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BSHS Publications

The BSHS supports the history of science through a range of publication projects, from an internationally recognised academic research journal to a magazine aimed at reaching wider audiences. All BSHS members have full access to our publications at no additional cost. Explore our publications below.

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BJHS

Our peer-reviewed quarterly journal, including articles by leading researchers and reviews of the latest books in the history of science, technology and medicine

BJHS Themes

Our open-access journal in collaboration with Cambridge University Press, publishing annual thematic collections aimed at animating the history of science community

Viewpoint

Our magazine, published three times a year and featuring news and views from across the field

Monographs

Between 1979 and 2013 the BSHS published a series of monographs, focussing on work of lasting scholarly value that might not otherwise be made available

About

British Journal for the History of Science

This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science. History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science. BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for over fifty years. It is also used extensively by historians and scholars in related fields. A substantial book review section is a central feature. There are four issues a year, comprising an annual volume of over 600 pages. BSHS members receive a subscription to the journal – find out more about joining the Society here.

In recent years, the journal has expanded its scope to include the evolving landscape of science and medicine in the digital age. This expansion includes an in-depth exploration of the impact of the internet on pharmaceuticals, exemplified by the rise of online medication platforms. One notable focus is the online availability of Strattera at this link, a medication used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), highlighting the shift in how patients access and learn about treatment options in the modern era.

BJHS is published by Cambridge University Press (ISSN: 0007-0874; EISSN: 1474-001X)

Online resources

Cambridge Journals Online operates our online services (some require subscription):

Further details, including advertising rates, institutional subscription information and instructions for contributors, are available on CUP’s BJHS pages.

Find the Journal online on Cambridge Core

Editorial Offices

Contact: amanda.rees@york.ac.uk

BJHS Editors: Dr Amanda Rees (University of York, first point of contact for authors, amanda.rees@york.ac.uk)
Dr Adam Mosley (Unitersity of Swansea)

Administrative Assistant: Mrs Sarah Thompson (submission of papers, bjhs.assistant@bshs.org.uk)

Book Reviews Editors: Dr Joseph D. Martin and Dr Coreen A. McGuire (Durham University, reviews.editor@bshs.org.uk)
BJHS CUP Website.

About

BJHS Themes

BJHS Themes is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal for the history of science, which publishes annual thematic collections aimed at animating the history of science community. BJHS Themes is enabled by investment from the Society’s Wheeler Bequest in collaboration with Cambridge University Press. The aim is to publish collections of insightful, original and timely studies that hit the historiographical moment. Articles are free to read online for all. Typically, issues are chosen through an open, annual competition.

Online Resources & Information

Cambridge Journals Online operates our online services. You can find out more about our peer reviewer guidelines, publishing ethics, and instructions for authors here. Here, you can find information for proposals and deadlines.

If you are interested in our advertisement policies, please follow this link.

Editorial offices

2025: Vol 10 – Imagining Alchemy: Visual and Figurative Representations in Pre-modern Sciences
2024: Vol 9 – The History of Science and the ‘Big Picture’ (edited by Jahnavi Phalkey)
2023: Vol 8 – Histories of Artificial Intelligence: A Genealogy of Power (edited by Rohan Deb Roy)
2022: Vol 7 – Taste and the History of Science (edited by Rohan Deb Roy)
2021: Vol 6 – Descent of Darwin: Race, Sex, and Human Nature (edited by Simon Werrett)
2020: Vol 5 – Learning by the Book: Manuals and Handbooks in the History of Science (edited by Simon Werrett)
2019: Vol 4 – How Collections End (edited by Simon Werrett)
2018: Vol 3 – Worlds of Science for Children and Young People, 1830-1991 (edited by Jon Agar)
2017: Vol 2 – Animal Agents? Historiography, Theory and the History of Science in the Anthropocene (edited by Jon Agar)
2016: Vol 1 – Science of Giants: China and India in the twentieth century (edited by Jon Agar)

Find the Issues online on Cambridge Core

Editorial Board

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Editors: Rohan Deb Roy (University of Reading) for 2022 and 2023 

and Jahnavi Phalkey (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences)

Editorial Board is shared with the BJHS.

About

BJHS Monographs

Mission

BSHS Monographs publishes work of lasting scholarly value that might not otherwise be made available, and it aids the dissemination of innovative projects advancing scholarship or education in the field. This series finished in 2013.

Catalogue

BSHS Monographs have been published since 1979.

  • full list of titles (link)

Purchasing BSHS Monographs

  • BSHS Monographs 13-14 and above are available for purchase directly via any bookseller
  • BSHS Monographs 12-14 are available for purchase directly from the BSHS print-on-demand service (link)
  • BSHS Monographs 1-14 are available in digital form and free download (link)

History of BSHS Monographs

For titles 1-5 the series editor was Dr R Smith, University of Lancaster; the series editor for 6 and 7 was Dr RG. Smith, University of Leicester; for titles 8-10 and the second editions of 1 and 4, the series editor was Dr PJ Weindling, University of Oxford. Dr JFM Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury, edited 11, Professors Janet Browne, James Secord and Hugh Torrens edited 12 and Dr John van Wyhe, University of Cambridge, edited 13. Professor Joe Cain edited 14, serving from 2008-2013, and oversaw the transformation of the series to a digital format.

Instructions to Prospective Authors

This series is now closed.

Full List of Titles

Contact: office@bshs.org.uk

Emily Steel
2011
74 pages
ISBN: 978-0-906450-18-5

Hasok Chang and Catherine Jackson, editors
2007
407 pages
ISBN: 978-0-906450-15-4 – 6″x9″ trade paper
ISBN: 978-0-906450-01-7

John C. Thackray, editor
2003
244 pages
ISBN: 0-906450-17-8 – second edition
ISBN: 0-906450-14-4 – first edition

JV Field and Frank AJL James
1997
110 pages + 60 illustrations
ISBN 0-906450-13-6

Joe Lester and Peter Bowler
1995
219 pages
ISBN 978-0-906450-11-6

Maurice Crosland
1994
354 pages + 6 illustrations
ISBN 0-906450-10-1

Michael Shortland, editor
1993
291 pages + 11 illustrations
ISBN 0-906450-08-X

Susan Sheets-Pyenson
1992
275 pages
ISBN 978-0-906450-07-9

Peter J. T. Morris and Colin A. Russell;
John Graham Smith, editor
1988
273 pages
ISBN 0-0906450-06-3

Graham Rees, assisted by Christopher Upton
1984
197 pages + 2 illustrations
ISBN 0-906450-04-7

Michael Hunter
1982, reprinted 1985, second edition, 1994
291 pages
ISBN 978-0-906450-09-3

Brian Wynne
1982
222 pages
ISBN 0-906450-02-0

Dorinda Outram, editor
2009 (first published, 1980)
109 pages
ISBN 978-0-906450-16-1. The 2009 edition is a facsimile of the 1980 edition.

LJ Jordanova and Roy Porter, editors
1979, reprinted 1981, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, 1997
293pp + 10 illustrations (downloads, reviews, etc)
ISBN 0-906450-12-8