Journal profile · HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Early Science and Medicine
ISSN 1383-7427 · eISSN 1573-3823 · Brill Academic Publishers · NETHERLANDS
Early Science and Medicine: CAS Zone 2 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4; hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 34 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Early Science and Medicine is published by Brill Academic Publishers and is in Zone 2 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Medicine, Historical Philosophy and Science and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Early Science and Medicine (ESM) is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to the history of science, medicine and technology from Antiquity through to the end of the eighteenth century. The need to treat in a single journal all aspects of scientific, medical and technological activity and thought to the eighteenth century emerges from the comparably low degree of specialization and the high degree of disciplinary interdependence characterizing the period before the professionalization of these fields. We welcome articles prompted by current interests in the history of pre-modern science, medicine and technology that are characterised by an identification and discussion of a historical problem. The journal has so far focused mainly on the Western, Byzantine and Arabic traditions. The journal is however also open to considering scientific, medical and technological traditions across the globe before 1800, and it is particularly interested in emphasizing elements of interconnectedness across geographical regions and time periods. It encourages the diachronic study of these traditions from a wide variety of viewpoints, including commented text editions or studies of historical figures, scientific questions or practices. Early Science and Medicine contains an extended book review section. It also welcomes special issues and feature sections dedicated to emerging historiographic fields and methods of research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Christoph LüthyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities16%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities14%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities9%
- History of Medicine StudiesArts and Humanities8.6%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities6%
- Historical and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Historical Astronomy and Related StudiesPhysics and Astronomy5.1%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History & Philosophy Of Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History & Philosophy Of Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Philosophy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History & Philosophy Of Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 0.4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 212OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,042 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 34 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 31 | 9 | 3 |
| 2023 | 36 | 21 | 24 |
| 2022 | 32 | 11 | 28 |
| 2021 | 47 | 16 | 61 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 1383-7427
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-3823
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Early Science and Medicine
What CAS zone is Early Science and Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Early Science and Medicine is in Zone 2 of Philosophy, and in Zone 2 of the minor category History & Philosophy Of Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Early Science and Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.4; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Early Science and Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Early Science and Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Early Science and Medicine is indexed in SCIE, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Early Science and Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Early Science and Medicine is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .