The Public Historian

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
0.6
SJR
0.214
CiteScore
0.4
Categories
Conservation
History
Museology
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1978-2025
journal names
The Public Historian
PUBL HISTORIAN
Publications
4 872
Citations
2 985
h-index
17
Publications
425
Citations
1 223
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
USA (636 publications)
United Kingdom (26 publications)
Canada (19 publications)
USA (119 publications)
United Kingdom (8 publications)
Canada (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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The Public Historian
109 citations, 3.65%
International Journal of Heritage Studies
68 citations, 2.28%
Archival Science
39 citations, 1.31%
Journal of American History
39 citations, 1.31%
Journal of Policy History
29 citations, 0.97%
SSRN Electronic Journal
29 citations, 0.97%
Museum Management and Curatorship
24 citations, 0.8%
Historical Archaeology
24 citations, 0.8%
Curator
21 citations, 0.7%
Sustainability
19 citations, 0.64%
Winterthur Portfolio
18 citations, 0.6%
Rethinking History
18 citations, 0.6%
Collections A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
18 citations, 0.6%
Archaeologies
17 citations, 0.57%
Memory Studies
16 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Heritage Tourism
16 citations, 0.54%
American Anthropologist
12 citations, 0.4%
Archives and Records
12 citations, 0.4%
Regulation and Governance
12 citations, 0.4%
Contemporary British History
12 citations, 0.4%
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
11 citations, 0.37%
Museums and Social Issues
11 citations, 0.37%
Genealogy
11 citations, 0.37%
Museum Anthropology
10 citations, 0.34%
Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu
10 citations, 0.34%
Geographical Review
9 citations, 0.3%
History Compass
9 citations, 0.3%
Tourism Geographies
9 citations, 0.3%
Australian Historical Studies
9 citations, 0.3%
Business History
8 citations, 0.27%
Historia Critica
8 citations, 0.27%
Journal of the American Planning Association
8 citations, 0.27%
American Antiquity
8 citations, 0.27%
Environmental History
8 citations, 0.27%
Revista Brasileira de Historia
8 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Cultural Geography
8 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Interpretation Research
8 citations, 0.27%
Public Humanities
8 citations, 0.27%
Labor History
7 citations, 0.23%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
7 citations, 0.23%
Land
7 citations, 0.23%
Cities
7 citations, 0.23%
Buildings
7 citations, 0.23%
Heritage and Society
7 citations, 0.23%
Social Identities
7 citations, 0.23%
Anthropologie et Sociétés
7 citations, 0.23%
Ethnologies
7 citations, 0.23%
Urban Geography
6 citations, 0.2%
Urban History
6 citations, 0.2%
Advances in Archaeological Practice
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Documentation
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Archaeological Research
6 citations, 0.2%
Social Dynamics
6 citations, 0.2%
Museum International
6 citations, 0.2%
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
6 citations, 0.2%
Business History Review
6 citations, 0.2%
Visitor Studies
6 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Cultural Policy
6 citations, 0.2%
Public Archaeology
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Urban Affairs
6 citations, 0.2%
Landscape Research
6 citations, 0.2%
Current Anthropology
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Material Culture
5 citations, 0.17%
Area
5 citations, 0.17%
Political Communication
5 citations, 0.17%
Photography and Culture
5 citations, 0.17%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
5 citations, 0.17%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
5 citations, 0.17%
History
5 citations, 0.17%
Progress in Human Geography
5 citations, 0.17%
The Southern Communication Journal
5 citations, 0.17%
Howard Journal of Communications
5 citations, 0.17%
Geoforum
5 citations, 0.17%
Records Management Journal
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
5 citations, 0.17%
Social Science Quarterly
5 citations, 0.17%
Tourism Management
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of American Studies
5 citations, 0.17%
Social Science History
5 citations, 0.17%
Landscape and Urban Planning
5 citations, 0.17%
Annual Review of Anthropology
5 citations, 0.17%
Theory and Research in Social Education
