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Modern American History Template

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About the Modern American History format

Modern American History is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Race, History, and American Society, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Legal Cases and Commentary.

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

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

Publishes research inRace, History, and American Society Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Legal Cases and Commentary American Constitutional Law and Politics American History and Culture
ISSN2397-1851
Citation impact (2-yr)0.13
h-index16
i10-index21
Total citations597
Top institutions publishing hereDuke University
Journal websitewww.cambridge.org
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Modern American History per year

62
2018
37
2019
23
2020
28
2021
25
2022
51
2023
50
2024
50
2025

Citation impact of Modern American History by publication year

222
2018
166
2019
38
2020
60
2021
11
2022
75
2023
8
2024
7
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Modern American History

Generation Crisis: How Population Research Defined the Baby Boomers

Dan Bouk · 10 Sep 2018

This article presents an intellectual and social history of the concept of the baby boom. Researchers first invented the notion of a population bulge in the mid-twentieth-century United States to explain birth rates that were higher than predicted by their theories of a mature population and economy. As the children born during this “baby boom”…

Cops at War: How World War II Transformed U.S. Policing

Stuart Schrader · 28 Jun 2021

World War II transformed policing in the United States. Many police enlisted in the military during the war, and in turn many veterans joined police forces following the victories of 1945. As wartime labor shortages depleted their ranks, police chiefs turned to new initiatives to strengthen and professionalize their forces, redoubling those efforts as growing…

Seeing Like a Settler Colonial State

Margaret D. Jacobs · 16 Mar 2018

In 1998, the Canadian historian and politician Michael Ignatieff wrote: “All nations depend on forgetting: on forging myths of unity and identity that allow a society to forget its founding crimes, its hidden injuries and divisions, its unhealed wounds.” Ironically, Ignatieff's home country has belied his assertion. Canada has engaged in collective remembering of one…

The Infrastructural Turn in Historical Scholarship

Mary Bridges · 1 Mar 2023

This essay argues that historical scholarship has taken an infrastructural turn in recent years. “Infrastructure” serves not just as a popular keyword in monographs and journal articles; it reflects a new approach to research that has permeated the field. An infrastructural approach offers a framework for historians to understand the power of traditional structures like…

Modern American History template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Modern American History format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Modern American 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 Modern American History use?
Modern American 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, Modern American History 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Modern American 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 Modern American History document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Modern American History template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Modern American History format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
Who publishes Modern American History?
Modern American History is a multidisciplinary journal published by Cambridge University Press. DocuGuru's Modern American History template matches Cambridge University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Modern American History PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Modern American History template (the null class) that is ready to submit to Cambridge University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Modern American History template cost?
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