''Measurement Science and Technology'' is a monthly

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, published by

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, covering the areas of measurement, instrumentation, and sensor technology in the

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. The

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is Andrew Yacoot ( National Physical Laboratory).

History

The journal was established in 1923 as the ''Journal of Scientific Instruments''. The first issue was introduced by

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, then president of the

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, who stated that no publication existed at that time in the English language specially devoted to scientific instruments. The idea for the journal was promoted by

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, the first president, then director, of the National Physical Laboratory, where the journal was initially edited. The need for interdisciplinarity was recognised even then, with the desire to co-opt biologists, engineers, chemists, and instrument makers, "as well as physicists", on the scientific advisory committee. The Institute of Physics merged with the

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in 1960. By this time the ''

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'' had grown in size and the quality of the applied journals, ''British Journal of Applied Physics'' and ''Journal of Scientific Instruments'', had been improved. In 1968 these journals were merged to form part of the ''

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'' series of journals, A to E, the fifth journal in the series being '' Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments''. In 1990 the journal was renamed as ''Measurement Science and Technology'' to reflect the shift away from many scientists making their own instruments. Since 2003 the journal archive containing all articles published since 1874 are available online.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the website, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.046.

References

External links

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