Publications

The IHR has been a respected publisher of high-quality historical research for nearly 100 years. We publish an academic journal, edited collections, monographs and experimental short-form texts. The IHR is also home to the prestigious Victoria County History.

The Institute is also a leading publisher of digital titles and a promoter of Open Access publishing options for historians. We work closely with historical and learned societies, the University of London Press and with other publishers.

About our publications

The IHR has been a leading and respected publisher of original historical research for nearly 100 years. Today our publications include an academic journal, Historical Research, and the scholarly book series IHR Conference Series and New Historical Perspectives.

We are also home to the Victoria County History, one of the country's most prestigious works of scholarly reference, and to a range of digital resources including the Bibliography of British and Irish History and Reviews in History which help historians navigate the latest writing in their field of research.

We champion sustainable Open Access (OA) publishing, especially for scholarly books, and innovate in short form histories with our IHR Shorts series.  

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