About the Journal

About the Journal

The brief of Histos is rapid publication of high-quality articles and notes on all aspects of ancient historiography and biography (including Jewish historiography, the Gospels and later Christian material) and of in-depth reviews of recent publications in the field. It is not our intention to publish material which is per se historical, unless it illuminates the qualities of ancient historians or biographers (this will be a matter of balance and judgment). All submissions will be anonymously refereed by experts. We aim for a turn-around time of a maximum of three months. We publish in English, French, German, and Italian.

We particularly welcome submissions to Histos from scholars belonging to groups that are historically under-represented in academic journal publishing, including women and scholars of colour. We are monitoring our submissions for equality-related considerations, and aspire to achieve the greatest diversity possible in our field of contributors and authors reviewed.

Histos is listed as an 'international title' in ERIH Plus - European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences. It is ranked as a "Classe A" journal by the Agenzia Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR) of the Italian Ministry for Universities and Research for sectors D1 (Storia antica), D2 (Lingua e letteratura greca), D3 (Lingua e letteratura latina) and D4 (Filologia classica e tardoantica).

Histos is available online, in a full open-access version (in PDF form). Readers' responses are welcomed.

Histos gratefully acknowledges the support of the Department of History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Alberta.

 

Schedule

We publish on a rolling schedule as articles are submitted, reviewed and edited. In recent years, we have averaged 9 to 10 articles a year plus 20-25 book reviews.

 

Open Access Statement

Histos is a diamond open access journal that provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports the greater global exchange of knowledge.

Authors will never be charged to submit or publish a manuscript through Histos, and all articles published since 2024 will be made available under a Creative Commons license, as indicated in the Copyright Notice section under the Submissions page.

 

Digital Archiving Policy

This journal is archived with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Preservation Network and Scholars Portal Journals. These programs offer a decentralized and distributed preservation, perpetual access, and preservation of the authentic original version of the content.

 

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are encouraged to deposit the published version in an institutional / disciplinary repository immediately on publication. Pre-print versions posted online should include a citation and link to the final published version in Histos as soon as the issue is available; post-print versions (including the final publisher's PDF) should include a citation and link to the journal's website.

 

Research Misconduct Policy

The editors of Histos will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In the event that the editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct relating to a published article in their journal, the editor shall follow the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines in dealing with allegations.