Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology

Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology
DisciplineHistory of science, History of technology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byZhang Baichun, Jürgen Renn
Publication details
History2017–present
Publisher
Frequencybiannual
yes
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Indexing
ISSN2096-4226
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Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology (Chin. Ann. Hist. Sci. Technol., CAHST[1]; 中国科学技术史) is an international peer-reviewed biannual academic journal focusing on the history of science and history of technology. The journal has an international editorial board, is published in English by the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Science Press[2].

Description

The journal has been published twice a year since 2017. Articles on the history of science and technology related to China are published in English.

The journal is supported by the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences CAS and Science Press. It is the first academic English-language journal on the history of science and technology founded in the PRC[3].

CAHST publishes research from diverse perspectives and approaches, especially interdisciplinary studies, as well as cross-cultural and transnational studies in the history of science and knowledge. The journal features research articles and reviews, including specific studies of original documents and archaeological findings. It also publishes book reviews, review essays on previous research, current debates and controversies on historiography or methodology, and news on the history of science and technology. The journal aims to make each issue thematic, with articles focusing on a more or less homogeneous topic[4].

Many articles in the journal focus on the connections of scholars with China and issues of Chinese studies.

Journal's aim: To change the situation of China's absence in English-language journals on the history of science and technology and to make the development of the discipline of history of science and technology more robust[5].

Editorial Board

The journal is led by two editors-in-chief: Zhang Baichun (former director of IHNS) and Jürgen Renn (director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)[6].

The editorial board consists of historians of science and technology and Sinologists from various countries.

The editorial advisory board includes international historians of science and technology and Sinologists[7].

Indexing and ranking

The journal is indexed in UGC CARE[8], Scopus.

The SCImago Journal Rank: SJR = 0.114.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://zbmath.org/serials/?q=se%3A9561
  2. ^ Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology Archived 2023-01-31 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. 2023.
  3. ^ Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology – Scimago Journal & Country Rank.
  4. ^ About the Journal Archived 2023-06-06 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences CAS.
  5. ^ The journal's aim on its Chinese website: CAHST的出版将改变中国在英文科技史期刊中的缺位局面，使科技史学科的发展更加健全 ("The publication of CAHST will change the situation of China's absence in English-language journals on the history of science and technology, and make the development of the discipline of history of science and technology more robust.") 2024.
  6. ^ Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology (CAHST) on the website of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.
  7. ^ The Editorial Office of Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology. Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China.
  8. ^ UGC CARE List of Journals - 2026
  9. ^ 2026 JournalSearches.
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