Journal of Big History
Last updated ISSN 2475-3610
Journal of Big History is an academic journal in physics and astronomy. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Big History concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- World Systems and Global Transformations
- History of Science and Medicine
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Philosophy, History, and Historiography
- Origins and Evolution of Life
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Chaos, Complexity, and Education
- History and Developments in Astronomy
Key facts
| Publisher | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2475-3610 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 292 |
| Publishing since | 2017 |
| Journal website | journalofbighistory.org/index.php/jbh |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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