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| Discipline | World history |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Ewout Frankema |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2006–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Triannual |
| 2.000 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | J. Glob. Hist. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 1740-0228 (print) 1740-0236 (web) |
| LCCN | 2006257208 |
| OCLC no. | 70078780 |
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TheJournal of Global History is a triannualpeer-reviewedacademichistory journal covering the study ofcomparative,world, andglobal history. It was established in 2006 and is published byCambridge University Press. Theeditor-in-chief is Ewout Frankema (Wageningen University & Research).
Popular topics for the journal includeglobalization,comparative history, and cross-border history. Articles are meant to engage in interdisciplinary debates among historians sociologists, economists, and political scientists, as well as specialists in non-written histories, such as geographers, archaeologists, and biologists.[1]
Early ideas for a journal of global history began at theInstitute of Historical Research when its directorPatrick K. O'Brien created a new seminar in 1990. In 2003, the Global Economic History Network connected 49 historians to discuss the history of globalization.[2] Subsequently, a graduate degree was created at theLondon School of Economics that focused on "meta-narratives in history", focusing on environments, geopolitics, religions, cultures, economies, gender, ideas, and science. Five years after the degree was launched, the London School of Economics andCambridge University Press co-sponsoredThe Journal of Global History.[3]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021impact factor of 2.000.[7]