''Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science'' is an international, quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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which publishes original research in the
history of science
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,
technology
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, and
medicine
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. The journal welcomes other forms of contribution including: research notes elucidating recent archival discoveries (in the collections of the Royal Society and elsewhere); news of research projects and online and other resources of interest to historians; book reviews, including essay reviews, on material relating primarily to the history of the Royal Society; recollections or
autobiographical
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accounts written by Fellows and others recording important moments in science from the recent past. It is published by the
Royal Society
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and the
editor-in-chief
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is
Anna Marie Roos supported by an eminent editorial board.
''Notes and Records'' is fully compliant with the open access requirements of a range of funders including the HEFCE (REF 2020), AHRC, Scottish Funding Council, Wellcome Trust and European Commission. It is designated as "green" on the
SHERPA/RoMEO website.
History
The journal was established in 1938 as the ''Notes and Records of the Royal Society'', under the control of Henry Lyons with the help of the assistant secretary of the Royal Society.
It obtained its current name, ''Notes and Records: the Royal Society journal of the history of science'' in 2014.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Scopus
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,
Science Citation Index Expanded
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It was created by the Eugene Garfield at the Institute for Scientific Information, launched in 1964 as Science Citation Index ( ...
,
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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,
Current Contents
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History
''Current Contents ...
/Arts & Humanities,
Current Mathematical Publications, and
MathSciNet. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2022
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 0.4.
See also
* ''
Notes and Queries''
References
External links
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History of science journals
History of technology
History of medicine
Royal Society academic journals
Quarterly journals
Academic journals established in 1938
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