Perspectives on Science
Last updated ISSN 1063-6145
Perspectives on Science is published by The MIT Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Perspectives on Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Historical Philosophy and Science
- History of Science and Medicine
- Historical and Literary Studies
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- Science and Climate Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- History of Science and Natural History
- Legal Cases and Commentary
Key facts
| Publisher | The MIT Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1063-6145, 1530-9274 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 918 |
| Publishing since | 1993 |
| Journal website | www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/posc |
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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