''Centaurus. Journal of the European Society for the History of Science'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering research on the
history of mathematics, science, and technology. It is the official journal of the European Society for the History of Science. The journal was established in 1950. In January 2022, Centaurus was relaunched in
open-access
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format by the ESHS and
Brepols as ''Centaurus. Journal of the European Society for the History of Science''.
The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Koen Vermeir (
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
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In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...
and
Paris Diderot University).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 0.200.
References
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History of science journals
Brepols academic journals
Publications established in 1950
English-language journals
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