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Best History and Philosophy of Science journals
253 Scopus-active journals are ranked in History and Philosophy of Science. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 63 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.
| # | Journal | CiteScore | Percentile | Quartile | WoS | ABDC | OA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qualitative Research | 10.5 | 99th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 2 | Philosophy and Technology | 9.6 | 99th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 3 | Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society | 8.7 | 99th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 4 | Social Science and Medicine | 8.2 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | A | No |
| 5 | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 7.9 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 6 | Daedalus | 7 | 97th | Q1 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 7 | Social Studies of Science | 6.9 | 97th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 8 | Science Education | 6.5 | 97th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 9 | Science as Culture | 6.1 | 96th | Q1 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 10 | Journal of Sex Research | 6 | 96th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 11 | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | 5.1 | 95th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 12 | AAPP Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali | 4.7 | 95th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 13 | Educational Philosophy and Theory | 4.7 | 95th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 14 | Biological Theory | 4.4 | 94th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 15 | Journal of Sociolinguistics | 4.3 | 94th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 16 | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine | 4.3 | 93th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 17 | Philosophy and Public Affairs | 4.2 | 93th | Q1 | SSCI | A | No |
| 18 | Public Opinion Quarterly | 4.2 | 93th | Q1 | SSCI | A | No |
| 19 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | 3.8 | 92th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 20 | Ethics and Society | 3.6 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | Yes |
| 21 | Engineering Studies | 3.6 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 22 | Biology and Philosophy | 3.5 | 91th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 23 | Theory and Psychology | 3.5 | 91th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 24 | Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine | 3.4 | 90th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | Yes |
| 25 | European Journal for Philosophy of Science | 3.2 | 90th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 26 | Foundations of Science | 3 | 89th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 27 | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | 3 | 89th | Q1 | AHCI | – | No |
| 28 | Psychology in Russia: State of the Art | 3 | 89th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 29 | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews | 2.8 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 30 | Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal | 2.7 | 88th | Q1 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 31 | Music and Science | 2.7 | 87th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 32 | Perspectives on Science | 2.7 | 87th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 33 | Journal for General Philosophy of Science | 2.6 | 87th | Q1 | AHCI | – | No |
| 34 | Philosophy of Science | 2.6 | 86th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 35 | Science and Technology Studies | 2.6 | 86th | Q1 | SSCI | – | Yes |
| 36 | Philosophy of Management | 2.5 | 86th | Q1 | ESCI | B | No |
| 37 | School Science and Mathematics | 2.4 | 85th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 38 | Foundations of Physics | 2.3 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 39 | Journal of Education Culture and Society | 2.3 | 84th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 40 | Technology and Language | 2.3 | 84th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 41 | Finance and Society | 2.2 | 83th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 42 | Quanta | 2.2 | 83th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 43 | Centaurus | 2.1 | 82th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 44 | History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences | 2.1 | 82th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 45 | Trunojoyo Law Review | 2 | 82th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 46 | History of the Human Sciences | 2 | 81th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 47 | History of Science | 1.9 | 81th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 48 | Moral Philosophy and Politics | 1.9 | 80th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 49 | Anthropologie (France) | 1.8 | 80th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 50 | Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy | 1.8 | 80th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 51 | History and Technology | 1.7 | 79th | Q1 | AHCI | – | No |
| 52 | Journal of Futures Studies | 1.7 | 79th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 53 | British Journal for the History of Science | 1.7 | 78th | Q1 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 54 | History of Geo- and Space Sciences | 1.7 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | Yes |
| 55 | Philosophies | 1.7 | 78th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 56 | Journal of the History of Economic Thought | 1.6 | 77th | Q1 | AHCI, SSCI | B | No |
| 57 | Archive for History of Exact Sciences | 1.6 | 77th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 58 | Isis | 1.6 | 76th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 59 | Studia Logica | 1.6 | 76th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 60 | Ukrainian Geographical Journal | 1.5 | 76th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 61 | Journal of the History of Biology | 1.5 | 75th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 62 | Medicina Historica | 1.5 | 75th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 63 | Notes and Records | 1.5 | 75th | Q1 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 64 | History of Science and Technology | 1.5 | 74th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 65 | Journal of Interdisciplinary History | 1.5 | 74th | Q2 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 66 | History of Education | 1.4 | 73th | Q2 | SSCI | – | No |
| 67 | IEEE Annals of the History of Computing | 1.4 | 73th | Q2 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 68 | Medical Problems of Performing Artists | 1.4 | 73th | Q2 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 69 | European Journal of the History of Economic Thought | 1.4 | 72th | Q2 | SSCI | B | No |
| 70 | Endeavour | 1.4 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 71 | History Workshop Journal | 1.4 | 71th | Q2 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 72 | Perspectives in Biology and Medicine | 1.4 | 71th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 73 | Studia Linguistica | 1.4 | 71th | Q2 | AHCI | – | No |
| 74 | HOPOS | 1.3 | 70th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 75 | Journal of East Asian Linguistics | 1.3 | 70th | Q2 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 76 | Journal of Islamic Architecture | 1.3 | 69th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 77 | Theoria (Spain) | 1.3 | 69th | Q2 | AHCI | – | Yes |
| 78 | Journal of American History | 1.2 | 69th | Q2 | AHCI, SSCI | – | No |
| 79 | Apeiron | 1.2 | 68th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 80 | Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psihiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova | 1.2 | 68th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 81 | Oceania | 1.2 | 67th | Q2 | SSCI | – | No |
| 82 | Revista de Historia Industrial | 1.2 | 67th | Q2 | AHCI, SSCI | – | Yes |
| 83 | Substantia | 1.2 | 67th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 84 | Contributions to Entomology | 1.1 | 66th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 85 | Evolutionary Biology - New Perspectives on its Development | 1.1 | 66th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 86 | Journal of Mekong Societies | 1.1 | 65th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 87 | Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology | 1.1 | 65th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 88 | Intellectual History Review | 1 | 65th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 89 | Annals of Science | 1 | 64th | Q2 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 90 | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences | 1 | 64th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 91 | European Journal of Analytic Philosophy | 1 | 63th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 92 | Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science | 1 | 63th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 93 | Theology and Science | 1 | 63th | Q2 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 94 | Agricultural History Review | 1 | 62th | Q2 | AHCI | – | No |
| 95 | Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte | 1 | 62th | Q2 | AHCI, SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 96 | Journal of the Philosophy of History | 1 | 62th | Q2 | AHCI | – | No |
| 97 | Frontiers Collection | 1 | 61th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 98 | History and Philosophy of Logic | 1 | 61th | Q2 | AHCI, SCIE | – | No |
| 99 | Momento | 0.9 | 60th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 100 | Thammasat Review | 0.9 | 60th | Q2 | – | – | No |
Rank and percentile are within the History and Philosophy of Science Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.