Centaurus (journal)


Centaurus. Journal of the European Society for the History of Science is a quarterly peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal. Centaurus publishes high quality academic content on the history of science in the broadest sense, including the history of mathematics, medicine, biomedical sciences, earth sciences, social sciences, humanities and technology, studied from different perspectives, including epistemic, social, cultural, material and technical aspects. It is the official journal of the European Society for the History of Science.
The journal was established in 1950. In January 2022, Centaurus was relaunched in open-access format by the ESHS and Brepols as Centaurus. Journal of the European Society for the History of Science. Since 2024 the editor-in-chief is Daniele Cozolli and the deputy editor is Doubravka Olšáková.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 0.200.