Past & Present

29.8k citations
2.0k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

  • History top 0.2%
    • Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
    • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
    • Scottish History and National Identity
  • Classics top 0.5%
    • Medieval Literature and History

Papers in

    • Reformation and Early Modern Christianity 130
    • Scottish History and National Identity 100
    • European Political History Analysis 70
    • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis 121

Past & Present

1.2k papers receiving 11.5k citations

Peers

Past & Present
Comparison fields: 5 of 197
  • History 8.2k
  • Classics 1.9k
  • Anthropology 4.8k
  • History and Philosophy of Science 1.6k
  • Political Science and International Relations 7.0k
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About Past & Present

The 2.0k papers published in Past & Present in the last decades have received a total of 29.8k indexed citations . Papers published in Past & Present usually cover History (494 papers), History and Philosophy of Science (135 papers), Classics (106 papers), Anthropology (226 papers) and Museology (50 papers) specifically the topics of Historical Economic and Social Studies (262 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (130 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (121 papers), Scottish History and National Identity (100 papers), Medieval Literature and History (78 papers), European Political History Analysis (70 papers), Irish and British Studies (66 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (64 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Past & Present are E. P. Thompson, Robert Brenner, Lawrence Stone, E. J. Hobsbawm, J. H. Elliott, E. A. Wrigley, Natalie Zemon Davis, W. D. Rubinstein, John Bossy and Alexandra Walsham.

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