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BJHS Themes

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN2058-850XeISSN2056-354X

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

143

Total Citationsi

768

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BJHS Themes is a sister journal to the British Journal for the History of Science, and publishes scholarly articles on the history of science, technology, medicine and the environment. It is aimed at a broad audience of historians and scientists.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications143

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2058-850X / 2056-354X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

183

2019

152

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Science and MedicineHistory of Science and Natural HistoryDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesGeographies of human-animal interactionsAcademic Publishing and Open AccessHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesRace, Genetics, and SocietyCybernetics and Technology in SocietyAnthropological Studies and InsightsHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis

Frequently asked questions about BJHS Themes

Is BJHS Themes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BJHS Themes: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BJHS Themes?

BJHS Themes is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.44.

Is BJHS Themes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BJHS Themes is indexed in DOAJ.