Journal metric profile

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 11/538 Recorded category rank

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 11 out of 538 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 4,221 total citations, 46 total articles, 67 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.800, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 3.100.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 22.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 16.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is identified in this record by print ISSN 0002-8762 and electronic ISSN 1937-5239. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameAMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
Abbreviated journalAM HIST REV
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,283
ISSN0002-8762
eISSN1937-5239
Total cites4,221
Total articles46
Citable items67
Cited half-life22.2 years
Citing half-life16.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.200
5-Year Impact Factor1.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.100
Journal Citation Indicator3.100
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank11/538
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is 1.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW?

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW?

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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