History and Technology

Aims & Scope

History and Technology is a world-leading international forum for research on technology in history.

Technology – as knowledge, practice, and material resource – has been a key site for constituting the human experience.

It has been central to the making and transformation of societies and cultures, on a local and transnational scale, in the pre-modern and modern eras.

The journal publishes historical contributions on any aspect of technology in any period in history but encourages research that critically analyses the concept of technology while emphasizing its importance for a better understanding of history.

The journal is also engaged in a reflexive encounter with the ways in which history of technology is written, regarding choices of theory, scale, register, and whose voices may count as authoritative.

History and Technology seeks to stimulate dialogue between history of technology and allied fields in history and the humanities, with the aim of exploring common issues in explanation, interpretation, and methodology.

Truly international in scope, the journal places a high value on high-quality contributions from scholars who would not normally publish in the English language.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12765

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	59

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.443

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	32

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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, 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.

• The Primacy of Science in Modernity, of Technology in Postmodernity, and of Ideology in the History of Technology

  Citation: 175

  Authors: Paul

• The usefulness of evolutionary models for explaining innovation. The case of the Netherlands in the nineteenth century

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Johan

• Foucault and Technology

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Michael C.

• Introduction

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Thomas J., Johan

• Europe, technology, and colonialism in the 20th century

  Citation: 104

  Authors: David

• Knowledge and professional identity in engineering: code‐switching and the metrics of progress

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Gary Lee, Juan C.

• From innovation to use: Ten eclectic theses on the historiography of technology

  Citation: 78

  Authors: David

• Will small be beautiful? Making policies for our nanotech future

  Citation: 70

  Authors: W. Patrick

• Introduction: Risk and ‘Risk Society’ in Historical Perspective

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Soraya, Nathalie

• Public Health and Pesticide Regulation in France Before and After<i>Silent Spring</i>

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Nathalie

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