- WMQ = William and Mary Quarterly
- S&A = Slavery & Abolition
- JNH = Journal of Negro History
- JSH = Journal of Southern History
- JEcH = Journal of Economic History
- JsocH = Journal of Social History
- AHR = American Historical Review
- JMF = Journal of Marriage and the Family
- NEQ = New England Quarterly
- JAS = Journal of American Studies
- JIH = Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- AJLH = American Journal of Legal History
- PAH = Perspectives in American History
- PSQ = Political Science Quarterly
- JAfH = Journal of African History