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The American Historical Review emerged in 1895 through a joint effort between the history departments at Cornell University and Harvard University. Plans to establish this journal began during an American Historical Association meeting held in December 1894.
As of 2023, Oxford University Press has taken over as the publisher for The American Historical Review. From October 2007 until 2011, the University of Chicago Press handled the publishing duties before this transition occurred.
In the 2011 Journal Citation Reports, The American Historical Review held the highest impact factor among all history journals. This status places it above other competing publications in terms of influence and reach within the field.
The journal publishes four issues per year during March, June, September, and December. Approximately 650 book reviews appear each year within these quarterly releases alongside research articles.
Since its inception in 1895, The American Historical Review has maintained an official relationship with the American Historical Association. Edward G. Bourne wrote about this publication in the Journal of Political Economy volume 4 issue 1 in 1895 to document this connection.