Indexing & Abstracting

PublicPast : Journal of Public History is committed to the widest possible discoverability of the scholarship it publishes. All articles are freely accessible online, indexed in the academic databases and search engines listed below, and preserved in independent digital archives, ensuring that research reaches scholars, educators and the broader public without barrier. For details of how published content is preserved, see our Digital Preservation Policy.

Active Services

Indexed, registered or archived

Indexed

Discovery databases

Archived & Registered

Preservation and DOI

In Pipeline

Applied or planned

Journal Information

Source Details

Bibliographic Record

Full Title

PublicPast : Journal of Public History

Short Title

PublicPast

Publisher

Histora Publications

e-ISSN

Not yet assigned Application Submitted

Frequency

Quarterly (4 issues per year from Vol. 2)

Access Model

Open Access (Diamond), no fees for authors or readers

Licence

CC BY-NC 4.0

Language

English

Persistent Identifiers

DOI per article (via Zenodo and DataCite); permanent PPI URLs

Subject Areas

Public History, Cultural Heritage, Memory Studies, Historical Education, Applied History

Website

publicpast.org

Contact

contact@publicpast.org

Databases & Search Engines

Indexing & Abstracting Services

Service	Type	Coverage	Status	Link
OpenAIRE OpenAIRE explore.openaire.eu	Aggregator	Article metadata	Indexed	explore.openaire.eu →
OpenAlex OpenAlex openalex.org	Bibliographic index	Article metadata	Indexed	openalex.org →
Google Scholar Google Scholar scholar.google.com	Search engine	Full text and metadata	Indexed	scholar.google.com →
DataCite DataCite datacite.org	DOI registration agency	DOI metadata	Indexed	datacite.org →
Zenodo Zenodo zenodo.org	Repository	Full text (PDF) with DOI	Archived	zenodo.org →
Internet Archive Internet Archive archive.org	Web archive	Journal pages and article pages	Archived	archive.org →
DOAJ DOAJ doaj.org	Journal directory	Journal-level listing	Pending e-ISSN	doaj.org →
Dimensions Dimensions dimensions.ai	Research information system	Article metadata	In Progress	dimensions.ai →

Status reflects the position at the time of last update. Services marked in progress are not yet listing the journal, and no logo is displayed for them until a listing is confirmed.

How Articles Are Discovered

From Publication to Discovery

Publish

The article is published openly at a permanent PPI URL with structured metadata.

Deposit & Register

A PDF is deposited in Zenodo and a DOI is registered, with metadata available through DataCite.

Index

Google Scholar, OpenAIRE and OpenAlex pick up the article and link it to authors and topics.

Preserve

Pages are captured by the Internet Archive, giving an independent, dated record.

Indexing Roadmap

Further Applications & Future Plans

DatabaseStatus

NISCAIR / Indian Citation Index e-ISSN application submitted

Scopus (Elsevier) Planned after Vol. 2

Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science) Planned after Vol. 2

Open Access & Licence

Copyright & Licensing Policy

All articles published in PublicPast: Journal of Public History are made freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. Readers may share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given and changes are indicated. Authors retain copyright. Full licence terms: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0