Zapiski Historyczne

Aims & Scope

The aim of the journal is to contribute to the development of research on the history of the Baltic region, especially its southern part, and to participate in scholarly discussions related to the history of this region. Geographically, the area of interest encompasses: Northern Germany, including the current federal states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg (thus, the lands of the former Kingdom of Prussia and the area of activity of the Hansa), Northern Poland (Pomerania, the region of the Vistula estuary, Northern Greater Poland and Northern Mazovia), former East Prussia (Warmia and Masuria, Russian Kaliningrad Oblast), the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia), including the historical territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after 1569, the lands of Northwest Russia, as well as Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland). The texts published in Zapiski Historyczne embrace the whole chronological scope of the history of the Baltic region suitable for historical studies, that is, the period from approximately the first millennium A.D. to the most recent times. The scope of scholarly disciplines broached in the texts ranges from history, to archaeology, to art history and other fields of research on the past. The journal publishes about 30 texts each year, including original scholarly articles, review articles and source editions. Zapiski Historyczne also provides a platform for scholarly discourse, by publishing discussion articles and book reviews dedicated to publications on the history of the Baltic region. The international character of the journal is determined, on the one hand, by the articles published by foreign authors and, on the other hand, by the presentation of the academic output of Polish researchers in English and German through special thematic issues, published at least once a year. Zapiski Historyczne publishes works in Polish, English and German. Regardless of the language of publication, each scholarly article is provided with full metadata in English in order to make it easier for foreign readers to find it on the Internet. The journal welcomes publications from researchers on all stages of academic career, both scholars affiliated at academic institutions and independent researchers, whose texts have a proven scholarly value.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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