About the Journal
Founded in 1952, Past & Present is widely acknowledged to be the liveliest and most stimulating historical journal in the English-speaking world. The journal offers:
- A wide variety of scholarly and original articles on historical, social and cultural change in all parts of the world.
- Four issues a year, each containing around seven major articles plus occasional debates and review essays.
- Challenging work by young historians as well as seminal articles by internationally regarded scholars.
- A range of articles that appeal to specialists and non-specialists, and communicate the results of the most recent historical research in a readable and lively form.
- A forum for debate, encouraging productive controversy.
- The examination of particular problems and periods as well as wider issues of historical change.
Impact Factor and Ranking
Year | Impact Factor | Ssi: History |
---|---|---|
2023 | 1.8 | 3 out of 518 |
2022 | 1.8 | 4 out of 101 |
2020 | 2.188 | 2 out of 101 |
2019 | 0.831 | 10 out of 100 |
2018 | 1.032 | 7 out of 89 |
2017 | 0.913 | 8 out of 89 |
2016 | 0.966 | 7 out of 87 |
2015 | 0.588 | 10 out of 87 |
2014 | 0.544 | 17 out of 87 |
2013 | 0.395 | 16 out of 72 |
2012 | 0.447 | 17 out of 69 |
2011 | 0.247 | 30 out of 55 |
2010 | 0.253 | 25 out of 43 |
2009 | 0.226 | 16 out of 31 |
2008 | 0.139 | 17 out of 22 |
2007 | 0.607 | 4 out of 17 |
2006 | 0.510 | 6 out of 16 |
This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports (Source: Journal Impact Factor™, from Clarivate, 2023), published annually as part of the Social Science Citation Index by ISI.
Abstracting and Indexing Services
Past and Present is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services:
America: History and Life
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British Humanities Index
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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Geographical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts
History Study Center
Humanities Index/Abstracts/Full Text
IBSS
Info-South Abstracts
Infotrac
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Journal Citation Reports /Social Sciences Edition
Magazine Search
Newspaper & Periodicals Abstracts
Periodicals Index Online (PIO)
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