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Journal of Southern History

Southern Historical Association · United States · Est. 1934

ISSN0022-4642eISSN2325-6893

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total12

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.129

H-Index

149

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.301

Total Works

16,000

Total Citations

167,761

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope

The Journal of Southern History has published the best of southern history for more than ninety years. It fosters historically-based thinking in and about the American South, promotes the study and teaching of southern history at all educational levels, encourages the collection and preservation of historical records within the American South, supports and encourages state and local historical societies, museums, and educational organizations within the American South, and advocates on behalf of the South's history educators. It represents all historians of the South and all historians in the South.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1934

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive

Total Publications16,000

Publisher OrgSouthern Historical Association

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble blind

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Southern Historical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0022-4642 / 2325-6893

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories