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The Journal of Contemporary History was founded in 1966 by Walter Laqueur and George L. Mosse. The journal was originally published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson before being acquired by SAGE Publications in 1972.
The Journal of Contemporary History covers historical events in all parts of the world from 1930 to the present day. It encompasses social, economic, political, diplomatic, intellectual, and cultural history within that span.
The editors-in-chief are Richard J. Evans of the University of Cambridge and Mary C. Neuburger of the University of Texas at Austin.
According to the 2018 Journal Citation Reports, the Journal of Contemporary History has an impact factor of 0.769, ranking it 22nd out of 95 journals in the History category.
Yes, the Journal of Contemporary History is abstracted and indexed in both Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index.
The journal began including reviews of individual books in 2008, in addition to its existing review articles covering a range of books within a single critical essay.