Editing Current History (section)

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{{Infobox journal
| title         = Current History
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| former_names   = New York Times Current History of the European War; Current History & Forum
| abbreviation  = Curr. Hist.
| discipline    = [[foreign affairs|World affairs]]
| language      = English
| editor        = Joshua Lustig
| publisher     = Daniel Mark Redmond
| country       = [[United States]]
| history       = 1914–present
| frequency     = 9/year
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| impact        = 0.127
| impact-year   = 2014
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| ISSN          = 0011-3530
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| OCLC          = 875826836
| website       = http://www.currenthistory.com
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'''''Current History''''' is the oldest extant [[United States]]–based publication devoted exclusively to contemporary [[foreign affairs|world affairs]]. The magazine was founded in 1914 by [[George Washington Ochs Oakes]], brother of ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} publisher [[Adolph Ochs]], in order to provide detailed coverage of [[World War I]]. ''Current History'' was published by [[the New York Times Company]] from its founding until 1936. Since 1942 it has been owned by members of the Redmond family; its current publisher is Daniel Mark Redmond.<ref>''The Philadelphia Daily News'', "Just a Little Behind the Times," December 24, 1991.</ref>

''Current History'', based in Philadelphia, maintains no institutional, political, or governmental affiliation. It is published monthly, from September through May. Seven issues each year are devoted to world regions (China and East Asia, Russia and Eurasia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, South Asia, and Africa); one issue covers current global trends; and one issue addresses a special theme such as climate change or [[global governance]]. The magazine has followed this practice of devoting each issue to a single region or theme since 1953. Each issue includes a chronology of major international events, and most contain a book review section and an article devoted to commentary.

According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2014 [[impact factor]] of 0.127, ranking it 149th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science" and 82nd out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".<ref name="WoS">{{cite book |title=[[Journal Citation Reports|2014 Journal Citation Reports]] |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |year=2015 |edition=Social Sciences |series=[[Web of Science]] |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science and International Relations}}</ref>