Impact Factor
1.43
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.18
18 total citations
h5-index
5
h5 depth signal
Cited share
15.7%
16 of 102
Total citations
18
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.24
External metric anchor
Self-citation
16.7%
3 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
207
United States
120
Canada
29
Australia
23
Turkey
22
Citing Fields of Research
History Of Medicine
303
History & Philosophy Of Science
277
Medieval & Early Modern History
108
Modern History
49
Contemporary History
48
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,122
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
102
16 cited publications
Last 12 months
35
4.4 publications/month
Open access share
22.9%
8 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
207 citing publications
Leading citing field
History Of Medicine
303 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
3 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v8n1,Feb. 2000-
v8n1,Feb. 2000-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
History Of Medicine
History & Philosophy Of Science
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain)
Broad Categories
General Surgery
History of Medicine
History & Philosophy Of Science
MeSH Descriptors
General Surgery
History of Medicine
Patients
Physicians
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
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DOI 10.1177/09677720261481987
Open DOI
Holding out for a Hero: Wrestling with the life and legacy of Viola Bernard
Historical narratives, like other kinds of stories, can be told by identifying heroes and villains. But that conceptualization does not always do justice to the complexity of historical actors. Child psychiatrist Viola Bernard (1907–1998...
02
DOI 10.1177/09677720261433092
Open DOI
Ni Dashi and immunotherapy for epidemic haemorrhagic fever in China, 1950s–1990s
Ni Dashi (倪大石, 1925–2022) was a Chinese microbiologist who developed an immunotherapy for epidemic haemorrhagic fever (EHF) in China between 1985 and 1988. Since 1950s, China had been plagued by this disease, urging scientists to dedi...
03
DOI 10.1177/09677720261433667
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Horses, hounds and hydrophobia: Henry Bracken's ‘strict enquiry’ to compare two treatments for rabies in dogs (1737)
Introduction: Henry Bracken M.D. (1697–1764) was born in the Horse and Farrier inn, Lancaster, England. He completed his apprenticeship in Wigan and studied at St Thomas’ Hospital (London), the Hôtel Dieu (Paris) and Leiden (Holland). Br...
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DOI 10.1177/09677720261430206
Open DOI
Antonio de Tornay ( fl . 1483–1493), physician to the Duke of Brittany, the Duke of Alba, and the city of Vitoria
Antonio de Tornay has been a subject of study in the last decade, in particular his medical work designed to treat the ailments of García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba. Of the series of texts written for this purpose, the one named...
06
DOI 10.1177/09677720261421450
Open DOI
Green tea, sage, water and wine: Thomas Short's comparative experiment on speed of digestion (1730)
07
DOI 10.1177/09677720261421449
Open DOI
Bacilli to books: The life and legacy of John Elmer Weeks
The story of John Elmer Weeks (1853–1949) is as impressive as it is inspiring. Based on a New Year's resolution with a friend, Weeks decided to pursue a career in medicine and worked as a full-time mechanic to fund his medical school pre...
08
DOI 10.1177/09677720251415481
Open DOI
Bernardino Genga, a rediscovered eyewitness to the autopsy of Marcello Malpighi
Bernardino Genga of Mondolfo, Italy, a pioneer of surgical anatomy, taught and practiced in seventeenth-century papal Rome. He was a contemporary of Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy and personal physician to Pope Innocenz...
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DOI 10.1177/09677720261420852
Open DOI
Dr Konstantin Kalangos (1914–2004): A biographical study of a physician in Republican Türkiye
Dr Konstantin Omiros Kalangos, a specialist in internal medicine, was well known in Yeşilköy, a district of Istanbul, for providing long-term care and offering free treatment to patients with limited financial means. His family backgroun...
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DOI 10.1177/09677720261421446
Open DOI
The Canadian connection: A brief history of small vessel extracranial–intracranial bypass surgery in Canada
Vancouver General Hospital has a rich neurosurgical history; however, little is documented of the role the institution played in the history of extracranial to intracranial (EC–IC) bypass as a surgical therapy. A review of the literature...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Also issued online.
v. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1993)20010606 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper