Transactions is the flagship academic journal of the Royal Historical Society. First published in 1872, Transactions has been publishing the highest quality scholarship in history for more than 150 years.
The journal welcomes submissions dealing with any geographical area from the early middle ages to the very recent past. The journal’s co-editors and boards are interested in articles that cover entirely new ground, thematically or methodologically, as well as those engaging critically on established themes in existing literatures. In line with the Society’s commitment to supporting postgraduate and early career historians, the journal encourages submissions from younger scholars and seeks to engage constructively and positively with new authors
Transactions welcomes proposals from all historians. If you’re currently working on a research article or a think piece, please consider Transactions as the journal in which to publish your work.
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: latest volume
The latest volume of Transactions (Seventh Series, Volume 1) was published in November 2023. TRHS includes research articles, covering a wide range of chronologies and geographies, alongside ‘Common Room’ articles provide commentaries and debates on historical methodologies, pedagogies, policy debates and roundtable discussions.
Recently published Transactions articles are available on Cambridge First View. New print volumes of the journals are published each November, with listing of all previous volumes available from the CUP website.
Submitting your article to Transactions
We welcome submissions of scholarly articles for publication in future issues of the journal. Please read our Guidelines for Authors which provide information on the journal, the format in which to submit an article, and our complaints & appeals procedure.
In addition, the journal’s publisher, Cambridge University Press, provides information concerning its Open Access policy for Transactions and the option that may be available to you an author if your article is accepted for publication.
When ready, please submit your completed article for review here
For general enquiries regarding submissions to Transactions, please email: trhs@royalhistsoc.org.
Now published by Cambridge University Press, the collection of Transactions from 1872 is available on Cambridge Journals Online and JSTOR (with a five year moving wall).
More on accessing Transactions content, 1872-2023.