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| Oxford Historical Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Oxford Historical Review |
| Discipline | History |
| Abbreviation | Oxf. Hist. Rev. |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1901–present |
| Issn | 0000-0000 |
Oxford Historical Review
The Oxford Historical Review is a quarterly academic journal established in 1901 and published by Oxford University Press. It has published scholarship on European, American, Asian, African, and Latin American subjects and has featured work connected to University of Oxford, British Academy, Royal Historical Society, Cambridge University Press authors, and scholars associated with Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Stanford University. Articles have engaged archival collections such as The National Archives (UK), British Library, Bodleian Library, National Archives and Records Administration and repositories including Vatican Secret Archives, Archives Nationales (France), Bundesarchiv, Archivio di Stato di Firenze.
Founded during the Edwardian era, the journal grew out of debates among fellows at All Souls College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, and Balliol College, Oxford about the professionalization of historical study following models from École des Chartes, German Historical School, and American historical departments at Johns Hopkins University. Early editors drew on networks that included historians connected with League of Nations diplomacy, the Imperial Conference (1921), and the intellectual milieu around Institute of Historical Research. The journal published contemporaneous commentary on events such as the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, and the interwar crises that involved figures linked to Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and David Lloyd George. Post-1945 issues reflected scholarly engagement with the United Nations, Cold War, European Economic Community, decolonization in India, Algerian War, and independence movements across Africa.
The Review covers political, diplomatic, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual histories with geographical breadth across Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. It publishes articles on periods spanning antiquity through contemporary history, featuring work on topics like the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War, the Meiji Restoration, the Taiping Rebellion, the Opium Wars, the Partition of India, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and the Arab Spring. The journal includes archival research drawing on collections such as Cambridge University Library, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Trove, and the National Library of Australia, as well as historiographical essays on scholarship by figures like E. P. Thompson, Eric Hobsbawm, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel, and Natalie Zemon Davis.
The editorial board has historically included fellows from Oxford University, scholars from University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, McGill University, University of Toronto, and visiting editors from institutions such as German Historical Institute, Beijing University, École Normale Supérieure, and the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History. Submissions undergo double-blind peer review with referees drawn from specialists on topics as diverse as Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire, Renaissance Italy, Reformation, Enlightenment, Victorian Era, and Cold War studies. The Review follows editorial standards modeled after professional guidelines established by Royal Historical Society and international codes used by Committee on Publication Ethics.
Issued quarterly, the Review is distributed in print and online platforms hosted by Oxford University Press and aggregated by services such as JSTOR, Project MUSE, EBSCOhost, and ProQuest. Institutional subscriptions include university libraries at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, University of Tokyo, University of Cape Town, University of São Paulo, and national libraries like Library of Congress and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Special themed issues have been produced in collaboration with conferences at British Academy, International Congress of Historical Sciences, African Studies Association, and centers such as Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies.
The journal is indexed in major bibliographic databases including Scopus, Web of Science, Historical Abstracts, America: History and Life, and MLA International Bibliography. Its impact factor and citation metrics are routinely cited in evaluations at institutions like Research Excellence Framework and departmental reviews at University of Edinburgh, King's College London, University of Toronto, and Australian Research Council-assessed units. Citation networks often connect articles to scholarship published in The English Historical Review, American Historical Review, Past & Present, Journal of Modern History, and region-specific journals such as The Journal of African History and Journal of Asian Studies.
Noteworthy articles have addressed landmark events and figures including the Glorious Revolution, the Congress of Vienna, the Great Depression, the Marshall Plan, and biographies of scholars and statesmen like Thomas Hobbes, Niccolò Machiavelli, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Simón Bolívar, Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, and Nelson Mandela. The Review has published cutting-edge archival discoveries from collections such as the Winston Churchill Archive, the Hoover Institution Library, the Gandhi Papers Project, and the Tudor State Papers, influencing debates on topics from slavery in the Atlantic World to industrialization in Meiji Japan and the history of international law.
Articles and special issues have received prizes from bodies like the British Academy, Royal Historical Society, American Historical Association, Phi Beta Kappa Society, and subject-specific awards such as the Whitfield Prize, Harriman Prize, and the Cundill History Prize. Editors and contributors have been fellows of British Academy, members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recipients of honorary degrees from University of Cambridge and Harvard University, and winners of national honours such as the Order of the British Empire.
Category:Historical journals