War In History is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of History. The journal's editors are Simon Ball (University of Leeds), Mary Kathryn Barbier (Mississippi State University), Phillips O'Brien (University of Glasgow) and the late Dennis Showalter (Colorado College). It has been in publication since 1994 and is published by SAGE Publications.

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War in History

Discipline	Military Sciences
Language	English
Edited by	Simon Ball, Mary Kathryn Barbier, and Phillips O'Brien
Publication details
History	1994–present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	0.237 (2013)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	War Hist.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0968-3445 (print) 1477-0385 (web)
LCCN	sn95030217
OCLC no.	42423837
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War in History takes the view that military history should be integrated into a broader definition of history. It is a journal that publishes articles on aspects of war such as economic, social, political and military with no set restriction regarding period. Articles include the study of naval forces, maritime power and air forces. It is published quarterly and is edited by Simon Ball (University of Leeds), Mary Kathryn Barbier (Mississippi State University), and Phillips O'Brien (University of Glasgow).

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War in History is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 0.237, ranking it 33rd out of the 72 journals in the 'History' category and 70th out of the 82 titles in the 'International Relations' category.^[1]