Publications in history

The following table shows changes in the number of publications in various different historical sub-disciplines over time. The figures are drawn from the RHS Bibliography, and should be viewed with the caveat that the cataloguing and classification criteria for the Bibliography have not remained constant for the entire period concerned.

Historiography and Historical Methods	442	536	572	779	1242	1057	981	193
Population and environment	1285	1610	2302	2508	3449	4160	3369	470
Social	4002	3948	5424	5992	8632	11298	11484	1960
Medicine and public health	506	517	625	853	1360	1585	1733	361
Economic activity and organization	4328	4718	4782	6031	7125	8114	7350	1111
Technology	704	768	666	723	1075	1368	1218	220
Media and communication	1058	1114	1177	1811	2787	4352	4916	877
Intellectual, cultural and the arts	5819	6232	6652	8527	12265	15996	16326	2611
Social and cultural identity	579	649	768	1171	1904	2953	2941	535
Religious belief, practice and organisation	3471	3717	4288	5183	6467	7406	7354	1005
Politics, administration and law	4879	5166	5513	7430	9230	11630	11170	1829
Military	1490	1628	1552	2230	3069	4180	4162	776
Foreign affairs	1233	1066	1123	1722	2229	2723	2563	491
Events and periods	1215	1309	1301	2166	3360	5089	4922	989
Sources	2538	3033	3254	3873	5663	7182	6344	765