Using theArts and Humanities Citation Indexto Identify a Community of Interdisciplinary Historians

Abstract

The history journal Armales: Economies, Societes, Civilizationsis investigated for 1980-1989 to reveal an institutional and geographical mapping of the Annalescontributors. Using the Arts and Humanities Citation Indexdatabase, the author's institutional affiliations are identified and examined with the intention of verifying a community of Annalistehistorians publishing research within the parameters of Annalistehistoriography and intellectual concerns. A discussion of domains of knowledge and disciplinarities is linked to intellectual orientation. This study indicates that these historians are predominately French with a significant minority representing an international community. Substantive knowledge of Annalistehistorical research, methodologies, and intellectual orientation animates institutional affiliation. Finally, the authors suggest that identifying any major “school” of historiographical innovation can be accomplished through use of bibliometrical analysis.

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