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Journal of Global History Template

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About the Journal of Global History format

Journal of Global History is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Colonialism, slavery, and trade, Historical Economic and Social Studies.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Global History 12 (2023) 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Journal of Global History has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies Colonialism, slavery, and trade Historical Economic and Social Studies Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
ISSN1740-0228
Citation impact (2-yr)0.41
h-index50
i10-index253
Total citations10,293
Top institutions publishing hereInternational Institute of Social History
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Journal of Global History per year

42
2014
43
2015
42
2016
38
2017
42
2018
43
2019
52
2020
46
2021
31
2022
31
2023
16
2024
33
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Global History by publication year

456
2014
410
2015
324
2016
463
2017
474
2018
380
2019
544
2020
331
2021
148
2022
97
2023
11
2024
18
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Global History

Discussion: the futures of global history

Richard Drayton, David Motadel · 14 Feb 2018

Abstract Global history has come under attack. It is charged with neglecting national history and the ‘small spaces’ of the past, with being an elite globalist project made irrelevant by the anti-globalist politics of our age, with focusing exclusively on mobile people and things, and with becoming dangerously hegemonic. This article demonstrates that global history…

A theory for formation of large empires

Peter Turchin · 8 Jun 2009

Abstract Between 3000 BCE and 1800 CE there were more than sixty ‘mega-empires’ that, at the peak, controlled an area of at least one million square kilometres. What were the forces that kept together such huge pre-industrial states? I propose a model for one route to mega-empire, motivated by imperial dynamics in eastern Asia, the…

Indian Ocean Studies and the ‘new thalassology’

Markus Vink · 1 May 2007

This article explores the past, present, and possible future directions of the ‘‘new thalassology’’ [from the ancient Greek thalassa, ‘‘sea’’] and Indian Ocean studies from its humble beginnings in the 1950s and 1960s, and the cross-fertilization between the ‘Annales’ school and world-systems analysis in the 1980s, to its – admittedly incomplete – institutionalization in the…

Global history and the spatial turn: from the impact of area studies to the study of critical junctures of globalization

Matthias Middell, Katja Naumann · 25 Feb 2010

Abstract Globalization can be interpreted as a dialectical process of de- and re-territorialization. The challenges to existing borders that limit economic, socio-cultural, and political activities, and the establishment of new borders as the result of such activities, bring about certain consolidated structures of spatiality, while at the same time societies develop regulatory regimes to use…

Journal of Global History template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Global History format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Global History template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Cambridge University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Global History use?
Journal of Global History uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of Global History 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Global History?
No. DocuGuru generates the null LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Cambridge University Press-ready Journal of Global History document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Journal of Global History format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
Who publishes Journal of Global History?
Journal of Global History is a multidisciplinary journal published by Cambridge University Press. DocuGuru's Journal of Global History template matches Cambridge University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Journal of Global History PDF?
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