History Compass

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| editor = Projit B. Mukharji

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| abbreviation = Hist. Compass

| publisher = Wiley-Blackwell

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| frequency = Monthly

| history = 2003-present

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History Compass is a peer-reviewed online-only academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. Originally launched in association with the Institute of Historical Research (London), its aim is to "solve the problem of keeping up with new developments in history by providing historians with regularly updated overviews of the important trends, debates, resources and publications in the field...combining a current awareness service with a survey journal for lecturers, researchers, and advanced students of history."{{cite journal |last1=Howells |first1=Matthew |title=Points of the Compass: Matthew Howells introduces History Compass, a new concept in history publishing |journal=History Today |date=July 2003 |volume=53 |issue=7 |page=4 |url=http://www.historytoday.com/matthew-howells/points-compass}}

Launched in 2003, within three years it had become a leading high-profile peer-reviewed electronic journal for history, featuring more than 100 new articles per year and its site routinely receiving 300,000 hits a month.{{cite web |url=http://www.connections.clio-online.net/event/id/termine-5184?language=en |title=History Compass: Call for World History Essays |first=David |last=Kalivas |date=March 24, 2006 |website=Clio Online}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.historians.org/2008/09/aha-member-access-to-the-history-compass-extended-to-october-31/ |title=AHA Member Access to the History Compass Extended to October 31 |first=Vernon |last=Horn |date=September 1, 2008 |website=Perspectives on History}}

The editor-in-chief is historian Projit B. Mukharji, of the University of Pennsylvania (2018–present).

The founding editor-in-chief was the late Mark Kishlansky, of Harvard University (2003-2008), followed by Felice Lifshitz, of the University of Alberta (2008-2013); and Laura Smoller, of the University of Rochester (2013-2018). The journal has benefited from a close association with the American Historical Association, which for a time offered its members a free six-month trial.{{cite web |url=http://blog.historians.org/2008/03/free-access-to-history-compass-for-aha-members/ |title=Free access to History Compass for AHA Members |date=March 19, 2008 |website=Perspectives on History}} The journal also offered a now-defunct graduate essay prize, the results of which were to be announced at the AHA's annual meeting.{{cite journal |url=https://lists.h-net.org/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Diplo&month=0608&msg=c/f145Q6Fm00dlnSJMc2Ag&pw= |title=History Compass Journal: Graduate Essay Prize |first=Keren |last=Oertly |date=August 8, 2006 |journal=H-Diplo}}