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Anthropocene History

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Journal

Current Volume: 1

Frequency: 2 issues annually

Academic Editors: Susanna Lidström, Sverker Sörlin

Anthropocene History brings together peer-reviewed research articles, critical reviews and commentaries that address history from Anthropocene perspectives and contribute to understanding the interconnections between human and Earth history, contemporary and older. It features contributions that advance theoretical underpinnings of historical Anthropocene studies, as well as case-oriented research. While the disciplinary basis of the journal is in history, it encourages non-traditional contributions that cross disciplinary boundaries. The overall aim of the journal is to develop a new field where historical and historiographical studies are both informed and reformed by the recognition of the new human-Earth relationship that the Anthropocene concept reflects.

Articles are published under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND) and are open immediately upon publication. Authors are not charged any fees for publication and retain copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions in their articles. Readers may use the full text of articles as described in the license.

Open Access

Anthropocene History is an open-access journal.

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Editors

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Editorial Office:
Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Teknikringen 74D
114 28 Stockholm
Sweden
susanna.lidstrom@abe.kth.se
sverker.sorlin@abe.kth.se
 
Editors:
Susanna Lidström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sverker Sörlin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
 
Associate Editors:
Sabine Höhler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, The University of Chicago
Kati Lindström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Thomas Simpson, University of Warwick
Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University
Thomas Turnbull, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Adam Wickberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

 
Editorial Assistant:
Lakin Anderson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
 
Editorial Advisory Board:
Debjani Bhattacharyya, University of Zurich 
Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago  
Deborah Coen, Yale University  
Nicolas Cuvi, FLACSO Ecuador 
Thom van Dooren, University of Sydney  
Gabriele Dürbeck, Uni Vechta, Berlin  
Helge Jordheim, University of Oslo  
Lesley Green, University of Cape Town 
Jessica Lehman, Durham University  
Achille Mbembe, WITS Institute for Social and Economic Research, Johannesburg 
Simone Müller, University of Augsburg 
Ursula Münster, University of Oslo  
Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University 
Buhm Soon Park, KAIST, Korea  
Surabhi Ranganathan, University of Cambridge  
Jürgen Renn, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology 
Giulia Rispoli, University of Venice  
Libby Robin, Australian National University  
Christoph Rosol, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology 
Thomas Simpson, University of Warwick 
Julia Adeney Thomas, University of Notre Dame 
Kathryn Yusoff, Queen Mary University of London 
Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester 
 

For Authors

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Anthropocene History publishes four different kinds of contributions: original research articles, perspectives, commentaries, and reviews. We also invite proposals for special sections. Information on these formats and on how to submit a proposal to the journal is provided below. All submissions made to the journal should be the original work of the author(s) and should not have been published or be under consideration for publication with another journal or publisher. All word counts are inclusive of notes and references.  
 
Original research articles should be 6,000–8,000 words in length, with exceptions possible for review articles or similar, which may be up to 12,000 words. Research articles are peer-reviewed following standard academic double-blind procedures. 
 
Perspectives should be 1,500–6,000 words in length. This section welcomes contributions that offer new ideas and/or adopt a nontraditional format. These contributions are peer-reviewed following standard academic double-blind procedures. 
 
Commentaries should be around 1,000 words in length and respond to a previous publication in the journal or other development in the field. Commentaries are moderated by the editorial team. 
 
Reviews should be 1,000–2,000 words in length. They should offer in-depth discussion of new and/or significant texts or events (such as an exhibit) relevant to the Anthropocene field. Reviews are peer-reviewed following standard academic double-blind procedures. 
 
Special sections are proposed and managed by one or more guest editors. They should include 3–5 individual contributions, totaling 15,000–25,000 words, including an introduction by the editor(s). As the word count indicates, research articles included in special sections are expected to be somewhat shorter than regular research articles. Proposals for a special section can be sent directly to the editors (susanna.lidstrom@abe.kth.se or sverker.sorlin@abe.kth.se) and should include a motivation for the special section, a detailed outline of the contributions to be included, and a timeline. Decisions on special sections are made by the journal’s management and editorial teams. Contributions to special sections are peer-reviewed following standard academic double-blind procedures.
 
Submission of Contributions
To submit to Anthropocene History, please contact the journal's editors at susanna.lidstrom@abe.kth.se or sverker.sorlin@abe.kth.se.
 
Formatting Contributions
Anthropocene History uses The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition. Citations should take the form of author-date citations, as explained in chapter 13 of the Chicago Manual, and a full reference list should be included. Submissions should be formatted in 12-point Times New Roman, left justified, and 1.5 spaced. No indication of the author’s identity or institutional affiliation should be included (so as to facilitate standard blind peer review). Please remove any references to the author’s own work that could give away their identity. Headings should be in on a separate line but otherwise formatted the same as the main text. Once an article is accepted for publication, we ask authors to ensure that all formatting conforms to the journal’s style guide.
 
Please read Duke University Press’s “Ethics and Policies for Journals,” especially the section titled “Originality and the Use of AI.” The use of generative AI must be disclosed in your manuscript in order for it to be published in Anthropocene History.