Historical Materialism (journal)

Summary

Historical Materialism is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal focused on the study of Marxist philosophy, historical materialism, political science, economics, modern society, and human history using a Marxist approach.

Historical Materialism
DisciplineMarxist philosophy, historical materialism, political science
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1997–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.6 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Hist. Mater.
Indexing
ISSN1465-4466 (print)
1569-206X (web)
LCCNsn98018404
OCLC no.39026496
Links
  • Journal homepage
  • Online access
  • Journal page at publisher's website

The journal, published by Brill Publishers, started as a project at the London School of Economics from 1995 to 1998. Currently it is affiliated with the SOAS University of London. Starting from 2008, the journal organizes an annual conference and a book series.[1]

Abstracting and indexing edit

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and the Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition.[2][3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 0.6.[4]

Book series edit

The Historical Materialism Book Series was initiated by Brill Publishers in 2002. The series, amounting to over 200 books by 2020, includes a mix of "original monographs, translated texts and reprints of 'classics'" in Marxist theory.[5] Paperback versions of books in the series are published by Haymarket Books.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Historical Materialism – Conferences" Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Historical Materialism – BRILL". Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Master Journal List – Science – Thomson Reuters". Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Historical Materialism". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences/Arts and Humanities ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.
  5. ^ "Historical Materialism Book Series". Brill. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Historical Materialism". Haymarket Books. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Historical Materialism Book Series homepage