Technology and Culture

Aims & Scope

Technology and Culture, the preeminent journal of the history of technology, draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists.

Subscribers include scientists, engineers, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, museum curators, archivists, scholars, librarians, educators, historians, and many others.

In addition to scholarly essays, each issue features 30-40 book reviews and reviews of new museum exhibitions.

To illuminate important debates and draw attention to specific topics, the journal occasionally publishes thematic issues.

Technology and Culture is the official journal of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.235

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	42

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19269

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	93

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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 Engineering, 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.

• Technology and History: "Kranzberg's Laws"

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Melvin

• Users as Agents of Technological Change: The Social Construction of the Automobile in the Rural United States

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Ronald, Trevor

• Is Technology Historically Independent of Science? A Study in Statistical Historiography

  Citation: 200

  Authors: Derek J.

• Technology as Knowledge

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Edwin T.

• Authoritarian and Democratic Technics

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Lewis

• Mirror-Image Twins: The Communities of Science and Technology in 19th-Century America

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Edwin

• Do Machines Make History?

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Robert L.

• Technology as Applied Science

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Mario

• Andean Value Systems and the Development of Prehistoric Metallurgy

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Heather

• Marx and the Machine

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Donald

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