Impact Factor
1.89
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.50
65 total citations
h5-index
8
h5 depth signal
Cited share
27.5%
36 of 131
Total citations
65
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.42
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.0%
0 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
315
United Kingdom
79
Canada
47
Germany
10
Australia
9
Citing Fields of Research
History & Philosophy Of Science
304
Modern History
202
History Of Medicine
134
Contemporary History
123
Medieval & Early Modern History
116
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
8,031
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
131
36 cited publications
Last 12 months
49
4.9 publications/month
Open access share
14.3%
7 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
315 citing publications
Leading citing field
History & Philosophy Of Science
304 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
22 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v20n4,Oct. 1965-
v20n4,Oct. 1965-
Active Coverage
Active Coverage
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
History & Philosophy Of Science
Modern History
History Of Medicine
Contemporary History
Medieval & Early Modern History
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Yale University. Department of the History of Medicine
Contributor
Yale University. Department of the History of Science and Medicine
Broad Categories
History of Medicine
History & Philosophy Of Science
MeSH Descriptors
History of Medicine
Science
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag031
Open DOI
The Last Great Plague of Istanbul, 1812: An Overture to Biopolitics in the Ottoman Empire
Starting in 1812, a plague epidemic killed a third of the population in Istanbul and a third of the population of Izmir. It lasted at least until 1819 and killed some 500,000 people across the Balkans and the eastern and southern coasts ...
02
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag039
Open DOI
Disparate Remedies: Making Medicines in Modern India, Nandini Bhattacharya
03
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag040
Open DOI
A Mother’s Work: Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War-Era Nurse, Megan VanGorder
04
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag037
Open DOI
Digitizing Diagnosis: Medicine, Minds, and Machines in Twentieth-Century America, Andrew S. Lea
05
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag038
Open DOI
Secrecy and Safety: A Cultural History of Seizures in Modern America, Rachel Elder
06
07
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag036
Open DOI
“We have been the real experts since foster care was first created” – The (Mis)uses of Foster Youth Voices in 1990s Child Welfare Policymaking and Legislation
In 1993, Foster Care Youth United published its first issue. A magazine written for and by teens in foster care, it reflected many of their key concerns of the moment. Teens wrote poignantly of abuse, separation, sexual exploitation at g...
08
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag033
Open DOI
Diagnosing deviance: psychopathy and the rise of child psychiatry in denmark
In the early twentieth century, the diagnosis of psychopathy was among the most frequently employed in child psychiatry. The issue of “psychopathic children” also attracted considerable attention in the Danish press and political sphere,...
09
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag032
Open DOI
From autonomy to adaptation: the liberal body in Walter B. Cannon's physiology
This article argues that Walter B. Cannon’s changing model of the body tracked the transformation of twentieth-century American liberalism from laissez-faire autonomy to managed adaptation. At stake throughout was the problem of reconcil...
10
DOI 10.1093/jhmas/jrag027
Open DOI
Lighting, Cooking, Heating, and Asphyxiation! The Changing Uses and Risks of Manufactured Gas in American Homes, 1870-1940.
The introduction of water gas for house lighting in the United States posed a significant risk to public health in the years between 1875 and World War II. Water gas was superior to the older coal gas used as an illuminant but a far more...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Place of publication varies.
Also available online.
Issued by the Dept. of the History of Medicine, Yale University, summer 1951-July 1960; by the Dept. of the History of Science and Medicine, Yale University, Oct. 1960- .
Indexes: Vols. 1-30, 1946-75. 1 v.
Vol. 24, no. 1 (1969)19890818 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper