Historical Encounters Journal
Aims & Scope
Historical Encounters is a double blind peer-reviewed, diamond open access, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of:
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historical consciousness;
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historical cultures; and
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history education.
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Publication Information
Important Information
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The journal is published by the HERMES History Education Research Network concentrated at The University of Newcastle, Australia.
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The journal is indexed in SCOPUS, DOAJ, and Google Scholar.
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Completed volumes of the journal are archived via the National Library of Australia's edeposit system (NED), and discoverable through Trove.
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From 2021, all individual articles and issues are published with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) registered with Crossref.
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Articles are distributed under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License.
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Contributors to the journal retain copyright to their work. Please read the Author Copyright policy for full details.
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Journal Open Issue Statistics (2021-Present):
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Acceptance Rate: 69.23%
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Rejection Rate: 30.77%
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Contact Details
All Correspondence
Editor-in-Chief
A/ Prof. Robert Parkes
The Editor-in-Chief is the key liaison with potential authors regarding suitability of possible submissions; potential Guest Editors; and all external agencies and institutions; including all journal policy and management matters; and is the point of contact for authors whose manuscript has been accepted and is now in the copy-editing, proofing and publication phase.
Editors
A/ Prof. Debra Donnelly
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A/ Prof. Heather Sharp
The Editors are the key liaison with authors who have submissions under review; including the status of a (new or revised) manuscript under review. Editors are also the key contact for potential and actual reviewers.