Why submit to The English Historical Review?

The English Historical Review has been publishing original and high-quality historical research since 1886. We publish the best work, in whatever field of study, being produced by historians today for a wide range of scholarly readers.

Read on to learn why The English Historical Review is the perfect home for your research.

Inclusive Scholarship and Publishing

To combat gender and racial imbalance within authorship, EHR has been proactively developing their strategies and processes to improve the diversity of research published. The journal is eager to work with researchers from underrepresented groups to share their work with the world.

Reputation

• The English Historical Review has a dedicated team of experienced editors and editorial board members who are committed to publishing high-quality research in all fields of historical inquiry.

• As of 2017, EHR has reached gender parity on its editorial board, and the journal is taking steps to ensure the work of women in the field is represented by the articles published.

• Research published in EHR has been referenced by media outlets across the globe, including ITV News and The Independent.

Range of content

The English Historical Review publishes research articles, review articles and reviews of books published throughout the world in English and other languages.

EHR is a ‘generalist’ history journal that publishes high quality research in numerous fields of study. The journal encourages submissions that will be of interest to a wide range of scholarly readers.

Article metrics

Article-level metrics, including usage, citations, and Altmetric scores are available for all articles published in the journal, allowing you to understand the reach of your research, and the attention it is receiving online.

Innovative digital publishing

Your article will be on our Oxford Academic platform, which provides a comprehensive suite of features and capabilities for authors. Oxford Academic is easy to use, allowing readers to discover and explore your content from any device. It has been developed using award-winning technology to meet the community’s research needs. There is powerful faceted searching across text and images, downloadable content to enable offline use, and static DOIs and social tools so that readers can share and discuss your article easily. Readers can also use their own accessibility tools and software, as we continue our work to adhere to evolving accessibility standards, including the World Wide Web Consortium guidelines.

Open Access options

The English Historical Review offers the option of publishing under either a standard license or an open access license. Please note that some funders require open access publication as a condition of funding. If you are unsure whether you are required to publish open access, please do clarify any such requirements with your funder or institution.

 OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.

Interested in submitting?

Please refer to our instructions to authors and submissions site for more information.