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6、官方微信公众号：世界历史编辑部（worldhistorystudies）

2025年12月4日星期四

World History Studies

Guidelines for Contributors and Readers

【2025年01期信息】

World

History Studies (WHS) is sponsored by the Institute of World History,

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in cooperation with the Social

Sciences Academic Press. The journal is biannual and will be globally

circulated. WHS encourages academic innovation and publishes articles

and reviews reflecting the latest achievements of domestic and foreign

historical scholarship.

It is designed to build a new platform for academic exchanges between Chinese historians and their international counterparts.

WHS

publishes papers on world history mainly by Chinese experts, but also

welcomes contributions by international historians. The contents of

issues are divided into the following sections, 1) the history of

individual countries and regions, 2) ancient and medieval civilizations,

3)global history, 4) history of international relations, 5) China and

the world in historical context, 6)reviews of scholarship of world

history studies in China, 7) reviews of the latest Chinese monographs on

world history, 8) introduction of influential Chinese and occassionally

foreign historians of world history in a comparative perspective. We

warmly welcome historians around the world to contribute articles or

recommend related academic topics. WHS operates on a system of peer

review. It is suggested that articles should be written in English in

line with international academic standards.

Ⅰ

Categories of Submissions There are generally four types of submissions

to WHS, 1) articles,2) pathfinders, 3) review articles, and 4) book

reviews. In most cases, the first three types should be no more than

12,000 words. There should be an abstract of no more than 200 words and

up to 5 keywords on the page immediately after the title page for

articles. The book review should be in the range of 1,200-2,000 words.

Ⅱ

Format All articles to be published in WHS should be formatted as

Microsoft Word documents, 1.5 line-spaced with ample margins, in 12

point size and Times New Roman font. All pages, including diagrams and

tables, should be numbered consecutively. The footnotes should be in 10

point size and Times New Roman font. Authors are responsible for

obtaining permissions and resolving any copyright restrictions before

publication of their contribution.

Ⅲ

Citation Style and Reference List Authors are encouraged to consult the

complete style guide for full details of cite references in the text

at: http://iwh.cssn.cn/xsqk/xsqk_world_history_studies/.

Ⅳ Submission Articles should be original and not under review by any other publication.

Please

send your contribution to the editorial office of WHS via email at

whscass@163.com. At the end of the article, please attach a separate

brief bio of the author, indicating the author’s name,institutional

affiliation, title(s), research area, major publication (if any),

detailed address and contact telephone.

V

Internet Access The full texts of all articles in World History Studies

can be downloaded freely after publication at

http://www.nssd.org/journal/cn/72130x/ (National Social Sciences

Database, NSSD, 国家哲学社会科学学术期刊数据库), http://www.ncpssd.org/ (National Center for Philosophy and Social Sciences Documentation, 国家哲学社会科学文献中心) and http://iwh.cssn.cn/xsqk/xsqk_world_history_studies/ (World History Research of China, 中国世界史研究网).

There is no charge for the authors to publish any paper in World History Studies.