Journal profile
The Encyclopedia of the History of Science
ISSN 2642-5890 · Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Publishing Service · United States
The Encyclopedia of the History of Science: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The Encyclopedia of the History of Science is published by Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Publishing Service. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Medicine, History of Science and Natural History and Publishing and Scholarly Communication, together about 58.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
General Information The Encyclopedia of the History of Science (ETHOS) publishes up-to-date, peer-reviewed articles on topics in the history of science and technology, broadly construed. All articles focus on a single topic in the field, presenting an interpretive overview of the subject while also surveying relevant published literature. Most articles are solicited by members of the Editorial and Advisory Boards. Unsolicited articles by qualified authors are welcome in certain circumstances, however, as are suggestions for future articles. Updates to articles are planned on a timely basis to account for new scholarship, as well as to correct errors of fact and interpretation. The entire Encyclopedia is archived quarterly to create a stable, citable page for each entry. Readers can consult both current and previous versions of published articles.The Encyclopedia of the History of Science is published and hosted by the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Publishing Service (ISSN 2642-5890). Unless otherwise noted, all images courtesy of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives. We gratefully acknowledge the support of a Mellon Seed Grant in Digital Humanities through Carnegie Mellon's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences; as well as The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University for support of an editorial workshop. Thanks also to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and particularly Ed Zalta, Uri Nodelman, and Colin Allen for initial design support. ETHOS thanks Jonathan Kiritharan of CMU Libraries for ongoing programming support; and Matthew Lincoln, Drew Stimson, Scott Weingart, Dan Evans, and Heidi Wiren Bartlett for initial design and deployment support. ETHOS uses the Janeway Platform developed at the Birkbeck (University of London) Centre for Technology and Publishing. The theme for ETHOS was implemented by Patrick Fulton. Copyright and Licensing Status Authors retain their copyright. However, they must agree to publish under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License as well as license their article to the Encyclopedia of the History of Science as outlined in the Author Agreement. Open Access and Fees Status ETHOS does not charge authors a submission charge or a publication fee. Likewise, readers are not charged a fee to access articles online. The Encyclopedia has been designed so that each entry (even archived or corrected entries) is available online indefinitely wi
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities30.6%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities19.4%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities8.3%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities5.6%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science2.8%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities2.8%
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences2.8%
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- articlespublishing open-access, peer-reviewed articles in the history of science and technologyLength not stated
- editorialircumstances and with permission of the Editorial Collective, entries should not be shorter than 500 words or longer than 10,000 words, exclusive of notes and r…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Ethical Standards and Misconduct
The Encyclopedia of the History of Science expects editors, reviewers, and authors to respect the integrity of the research process and conform to rigorous standards in the citation and acknowledgement of the work of other scholars. Editors, reviewers, and authors must act in a professional and fair way when completing their expected duties. Editors shall not discriminate on the basis of gender, s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Licensing Status
Authors retain their copyright. However, they must agree to publish under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License as well as license their article to the Encyclopedia of the History of Science as outlined in the Author Agreement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access and Fees Status
open_access Model summary
ETHOS does not charge authors a submission charge or a publication fee. Likewise, readers are not charged a fee to access articles online. The Encyclopedia has been designed so that each entry (even archived or corrected entries) is available online indefinitely without cost or paywall.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Status
All contributed articles are reviewed (and must be approved) by at least two members of the Editorial or Advisory Boards, or by one member of these Boards and an outside expert selected by the Editorial Board. Most articles are solicited by members of the Editorial Board, however, ETHOS does accept unsolicited submissions by qualified authors, by which we mean those with a Ph.D. in history or a re…
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
- Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Publishing Service
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2642-5890
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about The Encyclopedia of the History of Science
How long does peer review take at The Encyclopedia of the History of Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 The Encyclopedia of the History of Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, The Encyclopedia of the History of Science is indexed in DOAJ.
Is The Encyclopedia of the History of Science open access, and what is the APC?
The Encyclopedia of the History of Science 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: .