Social Studies of Science

*Social Studies of Science*
Discipline	Science and technology studies, history of science, philosophy of science, sociology of science
Language	English
Edited by	Sergio Sismondo
Publication details
Former name(s)	Science Studies (until 1975, ISSN 0036-8539)
History	1971–present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	4.038 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Soc. Stud. Sci.
Indexing;
ISSN	0306-3127 (print); 1460-3659 (web);
LCCN	75645506
OCLC no.	2242476
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

Social Studies of Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers relating to the history and philosophy of science. The journal's editor-in-chief is Sergio Sismondo (Queen's University). The journal was established in 1971 under the name Science Studies and assumed its present title in 1975. It is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Founding[]

In the inaugural issue in 1971 the founding editors, Roy MacLeod and David Edge,^[1]^[2] 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."^[3]

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".^[4]

References[]

^ "Editorial Board: Past Editors". Social Studies of Science. Sage Journals. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
^ Roy MacLeod (April 2003). "In Memoriam: David Edge". Social Studies of Science. 33 (2): 181–183. doi:10.1177/03063127030332005. S2CID 220878837.
^ The Editors (January 1971). "Editorial". Science Studies. 1 (1): 2. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Journal Indexing and Metrics: Social Studies of Science". SAGE Journals. Retrieved 2020-08-26.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Editorial Board: Past Editors". Social Studies of Science. Sage Journals. Retrieved 2020-11-17.

[2] Roy MacLeod (April 2003). "In Memoriam: David Edge". Social Studies of Science. 33 (2): 181–183. doi:10.1177/03063127030332005. S2CID 220878837.

[3] The Editors (January 1971). "Editorial". Science Studies. 1 (1): 2. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[4] "Journal Indexing and Metrics: Social Studies of Science". SAGE Journals. Retrieved 2020-08-26.

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