European History Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 that publishes articles in the field of history

History

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. The journal was established in 1971 as the European Studies Review and obtained its current title in 1984. It covers a range of subjects from the later Middle Ages to post-1945.

Abstracting and indexing

European History Quarterly is abstracted and indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

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is 0.300, ranking it 110th out of 139 in Political Science, and 23rd out of 43 in History.