Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
ISSN 0270-4676 · eISSN 1552-4183 · SAGE
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,400; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is published by SAGE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Medicine, Research, Science, and Academia and Science Education and Pedagogy, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (BSTS), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, provides a means of communication within as wide of a spectrum of the STS community as possible, including faculty and students from sciences, engineering, the humanities, and social science. Its scope is that which is of value in STS pedagogy at either … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 13, India 2, Philippines 2, Japan 1, Canada 1 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities10.5%
- Research, Science, and AcademiaDecision Sciences9.7%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences9.6%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities7.4%
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and HumanitiesArts and Humanities6%
- Cybernetics and Technology in SocietyArts and Humanities4.7%
- Twentieth Century Scientific DevelopmentsArts and Humanities4.5%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | Q1 | 3/254 | 99th |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 17/692 | 97th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 25/744 | 96th |
| Education | Q1 | 106/1698 | 93rd |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | Q1 | 66/317 | 79th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 375OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,970 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 3 | 820 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 | 1,155 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 1,259 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | 1,451 |
| 2022 | 12 | 4 | 1,378 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 1,574 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / GBP 2,493 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted5
- full articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society publishes original research articles. Manuscript The…Length not stated
- original research articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society publishes original research articles. Manuscript The…Length not stated
- original research articlesThe Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society publishes original research articles.Length not stated
- otherOther First published Nov 1, 2010Length not stated
- research articleResearch article First published Sep 10, 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Some articles published Open Access Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
peer-reviewed Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reject…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0270-4676
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-4183
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
What are the manuscript requirements of Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), India (2) and Philippines (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is indexed in Scopus.
Is Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .