About the Journal

Focus and Scope

TSEG- The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History is the Dutch-Flemish journal of social and economic history. It is an open access, peer-reviewed, scientific  journal which was granted A status/ INT 1 by the European Science Foundation.

The journal publishes articles and reviews in the fields of social and economic history in the broad sense, with a particular but not exclusive interest in the low countries. The journal has a strong interest in the manner in which people in the past have interacted with each other and given shape to social, economic, cultural and political patterns. Key notions here are economic growth, power & (in)equality, group cultures, networks, identity, gender, ethnicity, ecology, trade & technique, entrepreneurship, labour & social movements.

Peer Review Process

For authors;

Articles submitted to TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History  are initially assessed by the core members of the Editorial Board on the following general criteria:

  • Relevance of the topic/theme of the article for Low Countries history
  • Cursory check of the content
  • Word count max. 8,000 words
  • Authors guidelines sufficiently applied

On the basis of this first assessment, it will be decided if the submission is ready to be put to two external reviewers. Articles accepted for external review will be reviewed by the editorial board, which meets four times a year, as well as by two anonymous, external peer reviewers. TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History applies a double blind peer review: referees remain anonymous for the author and the manuscript is anonymized for the experts who review the article.

We aim to inform authors within two months about the decision whether or not a manuscript will be sent out for review, and when the Editorial Board expects to discuss the submitted article. After receiving the referee reports, the manuscript will be discussed by the Editorial Board on its next meeting.

After the Editorial Board meeting the author will receive a decision letter as soon as possible, with a report of the Board’s evaluation of the manuscript.

There are four possible outcomes of the review process:

A. Merits publication in the journal as it stands or with minor   revision.
B. Requires some revision before further consideration for publication.
C. Requires major revision and possibly further substantive research before any consideration for publication.
D. Is not suitable for publication in TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History 

In the case of a ‘B’ or a ‘C’, the author is invited to revise or rewrite the text on the basis of the evaluation report. The revision will preferably be re-submitted before the next Editorial Board meeting.

For referees

Referee reports can be submitted in English or Dutch and should ideally be returned to the editorial board within one month. Comments and recommendation will be treated in strict confidence, and be passed on to the author after they have been edited to ensure anonymity.

When you assess the paper it is important to consider both the structure and content. We ask you to consider:

  • General structure and organization
  • Coherence and general flow of ideas
  • Sources and interpretation
  • Interdisciplinary/comparative perspective
  • Contribution and originality

The following points should be taken into consideration, recognizing that not all the points apply to every paper and that some papers may prompt additional questions:

  • Is the title suitably informative?
  • Are the objectives of the work clearly stated?
  • Are the methods clearly described?
  • Are the conclusions concisely presented?
  • Does the author refer to the relevant literature?

Publication Frequency

TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History publishes three issues a year

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.

Article Fees

When publishing in TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History authors are not required to pay any charges or fees, such as Article Processing Charges (APC), as the costs are currently covered by the International Institute of Social History.

Sponsoring

The journal is hosted at openjournals.nl and KNAW Humanities Cluster, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185,
1012 DK Amsterdam
Email: info@openjournals.nl

Printed version by Leuven University Press

The Posthumus Institute provides their PhD students with a free subscription.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal focuses on making content discoverable and accessible through indexing services. Content is also archived around the world to ensure long-term availability.

TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History is indexed by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ)

Google Scholar

Historical abstracts

Erih Plus

All TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History content is indexed with CrossRef and assigned a Digital Object identifier (DOI). In addition, all journals are available for harvesting via OAI-PMH.

If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please let us know by emailing info@tseg.nl or alternatively by making an indexing request directly with the service.

Publisher

TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History is published by the International Institute of Social History (https://iisg.amsterdam/nl) and Stichting Het Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief (http://www.neha.nl/) as an online Open Access Journal in cooperation with openjournals.nl and KNAW Humanities Cluster, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam

The Journal is also printed by Leuven University Press.

Journal History

TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History was founded in 2004 as a merger and continuation of three Dutch journals of economic and social history: NEHA-Jaarboek voor economische, bedrijfs- en techniekgeschiedenis (1914-2004), the Tijdschrift voor Sociale Geschiedenis(1975-2004) and the NEHA-Bulletin(1986-2004).