5 citations, 0.17%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
5 citations, 0.17%
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
4 citations, 0.13%
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage
4 citations, 0.13%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
4 citations, 0.13%
Information (Switzerland)
4 citations, 0.13%
Antipode
4 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change
4 citations, 0.13%
Political Geography
4 citations, 0.13%
Environmental Communication
4 citations, 0.13%
Management and Organizational History
4 citations, 0.13%
Latino Studies
4 citations, 0.13%
City and Community
4 citations, 0.13%
Springer Series on Cultural Computing
4 citations, 0.13%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
4 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage
4 citations, 0.13%
Planning Perspectives
4 citations, 0.13%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
612 citations, 20.5%
Springer Nature
271 citations, 9.08%
Wiley
219 citations, 7.34%
SAGE
201 citations, 6.73%
Cambridge University Press
145 citations, 4.86%
Elsevier
122 citations, 4.09%
University of California Press
114 citations, 3.82%
Oxford University Press
97 citations, 3.25%
Duke University Press
92 citations, 3.08%
MDPI
81 citations, 2.71%
Emerald
48 citations, 1.61%
University of Chicago Press
33 citations, 1.11%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
28 citations, 0.94%
Consortium Erudit
24 citations, 0.8%
IGI Global
22 citations, 0.74%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
18 citations, 0.6%
Walter de Gruyter
17 citations, 0.57%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
15 citations, 0.5%
OpenEdition
13 citations, 0.44%
University of Illinois Press
12 citations, 0.4%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
10 citations, 0.34%
Annual Reviews
10 citations, 0.34%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
8 citations, 0.27%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.23%
7 citations, 0.23%
American Psychological Association (APA)
7 citations, 0.23%
Hans Publishers
7 citations, 0.23%
Associacao Nacional dos Professores Universitarios de Historia, ANPUH
6 citations, 0.2%
CAIRN
6 citations, 0.2%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
6 citations, 0.2%
MIT Press
5 citations, 0.17%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
5 citations, 0.17%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
5 citations, 0.17%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
4 citations, 0.13%
Ubiquity Press
4 citations, 0.13%
Intellect
4 citations, 0.13%
Berghahn Books
4 citations, 0.13%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
3 citations, 0.1%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.1%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.1%
Trans Tech Publications
3 citations, 0.1%
Brill
3 citations, 0.1%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
3 citations, 0.1%
IOP Publishing
3 citations, 0.1%
African Studies Association
3 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
3 citations, 0.1%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
3 citations, 0.1%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Edinburgh University Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
2 citations, 0.07%
University of Minnesota Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Indiana University Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
2 citations, 0.07%
2 citations, 0.07%
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University
2 citations, 0.07%
Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
2 citations, 0.07%
2 citations, 0.07%
Florida Gulf Coast University
2 citations, 0.07%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
2 citations, 0.07%
JSTOR
2 citations, 0.07%
MGIMO University
2 citations, 0.07%
AOSIS
2 citations, 0.07%
Universidad de los Andes
2 citations, 0.07%
Equinox Publishing
2 citations, 0.07%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Michigan State University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.03%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Modern Humanities Research Association
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Kyushu University
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
1 citation, 0.03%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.03%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Maisonneuve et Larose
1 citation, 0.03%
McFarland & Co.
