Historical Methods reaches an international audience of historians and other social scientists concerned with historical problems. It explores interdisciplinary approaches to new data sources, new approaches to older questions and material, and practical discussions of computer and statistical methodology, data collection, and sampling procedures. Articles published in Historical Methods are often intended to describe a new data infrastructure project, offer insights on a new source of historical data to guide others in the use of the same data, or discuss ways to operationalize data or to implement new methodological approaches that others may emulate with similar data. In addition to its longtime interest in quantitative approaches to historical questions, Historical Methods also encourages submission of articles which address topics in the digital humanities and the rhetoric of social scientific history.
We invite submission of full-length articles which are approximately 7,000 to 10,000 words of text (not including reference list, footnotes, tables & figures and any supplements) and which offer an in-depth analysis and discussion of the above-mentioned topics. We prefer to receive fully developed articles rather than research notes, in keeping with the mission of Historical Methods to unpack the “black box” of materials and methods used in social science history and digital history.
The “Instructions for Authors” indicate the wide variety of complementary materials which can be published alongside articles. We encourage authors to include in their submission materials for supplementary online publication. Supplementary database documentation and more detailed tables can be published in these online supplements, as well as videos, sound files and other pertinent information. Alongside tables and figures, we also encourage colour illustrations, colour images of original source material and maps. Finally, we encourage authors to provide access to the data underlying their project in open data repositories, and to provide a link to these data.
Peer Review Policy:
All articles have undergone anonymous double anonymized review.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
![Sample our Humanities journals, sign in here to start your FREE access for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/110812/Subject-Sample-2021-Humanities.jpg"})