Journal of Policy History

Journal of Policy History
Title	Journal of Policy History
Discipline	Public policy; history
Abbreviation	J. Policy Hist.
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Country	United States
History	1989–present
Frequency	Quarterly
Issn	0898-0306
Eissn	1527-2568

Journal of Policy History The Journal of Policy History is a peer‑reviewed academic periodical publishing historical research on public policy development, implementation, and consequences. It features archival case studies, comparative analyses, and historiographical essays that intersect with notable institutions and figures across United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Supreme Court of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Grover Cleveland, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Gerald Ford, William Howard Taft.

History

Founded in 1989, the journal emerged amid debates among scholars affiliated with American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress, Kennedy School of Government, Brookings Institution, Hoover Institution, Urban Institute, and Rand Corporation. Early issues showcased research tied to landmark events and legislation such as the New Deal, Great Depression, Progressive Era, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Social Security Act, Medicare (United States), Medicaid, Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896), Civil Rights Movement, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Cold War, and the Marshall Plan. Editors and contributors have included scholars connected to Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Duke University, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Claremont Graduate University, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, Indiana University and policy practitioners from Federal Reserve System, Department of State (United States), Department of the Treasury (United States), Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services.

Scope and Content

The journal publishes articles that situate policy decisions within institutional histories tied to entities like Congressional Budget Office, Office of Management and Budget, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Council, United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, World Health Organization, and landmark courts including the European Court of Human Rights. Featured topics span administrative reform associated with Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, regulatory episodes such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, fiscal initiatives like the Revenue Act of 1924, and programmatic developments connected to Tennessee Valley Authority, Works Progress Administration, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Food Stamp Act of 1964, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the Affordable Care Act. Comparative pieces examine policy legacies in contexts involving United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, India, China, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, and Turkey.

Editorial Board and Peer Review

The editorial board typically includes historians and policy scholars affiliated with Harvard Kennedy School, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Hoover Institution, Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and major university departments such as Department of History, Columbia University, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley, Department of History, Yale University, Department of History, University of Chicago. Peer review is double‑blind in standard practice, drawing referees from networks centered on organizations like Oberlin College, Williams College, Amherst College, Swarthmore College, Wesleyan University, and graduate programs at London School of Economics, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Sciences Po, and research centers including National Bureau of Economic Research, Social Science Research Council, Economic History Association, Phi Alpha Theta.

Abstracting and Indexing

Articles are abstracted and indexed in major services and bibliographies associated with ProQuest, EBSCOhost, Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR, Project MUSE, Google Scholar, CrossRef, DOAJ, and library catalogs of the Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, National Diet Library (Japan). The journal’s contents are discoverable through citation indices connected to Clarivate Analytics and specialist bibliographies maintained by American Historical Association and Organization of American Historians.

Publication and Access

Published quarterly by Cambridge University Press in collaboration with scholarly associations and university centers, the journal offers institutional subscriptions for universities like Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, University of California system, State University of New York, University of Texas at Austin, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and consortia including JSTOR, Project MUSE, and national libraries such as the Library of Congress and National Archives and Records Administration. Access options include print issues, online individual subscriptions, and campus‑wide licenses; special thematic issues have been guest‑edited with contributors from International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, OECD, and national research councils like National Science Foundation.

Impact and Reception

Scholars cite the journal in works published by university presses including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, Harvard University Press, Yale University Press, Columbia University Press, University of Chicago Press, and it informs policy discussions in forums tied to Congressional Research Service, Government Accountability Office, White House briefings, and policy centers such as Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute. Reviews and literature assessments have appeared in outlets like Perspectives on Politics, American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Public Administration Review, and Political Science Quarterly, and the journal’s articles have been used in syllabi at institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, London School of Economics, and University of Oxford.

Category:Academic journals Category:History journals Category:Public policy journals