Impact Factor
1.56
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.29
15 total citations
h5-index
8
h5 depth signal
Cited share
21.2%
11 of 52
Total citations
15
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.19
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.0%
0 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
Germany
131
United States
40
Switzerland
14
Austria
12
Netherlands
10
Citing Fields of Research
History & Philosophy Of Science
207
Contemporary History
48
Medieval & Early Modern History
48
Philosophy
30
History Of Russia & Eastern Europe
23
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,452
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
52
11 cited publications
Last 12 months
30
3.8 publications/month
Open access share
50.0%
15 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
Germany
131 citing publications
Leading citing field
History & Philosophy Of Science
207 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
25 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1-2, 1978-
v1n1-2, 1978-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
History & Philosophy Of Science
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Germany)
Broad Categories
History of Medicine
Science
History & Philosophy Of Science
MeSH Descriptors
History of Medicine
Science
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70038
Open DOI
Inhaltsverzeichnis: Ber. Wissenschaftsgesch. 3/2026
02
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70037
Open DOI
Titelbild: (Ber. Wissenschaftsgesch. 3/2026)
03
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70031
Open DOI
Reframing Colonial Korea's Forests Through Protection Forests: The Forests of Joseon (1938)
This study examines The Forests of Joseon (1938), a forestry survey compiled by Tokumitsu Nobuyuki under Japanese colonial rule, as a key site of epistemic negotiation between imperial forestry science and Korean indigenous knowledge. Fo...
04
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70032
Open DOI
Understanding Plant Parasitism: Hydnora Africana and European Scientific Practice in the Early Nineteenth Century**
This article will analyze the uncertainties around collecting and classifying Hydnora africana in the first half of the nineteenth century. Emerging from the distinctive dryland ecologies of South Africa, Hydnora was interpreted as stran...
05
06
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70033
Open DOI
Nonhuman Mobilities and Multispecies Border Regimes in (Post‐)Colonial Southern Africa**
This article explores how borders in Southern Africa—such as Namibia's internal veterinary and settler border (Red Line) and national borders between Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana—functioned not only as territorial dividers but as ...
07
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70036
Open DOI
Crafting Colonial Companions: Zionist Botany in Palestine, 1900‐1930s**
In the early twentieth century, agricultural research played an important role in the Zionist movement's efforts to increase Palestine's productivity and to facilitate large‐scale Jewish settlement. Recent historiography has started to r...
08
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70035
Open DOI
The Locust Fungus: A Global History of Colonial Circulation and Commodification**
This paper examines the collection, cultivation, and distribution of the “locust fungus” in late‐nineteenth century South Africa, India, and Argentina. In 1896 an amateur microscopist, Andrew W. Cooper, brought the bodies of locusts infe...
09
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70017
Open DOI
Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoi...
10
DOI 10.1002/bewi.70020
Open DOI
Titelbild: (Ber. Wissenschaftsgesch. 2/2026)
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Also issued online.
Organ of the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.