Historical Social Research

Empirical. Interdisciplinary. International.

Historical Social Research (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the fields of historical-social science research and empirical quantitative as well as qualitative social research – it has been published by GESIS since 1975.

Scope
"Formalization means a variety of procedures that match descriptions of events, structures, and processes with explicit models of those events, structures, and processes. Formal methods do not necessarily involve quantification or computing; analyses of linguistic, spatial, or temporal structure, for example, often proceed quite formally without computers and without any direct intervention of mathematics."
(Charles Tilly, 1929-2008)

The HSR is user-, methods-, and data-orientated, with the journal focusing on inter- and transdisciplinary research. An international editorial board is in charge of the content and, thanks to close cooperation with the network partners and user organizations within the field of historical social research, the journal participates intensively in current research discussions.

In 2011 the HSR has been classified by ERIH / European Science Foundation as an international top-journal (INT1 Sub-Category) “with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world”.

The newest Issue: 50.2 - Empirical Theory of Science / Economic Experts & Expertise

Special Issue – Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Across Disciplines and Cultures. (Hubert Knoblauch, Nina Baur, Silke Steets & Séverine Marguin)
Contributions
HSR Forum – Economic Experts and Expertise: Dynamic Relations between Academia, Government, and Economy. (Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg & Vincent Gengnagel)
Contributions
Learn more

Get in touch

HSR Team
hsr@gesis.org