Social Studies of Science

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Founding

In the 1971 inaugural issue, the founding editors, Roy MacLeod and David Edge, [3] [4] announced that the journal "will devote itself to original research, whether empirical or theoretical, which brings fresh light to bear on the concepts, processes and consequences of modern science. It will be interdisciplinary in the sense that it will encourage appropriate contributions from political science, sociology, economics, history, philosophy, social anthropology, and the legal and educational disciplines. It will welcome studies of fundamental research, applied research and development; of university science, industrial science and science in government." [5]

Past editors

Abstracting and indexing

Social Studies of Science is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports , its impact factor is 4.038, ranking it 1st out of 111 journals in the category "History of Philosophy and Science". [7]

References

  1. "Nicole Nelson". History.Wisc.Edu. University of Wisconsin-Madison . Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. "Sergio Sismondo". Queensu.Ca. Queen's University at Kingston . Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. "Editorial Board: Past Editors". Social Studies of Science. Sage Journals. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  4. Roy MacLeod (April 2003). "In Memoriam: David Edge". Social Studies of Science. 33 (2): 181–183. doi:10.1177/03063127030332005. S2CID   220878837.
  5. "Editorial". Science Studies. 1 (1): 2. January 1971.
  6. Sismondo, Sergio (April 2022). "A new Editor-in-Chief". Social Studies of Science. 52 (3): 327–329. doi: 10.1177/03063127221095117 .
  7. "Journal Indexing and Metrics: Social Studies of Science". SAGE Journals. Retrieved 2020-08-26.