Osiris

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1936 by George Sarton, and relaunched by the History of Science Society in 1985, Osiris is an annual thematic journal that highlights research on significant themes in the history of science.

Recent volumes have included Scientific Masculinities, History of Science and the Emotions, and Data Histories.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.146

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	36

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24837

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	38

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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 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.

• Science, Technology and Society in Seventeenth Century England

  Citation: 348

  Authors: Robert K.

• The Moral Economy of Science

  Citation: 340

  Authors: Lorraine

• Reducing the Future to Climate: A Story of Climate Determinism and Reductionism

  Citation: 333

  Authors: Mike

• Historical Development of the Graphical Representation of Statistical Data

  Citation: 137

  Authors: H. Gray

• Locality in the History of Science: Colonial Science, Technoscience, and Indigenous Knowledge

  Citation: 129

  Authors: David Wade, Richard

• Natural Histories of Infectious Disease: Ecological Vision in Twentieth-Century Biomedical Science

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Warwick

• Atoms for Peace, Scientific Internationalism, and Scientific Intelligence

  Citation: 110

  Authors: John

• Acclimatizing the World: A History of the Paradigmatic Colonial Science

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Michael A.

• Development as Experiment: Science and State Building in Late Colonial and Postcolonial Africa, 1930-1970

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Christophe

• Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Adriana

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