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Explorations in Economic History

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Explorations in Economic History
DisciplineEconomic history
LanguageEnglish
Edited byW.J. Collins, H.J. Voth
Publication details
Former name(s)
Explorations in Entrepreneurial History
History1949-1958, 1963-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.259 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Explor. Econ. Hist.
Indexing
ISSN0014-4983
LCCN75613248
OCLC no.1568657
Explorations in Entrepreneurial History
ISSN0884-5425
Links

Explorations in Economic History is a peer-reviewed academic journal of quantitative economic history. It follows the quantitative or formal approaches that have been called cliometrics or the new economic history, applied to any place and time. These formal approaches apply mathematical economic theory, model building, and statistical estimation. It is published by Elsevier and the editors-in-chief are W.J. Collins (Vanderbilt University) and H.J. Voth (University of Zurich).

History

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The journal was established in 1949 as Explorations in Entrepreneurial History, which was published until 1958. A second series was published starting in 1963, with volume numbering restarting at 1, and the journal obtained its current name in 1969.[1]

Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.259.[2]

It is considered one of the best economic history journals along with the Journal of Economic History, Economic History Review and the European Review of Economic History.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Explorations in entrepreneurial history". Library of Congress Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  2. ^ "Explorations in Economic History". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
  3. ^ Di Vaio, Gianfranco; Weisdorf, Jacob Louis (2009-03-29). "Ranking economic history journals: a citation-based impact-adjusted analysis". Cliometrica. 4 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1007/s11698-009-0039-y. ISSN 1863-2513. S2CID 29373827.
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