The ''Journal of Interdisciplinary History'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by the
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962.
History
The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publ ...
. It covers a broad range of historical themes and periods, linking history to other academic fields.
Contents
The journal features articles, review essays and book reviews, linking history with other fields of academic research, such as economics and demographics. Unlike most other historical journals, the content is not limited to one geographical area or historical period, and covers
social
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Etymology
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,
demographic
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Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as ed ...
,
political
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,
economic
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,
cultural
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and technological history.
Each issue has 200 pages.
Editors
Since its inception, the ''Journal of Interdisciplinary History'' has been edited by
Robert Rotberg
Robert Irwin Rotberg (born April 11, 1935) is an academic from the United States who served as President of the World Peace Foundation (1993–2010). A professor in governance and foreign affairs, he was director of the Program on Intrastate Con ...
and
Theodore Rabb.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2014
impact factor
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of 0.727, ranking it 6th out of 87 journals in the category "History". According to the
SCImago Journal Rank
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Rationale
Citati ...
it has a
h-index
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of 27.
References
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