1 citation, 0.03%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
1 citation, 0.03%
Open Library of Humanities
1 citation, 0.03%
Academy of Management
1 citation, 0.03%
North American Society for Sport History
1 citation, 0.03%
Architectural Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
British Records Association
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Forensic Science Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Oregon Historical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
1 citation, 0.03%
American Economic Association
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute for Tourism & Croatian Tourist Board
1 citation, 0.03%
Copernicus
1 citation, 0.03%
Fundacio per la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
1 citation, 0.03%
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University of California, Santa Barbara
29 publications, 0.6%
Smithsonian Institution
17 publications, 0.35%
California State University, Sacramento
12 publications, 0.25%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
10 publications, 0.21%
University of South Carolina
10 publications, 0.21%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9 publications, 0.18%
George Mason University
9 publications, 0.18%
University of West Georgia
9 publications, 0.18%
University of California, Los Angeles
8 publications, 0.16%
Loyola University Chicago
8 publications, 0.16%
Brown University
7 publications, 0.14%
University of Maryland, College Park
7 publications, 0.14%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7 publications, 0.14%
American University
6 publications, 0.12%
University of Minnesota
6 publications, 0.12%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
6 publications, 0.12%
William & Mary
6 publications, 0.12%
University of Nebraska at Kearney
6 publications, 0.12%
Central Connecticut State University
6 publications, 0.12%
University of Georgia
6 publications, 0.12%
University of Washington
5 publications, 0.1%
University of California, Davis
5 publications, 0.1%
Northeastern University
5 publications, 0.1%
Queen's University Belfast
5 publications, 0.1%
Boise State University
5 publications, 0.1%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
5 publications, 0.1%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.1%
Kennesaw State University
5 publications, 0.1%
Australian National University
4 publications, 0.08%
Washington State University
4 publications, 0.08%
Oregon State University
4 publications, 0.08%
Tufts University
4 publications, 0.08%
Newcastle University
4 publications, 0.08%
University of Michigan
4 publications, 0.08%
Temple University
4 publications, 0.08%
University of Pennsylvania
4 publications, 0.08%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 publications, 0.08%
Middle Tennessee State University
4 publications, 0.08%
University of Houston
4 publications, 0.08%
New Mexico State University
4 publications, 0.08%
California State University, Bakersfield
4 publications, 0.08%
Florida State University
3 publications, 0.06%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Sydney
3 publications, 0.06%
George Washington University
3 publications, 0.06%
Gallaudet University
3 publications, 0.06%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.06%
Clemson University
3 publications, 0.06%
Virginia Tech
3 publications, 0.06%
University of California, Berkeley
3 publications, 0.06%
Northern Illinois University
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Central Florida
3 publications, 0.06%
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Bristol
3 publications, 0.06%
Michigan Technological University
3 publications, 0.06%
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3 publications, 0.06%
Villanova University
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Florida
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Louisville
3 publications, 0.06%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
3 publications, 0.06%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
3 publications, 0.06%
Appalachian State University
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Delaware
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Utah
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Nebraska at Omaha
3 publications, 0.06%
Portland State University
3 publications, 0.06%
Wichita State University
3 publications, 0.06%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.04%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.04%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.04%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Cape Town
2 publications, 0.04%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.04%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 0.04%
West Virginia University
2 publications, 0.04%
Gonzaga University
2 publications, 0.04%
New York University
2 publications, 0.04%
San Francisco State University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.04%
Eastern Illinois University
2 publications, 0.04%
DePaul University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Santa Cruz
2 publications, 0.04%
Loyola Marymount University
2 publications, 0.04%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 0.04%
Boston College
2 publications, 0.04%
Lancaster University
2 publications, 0.04%
Leiden University
2 publications, 0.04%
Purdue University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.04%
Emory University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Wrocław
2 publications, 0.04%
Duquesne University
2 publications, 0.04%
Florida International University
2 publications, 0.04%
Carleton University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Kentucky
2 publications, 0.04%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 publications, 0.04%
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University of California, Santa Barbara
4 publications, 0.94%
University of Georgia
4 publications, 0.94%
Smithsonian Institution
4 publications, 0.94%
American University
3 publications, 0.71%
Washington State University
3 publications, 0.71%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 0.71%
Loyola University Chicago
3 publications, 0.71%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 0.71%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
