About the Journal

Journal of Heritage & Historical Research (JHHR) is an international academic journal created with the aim of promoting research excellence in the field of history and heritage by contributing to the world of academia with quality, ethical, and influential academic publications. The journal understands that learning about the past is essential for finding solutions to current issues and for making well-informed decisions for the future. The Journal provides a platform for scholars from various fields in order to carry out research in the areas of historical developments, heritage preservation, cultural identities, etc.

Contributions are solicited from all those who study various aspects of history and heritage, ranging from archaeology to documents to landscapes to digital heritage and conservation, through studies that combine classical methods of historical scholarship and modern technological tools. In this way, JHHR hopes to encourage studies which not only add to scholarly knowledge but have practical relevance to the heritage community, scholars, educators, institutions, and policy-makers.

JHHR, being an open access journal, guarantees that all the articles that get published are available to everyone without any charges, which enhances equality in accessing knowledge. The journal has high standards of publishing and a very clear double-blind peer review process. As a result, all articles published by JHHR contribute to historical and heritage studies in one way or another.

Why JHHR Exists

The Journal of Heritage and Historical Research (JHHR) came into existence with the objective of offering a specialized forum in which these developments can be recorded, critically assessed and shared with the world's scholarly community. Among various goals, the journal wants to:

  • ■ Develop an international forum for heritage and historical research.
  • ■ Promote research that bridges the gap between historical understanding and current problems.
  • ■ Foster research on topics including sustainable development, cultural conservation, public policy, education, tourism, and community involvement.
  • ■ Encourage innovative techniques of research in historical studies.

JHHR values interdisciplinary scholarship that brings together experts from diverse fields, including:

History
Archaeology
Anthropology
Architecture
Conservation Science
Geography
Sociology
Digital Technologies
Environmental Studies
Cultural Policy

Through cooperation between these fields, JHHR aims at ensuring that heritage and history play an important part in maintaining cultural identity and ensuring proper stewardship of the legacy left behind by mankind.

Our Vision

Journal of Heritage and Historical Research envisions becoming an internationally acclaimed academic forum that contributes to heritage conservation and enhancement of knowledge about cultural and historical heritage through robust academic research. It is our goal to create a lively international academic community of historians, archaeologists, heritage professionals, and interdisciplinary scholars who will work together and create knowledge that helps us learn about the past and preserves it sustainably for the future.

Our vision goes beyond recording the past. Our aim is to encourage cutting-edge research that takes into consideration new technologies and approaches, as well as new ways of looking at history, so that culture heritage can be preserved in an ever-evolving world.

Our Mission

The mission of the Journal of Heritage and Historical Research (JHHR) is to encourage outstanding work in heritage and history research through the publication of innovative, ethical, and significant research that adds to the knowledge and protection of cultural heritage around the world.

With a transparent editorial process and a robust double-blind peer-review system, the journal offers a platform for disseminating quality research that aids in academic progress and heritage conservation.

We are committed to:

  • ✦ Research of High Quality: Encourage research that is innovative, methodologically sound, and well-conducted to contribute to the development of historical and heritage studies.
  • ✦ Promotion of Interdisciplinary Research: Encourage interdisciplinary research combining history with archaeology, anthropology, architecture, conservation science, digital humanities, geography, environmental studies, and other relevant areas.
  • ✦ Heritage Conservation: Publish research contributing to the preservation and protection of cultural heritage.
  • ✦ Editorial Excellence: Maintain high standards in terms of fairness, transparency, and objectivity of the editorial process through international double-blind peer review.
  • ✦ Fostering Open Knowledge: Guarantee unrestricted global access to academic research via open access publishing in order to ensure the same benefits for the researcher, institution, practitioner, and citizenry.
  • ✦ Facilitating Global Scholarship: Encourage global partnership between researchers, cultural heritage institutions, museums, archives, universities, and policymakers in search of knowledge and preservation of culture.

Through linking history with current issues, JHHR hopes to position itself as an invaluable source for scholarly excellence that facilitates not only knowledge generation but also cultural preservation for future generations.

Why Publish With Us

Publication in the Journal of Heritage and Historical Research (JHHR) is a chance for writers to make a contribution to an internationally accessible source of knowledge which is geared towards the preservation, interpretation and advancing of knowledge in the field of cultural heritage and historical studies. The Journal of Heritage and Historical Research is an international and peer-reviewed, open access journal.

We understand that heritage and historical study is more than just recording history; it influences cultural identity, promotes sustainable development, provides insights on conservation, and builds links between people and their collective pasts. Our approach to the editorial process stresses originality, methodological integrity, ethical research, and interdisciplinarity.

Authors publishing with JHHR benefit from:

  • International Visibility: Reach a wide international community of historians, archaeologists, museum curators, conservators, teachers, policy makers, and scholars via our open access publication.
  • Double-Blind Peer Review: Each manuscript is carefully reviewed by subject-matter experts for a constructive critique and to uphold the highest scholarly standards.
  • Multidisciplinary Research Venue: Our journal promotes collaboration among disciplines such as history, archaeology, anthropology, architecture, cultural studies, conservation, geography, digital humanities, tourism, sociology, and many others.
  • High Quality of Editing: Each submitted manuscript is evaluated for its originality, methodology, ethics, academic value, and contribution to knowledge.
  • Global Knowledge Exchange: The aim of JHHR is to foster communication between scholars from various places and academic backgrounds, with a comparative approach to heritage and history studies.
  • Open Access Publication: The journal provides free access to all its articles from the time of publication onwards.
  • Support Young Scholars: In addition to well-established scholars, JHHR is open to articles submitted by doctoral students, junior academics, heritage professionals, and other individuals who make contributions to heritage and history studies.

Through their publication in JHHR, writers join an international academic community whose main aim is the preservation of the world's cultural heritage and provision of new insights into history as well as inspiring future research.