British Journal for the History of Mathematics

Aims & Scope

British Journal for the History of Mathematics is a peer-reviewed international journal in the history of mathematics.

It is the Official Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), whose aims are to promote research into the history of mathematics and to encourage its use at all levels of mathematics education.

British Journal for the History of Mathematics publishes original articles and reviews across the whole chronological range of the history of mathematics, with a particular focus on history of mathematics as social and cultural history.

British Journal for the History of Mathematics is happy to receive short communications of around 1,000 words reporting on items of research that fall below the scope of a full-length article.

Any queries should be addressed to the Editor.

Proposals for special issues are encouraged, and should be discussed with the Editor.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24992

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.144

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Mathematics and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Procedures of Leibnizian infinitesimal calculus: an account in three modern frameworks

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Jacques, Piotr, Robert, Mikhail G., Karl

• Mathematical formalization and diagrammatic reasoning: the case study of the braid group between 1925 and 1950

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Michael

• From modules to lattices: Insight into the genesis of Dedekind's<i>Dualgruppen</i>

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Emmylou

• Continuity between Cauchy and Bolzano: issues of antecedents and priority

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Jacques, Piotr, Elías, Peter, Vladimir, Mikhail G.

• Linear algebra and multivariate analysis in statistics: development and interconnections in the twentieth century

  Citation: 6

  Authors: N H, W J

• Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746): a Newtonian between theory and practice

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Olivier

• A mathematical poetry book from Nepal

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Deepak

• A critical rendition to the development of mathematics education in Nepal: an anticolonial proposal

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Basanta Raj, Bal Chandra

• The recreational mathematics activities of ordinary nineteenth century Americans: A case study of two mathematics puzzle columns and their contributors

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Sian

• ‘There are great alterations in the geometry of late’. The rise of Isaac Newton’s early Scottish circle

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Philip

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