Gladius

Gladius is a scientific journal published by CSIC and edited by the Instituto de Historia at CCHS, that publishes contributions on the following subjects: Arms and Armour, Military History and Polemology, from the earliest times until the end of the Eighteenth century, mainly in the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, Islam and the Americas, although other contributions will be considered. It also contains a section on scientific discussion and reviews.

Founded in 1961, it began to be available online in 2007, in PDF format, maintaining printed edition until 2024. That year it became an electronic journal publishing in PDF, HTML and XML-JATS. Contents of previous issues are also available in PDF files.

It also publishes a collection of monographs on the same subjects under the title Anejos de Gladius that is published in printed and electronic format.

Gladius is indexed in Web of Science: Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), SCOPUS, CWTS Leiden Ranking (Journal indicators), ERIH Plus, REDIB, DOAJ and other national and international databases. It is indexed in Latindex Catalogue 2.0 and has obtained the FECYT Seal of Quality.