HoST

HoST is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Natural History, Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, together about 45.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

HoST- Journal of History of Science and Technology is an open access journal, available online, devoted to the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. It explores the cultural, social and political dimensions of science, technology, and medicine (STM) in history across the world. Since 2019 HoST is published twice a year (June and December).Originated from efforts to develop the Portuguese community of historians of science, technology and medicine, HoST is entirely committed to original research on the cultural and social dimensions of science and technology in history across the globe. In effect, a major goal is to make the global geography of HoST papers a distinctive feature of the journal. The constitution of the advisory board reflects the importance of having an active collaboration from different regions of the planet and distinguishes HoST from most of the journals in the field.Each issue typically includes a thematic dossier, varia and work in progress sections, and three book reviews. Even if based on thematic issues, this journal also accepts and encourages spontaneous submissions, especially from graduate students (work in progress section). In order to promote the exchange between the local research community and noted international scholars, HoST and CIUHCT organize an annual distinguished lecture, which is published in the journal.HoST- Journal of History of Science and Technology is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal.Cite as HoSTHoST was founded in 2007 and since 2016 is published in partnership with Paradigm Publishing Services (formerly Sciendo).For back issues published until 2014, see johost.eu.Why submitPublication in HoST is free of chargeAll contributions published in EnglishPromotion of each published article and immediate accessibilityConstructive peer review by experts from various fields of History of Science, Technology and MedicineAvailable in electronic formatRejection rate30%Sponsors:HoST is sponsored by four Portuguese research centres, funded by National funds through FCT — Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the projects UIDB/00286/2020 (CIUHCT), UIDB/00057/2020 and UIDP/00057/2020 (CIDEHUS), UIDB/50013/2020 and UIDP/50013/2020 (ICS), UIDB/04209/2020 and UIDP/04209/2020 (IHC).Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P./MCTES through national funds - projects UIDB/00286/2020, UIDP/00286/2020 and UID/00286/2025https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00286/2020

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History

Editor-in-chief Juan AcevedoPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 9, Italy 1, Israel 1, Sri Lanka 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

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Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.8LetPub · 2026-11-01

CiteScore (publisher)

0.8Publisher website · 2026-11-01

SJR 2026-06

0.19LetPub · 2026-11-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.83LetPub · 2026-11-01

h-index

8OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.37OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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Average review time (community reports)

about 24 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 24 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Sciendo

Country or region

Poland

Language

English

ISSN

1646-7752

Society / sponsor

Paradigm Publishing Services

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