European Review of Economic History

European Review of Economic History
Title	European Review of Economic History
Discipline	Economic history
Abbreviation	Eur. Rev. Econ. Hist.
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Country	United Kingdom
History	1997–present
Frequency	Quarterly
Issn	1361-4916
Eissn	1474-0044

European Review of Economic History is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering economic history with a European emphasis, published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Economic History Society. The journal publishes research articles, reviews, and special issues that connect historical inquiry with scholars working on France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Russia, and Eastern Europe. It attracts contributions from historians and social scientists affiliated with institutions such as the London School of Economics, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, and the European University Institute.

History

The journal was founded in 1997 amid debates associated with the Economic History Society, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press-era expansions, and comparative projects involving Cliometrics, Quantitative history, Fernand Braudel, Anglo-French scholarly exchange, and post-Cold War research on Eastern Europe. Early editorial boards included scholars connected to University of Oxford, London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, and University College London while engaging with themes from the Industrial Revolution, Great Depression, World War I, World War II, and the European integration process. Over time the journal has reflected methodological shifts influenced by figures associated with Robert Fogel, Douglass North, Simon Kuznets, Joseph Schumpeter, and comparative projects involving Bretton Woods-era institutions and postwar reconstruction studies of the Marshall Plan.

Scope and focus

The journal’s remit encompasses empirical and theoretical work on price history, wage patterns, demographic transitions, urbanization, and long-run growth across European polities such as United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans. It publishes research that engages primary sources from archives like the British Library, Archives Nationales (France), Bundesarchiv, and Archivio di Stato as well as quantitative databases curated by projects at Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Nuffield College, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica, and the Maddison Project. Themes often intersect with scholarship on the Industrial Revolution, agrarian change, urban history, migration, colonialism, trade liberalization, financial crises, and institutional change influenced by studies tied to League of Nations statistics and European Community formation.

Editorial structure and peer review

Editorial oversight is provided by an international editorial board drawn from departments at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stockholm University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Bocconi University, European University Institute, and University of Amsterdam. The peer-review process is double-blind and coordinated with peer reviewers recruited from specialist networks including scholars affiliated with the Economic History Society, Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research, and national academies such as the British Academy and Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Editorial policies align with standards promoted by organisations like Committee on Publication Ethics and integrate replication efforts promoted by the Replication Crisis discourse as practiced in panels at conferences such as the Economic History Association annual meeting.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major services including Web of Science, Scopus, EconLit, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Historical Abstracts, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. It is listed in catalogues maintained by the British Library, Library of Congress, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and university libraries across Europe and North America, and is discoverable via aggregators coordinated with JSTOR holdings, ProQuest collections, and subscription platforms managed by Cambridge University Press.

Impact and reception

The journal has been cited in works addressing the Long nineteenth century, the Great Divergence, the Little Divergence, and late nineteenth- and twentieth-century macroeconomic debates informed by scholars like Kenneth Pomeranz, Angus Maddison, Jan de Vries, and E. A. Wrigley. Its impact factor and citation metrics recorded in Journal Citation Reports and Scimago Journal Rank place it among leading outlets for historical macroeconomic analysis, receiving recognition from societies such as the Economic History Society and prize committees awarding the Arthur H. Cole Prize-style distinctions. Reviews in outlets associated with The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic History, and Past & Present have noted its role in promoting methodological pluralism and cross-national comparisons.

Notable articles and special issues

Notable articles have treated topics like the demographic consequences of the Black Death, trade patterns in the Hanseatic League, fiscal-military states in Early Modern Europe, and banking crises linked to the Panic of 1873 and the Banking Crisis of 1931. Special issues have focused on themes such as the Industrial Revolution comparative cases, the economic history of European empires, the history of public finance in states like Spain and France, and sessions drawn from conferences at the European Historical Economics Society, All Souls College, Nuffield College, and the European University Institute.

Access and publication details

The journal is published quarterly by Cambridge University Press with subscription access through institutional subscriptions held by universities such as University of Oxford, King's College London, University of Edinburgh, University of Leiden, and University of Bologna and individual subscriptions for scholars at research centres like CEPR and NBER. It offers online access via the publisher platform, embargoed open-access options compliant with mandates from funders such as the European Research Council and national research councils including the UK Research and Innovation. Print ISSN and electronic ISSN details are maintained in library catalogues and indexing services such as OCLC and CrossRef.

Category:Economic history journals