Journal of American History
Journal · Oxford University Press · ISSN 0021-8723
44,104 papers · 559,572 citations · h-index 246 · impact 0.5
Most-cited articles by yearJournal websiteOpenAlexAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsBiographical and Historical AnalysisRace, History, and American SocietyColonialism, slavery, and tradeAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryMilitary history and social perspectives
Latest papers
- Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for EqualityChris Myers Asch · Journal of American History · 2026
- The Feminist Pacific: International Women's Networks in Hawai‘i, 1820–1940Alexandra M. Nickliss · Journal of American History · 2026
- Playing for Power: Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow VirginiaBrian M. Ingrassia · Journal of American History · 2026
- Living Off the Government? Race, Gender, and the Politics of WelfareRobert C. Lieberman · Journal of American History · 2026
- CorrectionJournal of American History · 2026
- At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in JazzScott Deveaux · Journal of American History · 2026
- Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil WarMark Grimsley · Journal of American History · 2026
- Between Here and There: Creating the Political Economy of Mexican Migration, 1900–1942Avital H. Bloch · Journal of American History · 2026
Most cited
- The Sociological ImaginationCharles Wright Mills · Journal of American History · 19598,886cited
- The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for ProsperityWilliam H. Becker, Michael J. Piore, Charles Frederick Sabel · Journal of American History · 19874,315cited
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessRobert Perkinson · Journal of American History · 20114,130cited
- Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination.Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Toni Morrison · Journal of American History · 19933,069cited
- Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970Raymond Wolters, Doug McAdam · Journal of American History · 19832,815cited
- The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American BusinessW. Elliot Brownlee, Alfred Dupont Chandler · Journal of American History · 19782,345cited
- Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform.Paul H. Mattingly, DAVID B. TYACK, Larry Cuban · Journal of American History · 19962,276cited
- Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science.Margaret W. Rossiter, Donna Haraway · Journal of American History · 19902,242cited
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