Impact Factor
3.54
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
4.03
345 total citations
h5-index
27
h5 depth signal
Cited share
86.0%
74 of 86
Total citations
345
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.58
External metric anchor
Self-citation
6.7%
23 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
140
United Kingdom
92
Canada
38
Germany
38
Netherlands
28
Citing Fields of Research
History & Philosophy Of Science
121
Sociology
69
Scientometrics & Research Ethics
62
Climate Change
62
Communication Studies
51
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,209
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
86
74 cited publications
Last 12 months
32
2.9 publications/month
Open access share
65.6%
21 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
140 citing publications
Leading citing field
History & Philosophy Of Science
121 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
7 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v5n1, Feb. 1975-
v5n1, Feb. 1975-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
History & Philosophy Of Science
Scientometrics & Research Ethics
Communication Studies
Climate Change
Sociology
Medical Ethics
Broad Categories
History of Medicine
Social Sciences
Sociology
Political Science & International Relations
Economics
Anthropology
Climate Change
Medical Ethics
Genetics & Genomics
MeSH Descriptors
Science
Technology
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1177/03063127261482050
Open DOI
Big AI-Based Mathematics and the Redistribution of Epistemic Labor
The use of AI-based technologies is reshaping mathematics in ways that extend but also strain the classic Big Science analogy. As in Big Science, the new AI-based mathematical work relies on concentrated computation, specialized and hier...
02
DOI 10.1177/03063127261487387
Open DOI
Feeling the Field: Disconcertment, Epistemic Adhesion and Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
This paper draws on two affectively charged fieldwork encounters in a Swedish daily activity centre for persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) to explore how affect intervenes in fieldwork and reconfigures wh...
03
DOI 10.1177/03063127261469570
Open DOI
Assembling Topic Models: Material Political Economy and the Genealogy of an Algorithm
Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies—ranging from topic models to today’s large language models like GPT—have rapidly entered the social sciences, reshaping methodological practice. Yet researchers often overlook the stark poli...
04
DOI 10.1177/03063127261474457
Open DOI
Imaginaries of Writing and Pain: The Backstage of a Ghostwritten Paper
Ghostwritten medical papers are a cornerstone of pharmaceutical marketing. We trace how one manuscript written under the instructions and supervision of opioid producer Mallinckrodt was produced and eventually published in a medical jour...
05
DOI 10.1177/03063127261474439
Open DOI
Symbolic Capital or Social Glue? Recognition in Collaborative High-Energy Physics Research
A trend towards more and larger research collaborations in the sciences raises questions about how individual scientists who work primarily in collaborations receive recognition. Experimental high-energy physics is known for exceptionall...
06
DOI 10.1177/03063127261467733
Open DOI
From Clues to Algorithms in Clinical Reasoning
Medicine has undergone a major shift in its dominant mode of clinical reasoning, a Kuhnian paradigm change centred on diagnostic method rather than disease theory. Until the mid-20 th century, clinical practice followed an experience-bas...
07
DOI 10.1177/03063127261474843
Open DOI
Chemical Governmentality: Manufacturing Politics in Oil Refineries
Petroleum products silently govern human relations not only through ideology or policy but through their chemical composition and material form. What is the technical-chemical work that translates geological formations of oil into sociop...
08
DOI 10.1177/03063127261465311
Open DOI
Beyond Balance: An Ethnography of Validity and Engagement in Citizen Science Practice
Citizen science (CS) is often characterized as involving inherent trade-offs between scientific validity and public engagement. While existing literature has documented these competing imperatives, less is known about the concrete organi...
09
DOI 10.1177/03063127261461569
Open DOI
Toward Differentiated Biological Citizenship: Genetic Controversies and the Creation of Taiwan’s Collective Informed Consent Law for Indigenous Peoples
Since the 1990s, Taiwan has promoted genomics as part of its shift to a knowledge economy. However, controversies concerning Indigenous genetics and genomics extend into political, sociocultural, and historical dynamics. This has prompte...
10
DOI 10.1177/03063127261465391
Open DOI
The Changing Concept of Actionability in Precision Medicine
This article tracks the origins, developments, and current usages of the concept of actionability in precision medicine. Originally a label for highlighting ‘incidental’ findings from genetic research, over time this concept became ascri...
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