The journal was established in 1940 by Arthur Oncken Lovejoy and Philip P. Wiener and has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press since 2006.

In addition to the print version, current issues are available electronically through Project MUSE, and earlier ones through JSTOR.

Distinguished former editors include Arthur Lovejoy, John Herman Randall, Paul Oskar Kristeller, Philip P. Wiener, Donald Kelley, Lewis White Beck[1] and Anthony Grafton.

Since 2015, the Journal is complemented by a blog, which publishes short articles and interviews related to intellectual history.

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