History of Science

9.5k citations
908 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

    • History of Science and Natural History
    • Philosophy and History of Science
    • History of Science and Medicine
    • Historical Philosophy and Science
    • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis

Papers in

History of Science

674 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Peers

History of Science
Comparison fields: 5 of 214
  • History and Philosophy of Science 4.0k
  • General Psychology 334
  • Theoretical Computer Science 216
  • History 1.5k
  • Anthropology 1.3k
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Fields of papers published in History of Science

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About History of Science

The 908 papers published in History of Science in the last decades have received a total of 9.5k indexed citations . Papers published in History of Science usually cover History and Philosophy of Science (457 papers), Theoretical Computer Science (32 papers), General Psychology (30 papers), Anthropology (136 papers) and History (112 papers) specifically the topics of History of Science and Natural History (195 papers), History of Science and Medicine (174 papers), Historical and Literary Studies (92 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (85 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (80 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (66 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (55 papers) and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (37 papers). The most active scholars publishing in History of Science are Steven Shapin, Martin J. S. Rudwick, David Edge, Simon Schaffer, Ilana Löwy, Robert Ε. Kohler, Anne Secord, Roger Cooter, N. Jardine and Mario Biagioli.

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