South African Historical Journal

• 1. Introduction

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  In 1969, the South African Historical Journal began publishing quarterly research on the history of the Southern African region. Every submission is vetted by peer review before it reaches print.

  Behind that steady quarterly output sits a specific institutional structure and a measurable scholarly reputation. Who stands behind the journal, how far does its reach extend beyond South Africa, and how does the wider academic world rate its work?

• 2. Institutional Backing

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  The University of South Africa publishes the journal on behalf of the South African Historical Society. That arrangement gives the journal both an institutional home and a sponsoring scholarly society.

  Beyond South Africa's borders, Taylor & Francis distributes the journal to an international readership. That international reach is one of the things that gets weighed when the journal's standing among other publications is measured.

• 3. Scholarly Standing

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  A 2014 assessment placed the journal's impact factor at 0.484. That citation-based figure indicates how often the journal's articles are cited by other scholars.

  The journal is also abstracted and indexed in a number of academic reference services, tools researchers use to locate published scholarship on the region. That single figure, 0.484, stands as the clearest external number attached to the journal's name in any library catalog a reader might consult.