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North American Conference on British Studies
''The Journal of British Studies'' is an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

aimed at scholars of

British culture British culture is influenced by the combined nations' history; its historically Christian religious life, its interaction with the cultures of Europe, the traditions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and the impact of the British Empire ...

from the Middle Ages through the present. The journal was co-founded in 1961 by George Cooper. ''JBS'' presents scholarly articles and book reviews from international authors who share their ideas on British society,

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

, and the

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. Until 2005, it covered subjects from the medieval period to the present, while '' Albion'' (another journal published by the NACBS) covered all periods of British history. ''Albion'' was merged into the JBS as of vol. 44 in 2005. Until October 2012 the journal was published by

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. From volume 52, it has been published by

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 0.600.

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