3 publications, 0.71%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 publications, 0.71%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.47%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 0.47%
Northeastern University
2 publications, 0.47%
Queen's University Belfast
2 publications, 0.47%
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Wrocław
2 publications, 0.47%
Boise State University
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Louisville
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 publications, 0.47%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Nebraska at Kearney
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 0.47%
Central Connecticut State University
2 publications, 0.47%
Ball State University
2 publications, 0.47%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 0.47%
Southwest State University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.24%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.24%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.24%
Minnan Normal University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.24%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.24%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.24%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.24%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.24%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.24%
Gonzaga University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.24%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Central Florida
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.24%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.24%
Leibniz-Centre for Contemporary History
1 publication, 0.24%
Boston College
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Waterloo
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.24%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.24%
West Chester University
1 publication, 0.24%
Duquesne University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.24%
Western University
1 publication, 0.24%
Saint Mary's University
1 publication, 0.24%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Miami
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.24%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.24%
Appalachian State University
1 publication, 0.24%
Mississippi State University
1 publication, 0.24%
Miami University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.24%
Indiana University Southeast
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Alabama in Huntsville
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Houston
1 publication, 0.24%
Federal University of São Paulo
1 publication, 0.24%
Kennesaw State University
1 publication, 0.24%
Georgia Southern University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of West Georgia
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Iowa
1 publication, 0.24%
Bowling Green State University
1 publication, 0.24%
Cleveland State University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of New Brunswick
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Mississippi
1 publication, 0.24%
University of South Carolina Beaufort
1 publication, 0.24%
University at Albany, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.24%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
California State University, Fullerton
1 publication, 0.24%
Rochester Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.24%
California State University, San Bernardino
1 publication, 0.24%
California State University, Fresno
1 publication, 0.24%
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USA, 636, 13.05%
USA
636 publications, 13.05%
United Kingdom, 26, 0.53%
United Kingdom
26 publications, 0.53%
Canada, 19, 0.39%
Canada
19 publications, 0.39%
Australia, 9, 0.18%
Australia
9 publications, 0.18%
Germany, 6, 0.12%
Germany
6 publications, 0.12%
Netherlands, 4, 0.08%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.08%
Iraq, 3, 0.06%
Iraq
3 publications, 0.06%
Switzerland, 3, 0.06%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.06%
Russia, 2, 0.04%
Russia
2 publications, 0.04%
Greece, 2, 0.04%
Greece
2 publications, 0.04%
Denmark, 2, 0.04%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.04%
Poland, 2, 0.04%
Poland
2 publications, 0.04%
South Africa, 2, 0.04%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.04%
France, 1, 0.02%
France
1 publication, 0.02%
China, 1, 0.02%
China
1 publication, 0.02%
Brazil, 1, 0.02%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.02%
Iran, 1, 0.02%
Iran
1 publication, 0.02%
Ireland, 1, 0.02%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.02%
Spain, 1, 0.02%
Spain
1 publication, 0.02%
Italy, 1, 0.02%
Italy
1 publication, 0.02%
Liberia, 1, 0.02%
Liberia
1 publication, 0.02%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.02%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.02%
Malaysia, 1, 0.02%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.02%
New Zealand, 1, 0.02%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.02%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.02%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.02%
Philippines, 1, 0.02%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.02%
Chile, 1, 0.02%
Chile
1 publication, 0.02%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 119, 28%
USA
119 publications, 28%
United Kingdom, 8, 1.88%
United Kingdom
8 publications, 1.88%
Canada, 3, 0.71%
Canada
3 publications, 0.71%
Germany, 2, 0.47%
Germany
2 publications, 0.47%
Poland, 2, 0.47%
Poland
2 publications, 0.47%
Russia, 1, 0.24%
Russia
1 publication, 0.24%
China, 1, 0.24%
China
1 publication, 0.24%
Brazil, 1, 0.24%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.24%
Greece, 1, 0.24%
Greece
1 publication, 0.24%
Ireland, 1, 0.24%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.24%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.24%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.24%
Netherlands, 1, 0.24%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.24%
Chile, 1, 0.24%
Chile
1 publication, 0.24%
Switzerland, 1, 0.24%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.24%
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