''The British Journal for the History of Science'' (a.k.a. ''BJHS'') is an international

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

published quarterly by

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Pr ...

in association with the

British Society for the History of Science The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) was founded in 1947 by Francis Butler, Joan Eyles and Victor Eyles. Overview It is Britain's largest learned society devoted to the history of science, technology, and medicine. The society's ...

. It was founded under its present title in 1962 but was preceded by the ''Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Science'' which was itself founded in 1949. The journal publishes scholarly papers and reviews on all aspects of the

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

. The journal is currently edited by Doctor Amanda Rees, who works at York University.

Previous editors of ''BJHS''

Amanda Rees (2019–present) Charlotte Sleigh (2014-2019) Jon Agar (2009-2014)

Simon Schaffer Simon J. Schaffer (born 1 January 1955) is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and was editor of ''The British Journal for the History of Sc ...

(2004-2009) Crosbie Smith (2000-2004)

Janet Browne Elizabeth Janet Browne (née Bell, born 30 March 1950) is a British historian of science, known especially for her work on the history of 19th-century biology. She taught at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University Col ...

(1994-2000)

John Hedley Brooke John Hedley Brooke (born 1944) is a British historian of science specialising in the relationship between science and religion. Biography Born on 20 May 1944, Brooke is the son of Hedley Joseph Brooke, and Margaret Brooke, née Brown. He was edu ...

(1989-1994) David Knight (1982-1989) Nicholas W. Fisher (1977-1982) Robert Fox (1971-1977) Maurice P. Crosland (1966-1971) H. D. Anthony (1962-1966) N. H. de V. Heathcote (editor of predecessor journal, ''Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Science'') English-language journals History of science journals Publications established in 1962 Quarterly journals Cambridge University Press academic journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United Kingdom {{Sci-hist-journal-stub