Journal profile

Journal of the history of ideas

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN0022-5037 | 1086-3222 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
1.66
Citation rate 0.37 27 total citations
h5-index 6 h5 depth signal
Cited share 26.7% 20 of 75
Total citations 27 Citation footprint
Metric signal 0.32 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.0% 0 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 65
United Kingdom 26
Italy 8
Australia 7
France 5

Citing Fields of Research

Medieval & Early Modern History 170
History & Philosophy Of Science 131
Philosophy 123
Contemporary History 120
Modern History 108

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 3,568 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 75 20 cited publications
Last 12 months 77 7.0 publications/month
Open access share 0.0% 0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 65 citing publications
Leading citing field Medieval & Early Modern History 170 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 1 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v31n1, Jan./Mar. 1970-
PubMed
v31n1, Jan./Mar. 1970-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Medieval & Early Modern History Modern History Philosophy Contemporary History History & Philosophy Of Science

Broad Categories

History of Medicine Medieval & Early Modern History History & Philosophy Of Science Modern History Contemporary History Ancient Studies

MeSH Descriptors

History Philosophy

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

04
Nadine Weidman
This paper traces the history of José Delgado's stimoceiver, a brain-implant device used to control aggression via electrical stimulation, from its Cold War—era promise to its fall into political disrepute. Beginning with Delgado's drama...
10
Ian Stewart
This article recovers the racial theory that Dugald Stewart taught as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1785 until 1810. In the third, political, segment of his lecture course Stewart presented various rac...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Place of publication varies.

Also issued online.