Aestimatio Critical Reviews in the History of Science

Aestimatio Critical Reviews in the History of Science is published by Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies, Classical Philosophy and Thought and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies, together about 38.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Aestimatio began in 2004 as an open access review journal (Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science) and continued as such until 2019. By then, our readers and the editors of the journal had come to see the value of, and need for, a journal with the same ambit that allowed for closer discussion of work in the field and of the research underlying that work. Our response was the creation in 2020 of a new, immediately open access series, Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science, with its three major divisions of content: Sources, Studies, and Discussions. All three are peer-reviewed contributions that advance the Field. Sources typically involve the introduction, translation, and analysis of relevant texts in their original languages. Studies address issues in the understanding of such sources. Discussions typically concern more general issues in the field raised by particular studies, e.g., “Greek and Latin Astrological Poetry Reconsidered” by Stephan Heilen (Aestimatio 4:1–74). There are also book reviews, as before. Access and DistributionThis journal provides immediate Diamond open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. In addition to its being distributed freely online, the journal is archived in the Library and Archives of Canada. FocusThe editors of Aestimatio take science broadly to be the goals, methods, knowledge, and practices in what is presented as science in the historical sources. Moreover, the aim is to present these sources and, indeed, all premodern science, as they were understood from the standpoint of the historical actors and not with an eye to the contentions and aims of modern science. Accordingly, the new series of Aestimatio aims to make fundamental texts and ideas in the history of premodern science accessible to readers today through the publication of original research. Special InterestAt this juncture, in addition to accounts of the premodern sciences in diverse cultures, we welcome scholarly discussions of the transference of knowledge from one such scientific culture to another. PublisherThe Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science (IRCPS) is a not-for-profit educational corporation established in 1983 in the USA and in Canada in 2025. It is maintained and supported by scholars at various academic institutions around the world. Its primary purpose is to enhance higher education an

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Impact

h-index

44OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

137OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.07OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 18 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 18 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science

Country or region

Canada

Language

French, English

ISSN

1549-4470

Electronic ISSN

1549-4497

Latest issue on the website

Volume 5, Issue 2 (2024)

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