The British Journal for the History of Science


The British Journal for the History of Science is an international academic journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press in association with the British Society for the History of Science. It was founded under its present title in 1962 but was preceded by the Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Science which was itself founded in 1949. The journal publishes papers and reviews on the subject of the history of science. The journal is currently edited by Doctor Amanda Rees, who works at the University of York.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 0.7. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Clarivate, Scopus, and ProQuest.

Previous editors of ''BJHS''

Adam Mosley
Amanda Rees
Charlotte Sleigh
Jon Agar
Simon Schaffer
Crosbie Smith
Janet Browne
John Hedley Brooke
David Knight
Nicholas W. Fisher
Robert Fox
Maurice P. Crosland
H. D. Anthony
N. H. de V. Heathcote