History · 281 journals indexed
Best journals for History
The top History journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusPubMed
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- 11English Literary Renaissance0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Chicago PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Journal of British Studies0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Contemporary French Civilization0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Liverpool University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 27História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Bulletin of the history of medicine0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Johns Hopkins University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandScopus
- 33Historia Contemporánea0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · University of the Basque CountryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36The English Historical Review0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 39Anuario de Estudios Medievales0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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