39 History and Philosophy of Science journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Arts and Humanities by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Computer Journal | 0010-4620 | 158 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Philosophy of Science | 0031-8248 | 130 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | 0039-3681 | 89 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith | 0003-0988 | 83 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research | 0342-2380 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| European Journal for Philosophy of Science | 1879-4912 | 76 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal for General Philosophy of Science | 0044-2216 | 62 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Learned Publishing | 0953-1513 | 62 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences | 0391-9714 | 61 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Metascience | 0815-0796 | 60 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,97,655 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Foundations of Science | 1233-1821 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Revista de Fomento Social | 0019-5235 | 53 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | 0007-0882 | 52 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Scholarly Publishing | 1198-9742 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Journal of the History of Biology | 0022-5010 | 47 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Annals of Science | 0003-3790 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Social Studies of Science | 0036-8539 | 43 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Indexer | 0019-4131 | 41 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Global Philosophy | 2948-152X | 36 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,20,592 to publish | No | No | |
| History of Humanities | 2379-3163 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Publishing Research Quarterly | 1053-8801 | 33 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Electronic Publishing | 1080-2711 | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Biology & Philosophy | 0169-3867 | 28 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Endeavour | 0160-9327 | 27 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,14,994 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften Technik und Medizin | 0036-6978 | 27 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,36,187 to publish | No | No | Switzerland |
| THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science | 0495-4548 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Philosophy of the Social Sciences | 0048-3931 | 26 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences | 1939-1811 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Perspectives on Science | 1063-6145 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science | 0035-9149 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum | 2228-2009 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Estonia |
| HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology | 1646-7752 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Portugal |
| International Studies in the Philosophy of Science | 0269-8595 | 19 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Osiris | 0369-7827 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| History and Technology | 0734-1512 | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| BJHS Themes | 2056-354X | 13 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,95,750 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture | 2472-9876 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| History of Science | 0073-2753 | 12 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Evolution Education and Outreach | 1936-6426 | 11 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,15,438 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |