So, the impression I have is that American Historical Review is the top ranked journal in history. But Americanists, Europeanists, Early Americanists, Medievalists, etc. probably would rank journals below AHR differently. How would you rank them through the lens of your specialization? What journals from outside history (e.g. Area Studies) would be important? What about journals that aren't in English (e.g. if you're a Germanist, what German journal(s) do you use?)? And how well would these rankings match up with impact factors (for example, I have the impression that Past and Present is quite a bit more influential than its impact factor would imply)?
I'm a medical anthropologist, but I do a lot of work with historians of medicine (in addition to studying history in relation to my own research.) There are certainly top-tier journals specific to the history of medicine, but there are also a number of cross-disciplinary journals in the medical humanities that are respected venues for research on medicine across the humanities and social sciences. The conversations I've had with fellow scholars in my field tend to center less on journal prestige and more on journal fit and audience: i.e. "I have this great manuscript about ____. Should I send it to the Big Name History Journal or Multidisciplinary Journal with a more diverse readership?" Even places like medical and medical education journals will publish work in the medical humanities. I've only ever heard my colleagues discuss impact factors once, in passing. I can't speak for everyone in my field, but my peers and I usually assess journals based on whether prominent scholars have published there recently/frequently, or if they serve on the journal's editorial board, and what kind of content journals have a reputation for publishing. Hope that is helpful!