History
Teaching and methods
The History Teacher
The Oral History Review
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
Journal of Planning History
Journal of Urban History
Urban History
Urban History Review - Revue d'histoire urbaine, focus on Canada
Women and gender studies
Aspasia
Feminist Studies
Gender & History
Journal of the History of Sexuality
Journal of Women's History
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