Journal profile
History of Science in South Asia
ISSN 2369-775X · University of Alberta · Canada
History of Science in South Asia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
History of Science in South Asia is published by University of Alberta. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Astronomy and Related Studies, Indian and Buddhist Studies and History of Medicine Studies, together about 39.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
HSSA is a Diamond Open-Access journal publishing high-quality academic research in the history of science, with a focus on South Asia. We take “South Asia” as an inclusive, non-political, socio-geographic term referring to the area from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, from Pakistan to Bangladesh, and of course India. Research on the influences of South Asian cultures beyond these borders is also welcome, for example Nepalese or Tibetan influences on China, Sri Lankan influences on the Maldives, or Indian influences in South-East Asia. We take “science” to be broadly conceived, and to include all forms of rigorous intellectual activity that adopt at least to some extent a quantitative and empirical approach, as in the German “Die Wissenschaft,” that covers most forms of academic scholarship. Theoretical discussions of the meaning of “science” in the South Asian context are welcome. They should presuppose some familiarity with topics such as those raised in sources like Chadha, G. and Thomas, R., eds. Mapping Scientific Method: Disciplinary Narrations (2022), Grant, A History of Natural Philosophy (2007), Latour & Woolgar, Laboratory Life (1979), Staal, "Concepts of Science in Europe and Asia" (1993), Shapin, “Science and the Modern World” (2007, PDF), Netz, The Shaping of Deduction (2003, review by Latour), Pollock, “The Languages of Science in Early-Modern India” (in Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia, 2011), and similar reflective works that explore Global History, the interpretation of modernities, and the meaning of science in the pre-modern world such as Bronkhorst 2006 and Ganeri 2013. Factual articles reporting discoveries, or interpretative revisions, are also welcome, as are editions and translations of science texts in the languages South Asia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Astronomy and Related StudiesPhysics and Astronomy16.7%
- Indian and Buddhist StudiesArts and Humanities11.3%
- History of Medicine StudiesArts and Humanities11.3%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities11.3%
- History and Developments in AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy9.2%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine7.9%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities7.5%
- History and Theory of MathematicsMathematics7.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 96 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- 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)
Article types accepted3
- book and media reviewsBook and Media Reviews HSSA publishes reviews of books and other media related to the field.Length not stated
- featuresFeatures HSSA welcomes feature submissions that report on, or present opinions about, topical issues in the history of science in South Asia; present analyses o…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles Contributions reporting original research using qualitative and/or quantitative historical data related to the history of science should inclu…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use
AI use must be disclosed in the Research Methods section; AI-written text broadly not acceptable. Model summary
Authors who use AI tools in the preparation of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the Research Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
No article-processing fee; authors retain copyright under a Creative Commons BY-SA license. Model summary
Authors are not charged any article-processing fee and authors retain the copyright of their work, releasing it under a Creative Commons BY-SA license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Immediate open access. Model summary
This journal provides immediate, free diamond open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public is the most effective way to support the growth of knowledge. Articles published in this journal qualify as Free Cultural Works. Here is a short presentation of these benefits:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review by active professionals in the history of science. Model summary
Articles submitted to HSSA are anonymized and sent to external peer-reviewers. At the editors' discretion, submissions may be internally peer-reviewed by the editorial board. Book reviews are peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board. External reviewers are chosen from internationally-renowned scholars with minimum university qualification to the PhD level in a subject related to the history…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Post-publication corrections normally not possible; errata in exceptional circumstances per Érudit policy. Model summary
HSSA adopts the policy as laid out in detail in the Érudit policy statement. In brief, once a paper has been published, changes will normally not be possible.
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
- University of Alberta
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, Sanskrit
- ISSN
- 2369-775X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about History of Science in South Asia
How long does peer review take at History of Science in South Asia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 History of Science in South Asia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, History of Science in South Asia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is History of Science in South Asia open access, and what is the APC?
History of Science in South Asia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .