Journal of world history
Last updated ISSN 1045-6007
Journal of world history is published by World History Association in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of world history concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Chinese history and philosophy
- Japanese History and Culture
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Philippine History and Culture
- History of Science and Medicine
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Australian History and Society
- African history and culture studies
Key facts
| Publisher | World History Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1045-6007, 1527-8050 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,869 |
| Publishing since | 1957 |
| Journal website | www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/t-journal-of-world-history.as |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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