About

Aims and scope

The History Education Research Journal (HERJ) is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the global significance and impact of history education. It covers all aspects of history education theory, practice, scholarship, and pure and applied research. Articles address contemporary issues, concerns, policies and practice, drawing upon the full range of research methodologies relating to history education research.

The journal particularly welcomes papers that include attention to the implications for policy and practice that arise from theoretical and empirical work. Themes of interest include (but are not limited to) curriculum, teaching and teachers, academic progression, didactics, historical consciousness, the intersection between education and public history, community history, national and international perspectives, historical literacy, disciplinary history and the history of history education. 

The journal aims to be the leading forum for dissemination of research related to all aspects of history education. It will be of primary interest to anyone involved in history education research and will offer many insights to history educators.

Please note that while the journal accepts historical research on history education, it does not accept papers that are solely focused on the history of education in general or on history itself.


Publication frequency: History Education Research Journal publishes articles continuously (as and when articles are ready for publication).


Journal archive

HERJ was previously published under the title International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research. All editions published under this title - from 1(1) to 15(1) - are available through the Historical Association and can be accessed at https://www.history.org.uk/publications/categories/international-journal-of-historical-learning. HERJ articles published by UCL Press and available on this website begins at number 15(2).


Journal ownership

The History Education Research Journal is the official journal of and owned by the History Educators International Research Network (HEIRNET - https://heirnetonline.com), an organisation that brings together colleagues from around the world interested in History’s civilising, cultural, educational, moral, social, political and citizenship roles.


Indexing

UCL Press works with subject specific indexers to deposit published articles in relevant repositories and search databases. We are committed to the responsible use of metrics and strongly encourage all readers, authors, reviewers, and Editors to read through our statement about the use of metrics across the journal, available online at https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy/#METRICS.

Articles published in History Education Research Journal are indexed in:

  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • Dimensions
  • EBSCO
  • OCLC
  • EBSCOHost
  • Google Scholar
  • Baidu
  • Portico preservation service
  • UCL Discovery


Article publication charges

UCL Press journals do not levy an Article-Processing Charge (APC) for submission or publication in History Education Research Journal. Contributors to History Education Research Journal will not be required to make an APC payment for submission or publication of their article.


Open access policy

All articles published in the History Education Research Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY) 4.0 international licence agreement and published open access, making them immediately and freely available to read and download. The CC-BY licence agreement allows authors to retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of the work. Further information regarding this can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 and licensing terms and conditions can be found in our Journals Editorial Policy https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy.


Peer review

History Education Research Journal operates double anonymised peer review, where both the reviewers and authors are anonymised to each other during review. Authors should submit an anonymous version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying references to the author(s) for peer review. Reviewers cannot be from the same institution as the author, based at any funding bodies connected to the paper and cannot be recommended by authors or anyone else connected to the paper. Author(s) should submit an anonymous version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying references to the author(s) for peer review.

Further information regarding peer review can be found on the UCL Press editorial policy pages (https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy).


Journal information

ISSN: 1472-9474

Homepage: https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj 

Published by:

UCL Press
University College London (UCL)
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT. UK

UCL Press website: https://www.uclpress.co.uk

UCL Press email: uclpresspublishing@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Press Journals Editorial Policy: https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy


Contact the journal

All general enquiries should be sent to the Editors at herj [at] ucl.ac.uk.