The Chinese Historical Review

The Chinese Historical Review ( CHR) is a fully refereed and vigorously edited transnational journal with issues appearing in May and November each year. The journal is published in English and included in the following digital indexes: Bibliography of Asian Studies, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), and Scopus.

The journal is published by Routledge of Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS). It also supports a digital version published online in addition to printed volumes. The journal began its publication in 1987 under the title Historian. In 1989 it was registered with the Library of Congress and began its publication as a refereed journal of history under the title Chinese Historians. It adopted the current title in 2004.

The journal publishes original research on the history of China from imperial to contemporary periods, including Chinese politics, society, law, and gender; China’s historical relations with East Asia, Inner/Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, America, and other parts of the world; Chinese arts and religions; Chinese material culture, medicine, and environment; overseas Chinese communities; and China-related comparative studies of history. The journal welcomes papers that embrace multiple perspective and multilingual materials involving English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and Manchu. The journal does not publish fiction, poems, or novels.