Historia Y Politica is an international academic journal dedicated to the application of formal methods to historical research. The core feature of this journal is its innovation and expansion of historical research methods, especially through quantitative analysis, computer-aided technology, historical metrology and historical information science, which provide historians with new research tools and perspectives.

The journal encourages scholars to use quantitative methods to analyze historical data, including statistical analysis, model building, and forecasting. At the same time, computer-aided qualitative research methods are also widely used, such as text mining, natural language processing, etc. These technologies help scholars extract information from a large number of historical documents for in-depth analysis. Covers the study of historical sociology, focusing on how individual behavior, social structure, and cultural factors have evolved over time. At the same time, the history of the social sciences is concerned with the development of the social sciences themselves, and how these disciplines have influenced our understanding of history.