British Journal for the History of Science

Aims & Scope

This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science.

History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science.

BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for more than thirty years.

It is also used extensively by historians and scholars in related fields.

A substantial book review section is a central feature.

There are four issues a year, comprising an annual volume of over 600 pages.

Published for the British Society for the History of Science

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13293

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	83

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.422

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, 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.

• De-centring the ‘big picture’:<i>The Origins of Modern Science</i>and the modern origins of science

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Andrew, Perry

• Corresponding interests: artisans and gentlemen in nineteenth-century natural history

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Anne

• The Ivory Tower: the history of a figure of speech and its cultural uses

  Citation: 88

  Authors: STEVEN

• Precision measurement and the genesis of physics teaching laboratories in Victorian Britain

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Graeme

• Introduction: historical geographies of science – places, contexts, cartographies

  Citation: 83

  Authors: SIMON

• Tropical climate and moral hygiene: the anatomy of a Victorian debate

  Citation: 82

  Authors: DAVID N.

• Mendeleev's periodic system of chemical elements

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Bernadette

• Polyhedra and the Abominations of Leviticus

  Citation: 77

  Authors: David

• Early Experimental Graphs

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Laura

• Mary Anning (1799–1847) of Lyme; ‘the greatest fossilist the world ever knew’

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Hugh

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