《南非歷史期刊》得到了充分認可、同行評審，被國際公認為南非出版的首要歷史期刊，促進了該國以及南部非洲地區的重大歷史學術研究。作為南部非洲歷史學會的期刊，它為南非歷史的原始思考提供了一個高質量的媒介，并因此塑造并繼續為定義該地區的歷史編纂做出貢獻。《南非歷史雜志》每季度出版一期，出版了各種各樣的材料，包括從前殖民地社區到21世紀早期轉型社會的相關問題，歷史的實踐和教學以及關于遺產和紀念過去的辯論。它包括突破性的創新研究、一般歷史和歷史編纂綜述、歷史辯論和回訪、對歷史學家的采訪和對他們工作的反思、評論文章和重要書籍的評論。它定期發表專題文章，主題包括：“南非口述歷史”（2008年）；“讓我們談談班圖斯坦人”（2012年）；“茨瓦納歷史”（2014年）。雜志上發表的所有研究文章都經過了嚴格的同行評審，基于最初的編輯篩選和至少兩名評審員的匿名評審。該期刊遵循“雙盲”的材料評價過程：作者的姓名不向推薦人披露，推薦人的身份也不向作者披露。我們要求我們的推薦人編寫有用的報告，充分激發他們對出版物的建議。該期刊在南非獲得完全認證，列在湯森路透藝術與人文引文索引中，其內容也相應地被引用、注釋、索引和/或摘錄。

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