Journal Metrics
The Korean Journal for the History of Science · The Korean History of Science Society · Source: KCI (Basis Year: 2025)
Key Indicators (2025 basis)
0.34 KCI IF (2-Year)
0.39 KCI IF (3-Year)
0.47 KCI IF (4-Year)
0.49 KCI IF (5-Year)
0.919 Centrality Index (3Y)
0.17 Immediacy Index
9.09% Self-Citation Rate (2Y)
Publication & Field Info
Publication Count (2023–2024)
- Number of Papers
- 32
- Times Cited
- 11
- KCI IF (2Y, excl. self)
- 0.31
Field Citation Info · 복합학 > 과학기술학
- Total Papers in Field
- 3,305 (avg 157.38)
- Total Citations in Field
- 3,258 (avg 155.14)
- Field KCI IF (2Y)
- 0.99
- Field Self-Citation Rate
- 22.81%
Journal Basic Statistics
20212022202320242025
Published Cited Self-Cited
Impact Factor Statistics
| Year | Articles | Journal IF | Field IF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | 0.7 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 22 | 0.84 | 0.99 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0.68 | 0.99 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1.59 | 0.99 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0.34 | 0.99 |
Most Cited Articles (Top 30)
| # | Article Title | Published | Vol.(No.) | Pages | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical Practitioners in Korea from the Late Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries | 2004.12 | 26(2) | 197~246 | 26 |
| 2 | Cultural Exchanges between a Korean and the Jesuits Seen from Yi Kiji’s Beijing Travelogue in 1720 | 2009.12 | 31(2) | 377~411 | 23 |
| 3 | ‘Science and Technology Boom’ in 1960s: The Formation of Science and Technology System in Korea | 2007.06 | 29(1) | 69~98 | 21 |
| 4 | Translation of ‘Science’ into ‘kagaku’ 科學 during the Meiji Period | 2003.12 | 25(2) | 131~146 | 20 |
| 5 | Calendar Publication and Local Science in Joseon Korea | 2013.04 | 35(1) | 69~103 | 19 |
| 6 | The Historical Development of Integrated Steelworks Plans in Korea, 1958～1969 | 2002.06 | 24(1) | 3~39 | 18 |
| 7 | Transformation of the Electric Power System in Colonial Korea, 1920s-30s: The Advent of Private Large-scale Hydropower Power Plant and Construction of Grid System | 2008.06 | 30(1) | 1~40 | 18 |
| 8 | A Discourse Analysis on Science and Technology during the Park Chung Hee Era | 2012.04 | 34(1) | 75~108 | 17 |
| 9 | The Body Image and Medical Knowledge of the Korean Public in the 1930s through the Medical Advice Column “Jisang byeongwon(Hospital on Paper)” | 2015.04 | 37(1) | 235~264 | 17 |
| 10 | The Rise and Fall of “Scientification of All Nation Movement” | 2008.06 | 30(1) | 171~212 | 17 |
| 11 | The Role of the Cheomseongdae and the Astronomical View of the Silla Dynasty | 2004.06 | 26(1) | 3~28 | 16 |
| 12 | The 5th Republic's Science and Technology Policy and the Transformation of Park Chung Hee's Legacy: The Technology Drive Policy and the Expanded Assembly for Technology Promotion | 2015.12 | 37(3) | 519~553 | 16 |
| 13 | Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Korean Medicine Viewed through Medical Case Writings - Attitudes toward Medical Knowledge in the Process of Practicing Medicine | 2012.12 | 34(3) | 429~459 | 16 |
| 14 | The Development of North Korea’s Policy Line of the ‘Industrial Revolution of the New Century’ under the Kim Jong-Un Regime | 2016.12 | 38(3) | 485~508 | 16 |
| 15 | The Institution Builders of Science and Technology during the Park Chung Hee Era: Choi Hyung Sup and O Won-chol | 2013.04 | 35(1) | 225~244 | 15 |
| 16 | The Debate on the Revival of Korean Medicine in Colonial Korea in the 1930s | 2011.04 | 33(1) | 41~88 | 15 |
| 17 | The Achievements and Limitations of the Euibangyoochui 醫方類聚 during the Early Days of the Joseon | 2012.12 | 34(3) | 461~493 | 15 |
| 18 | Pesticide Problems in the Korean Green Revolution: Inequal Knowledge Production, Ignorance, and Invisible Pesticide Poisoning in the 1970s | 2021.04 | 43(1) | 215~235 | 15 |
| 19 | The Choseon Government’s Efforts toIntroduce Western Science and Technologyunder King Gojong: Based on Excerpts from the Hansung Sunbo andthe Hansung Jubo | 2011.04 | 33(1) | 1~38 | 15 |
| 20 | The Docking of Science and Politics: Converting a Scientist’s Breeding Research into the President’s ‘Tongil rice’ | 2008.12 | 30(2) | 417~439 | 14 |
| 21 | Transnational Hazard: A History of Asbestos in South Korea, 1938-1993 | 2021.08 | 43(2) | 433~458 | 14 |
| 22 | Calendar Publication and Jung’in Scientists in the Late Joseon Period | 2015.04 | 37(1) | 119~145 | 13 |
| 23 | The Current Issues on Daedongyeojido and Kim Jung-ho | 2006.06 | 28(1) | 117~138 | 13 |
| 24 | Intellectual Environment of Korean Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century: Hong Gilju's Work on Mathematics and Its Background | 2004.12 | 26(2) | 275~314 | 13 |
| 25 | Responses to the Theory of Four Elements in Late 18th- and Early 19th-Century Korea | 2009.12 | 31(2) | 413~435 | 13 |
| 26 | The Conflict between "the Most Scientific Character System" and Modern Technology: Issues in the Early History of Korean Mechanical Typewriters, 1914-1968 | 2011.12 | 33(3) | 1~42 | 13 |
| 27 | The Changes in the Bureaucratic Structure of Gwansanggam in the Late Joseon Period: The Establishment and Expansion of the Sanwon-jik Positions | 2019.12 | 41(3) | 353~385 | 13 |
| 28 | Sejin Rha’s Hybrid Physical Anthropology Between Two “Metropolitan” Sciences, 1932–1964 | 2015.04 | 37(1) | 345~382 | 12 |
| 29 | “과학문화”에 대한 다각적 고찰 | 2002.02 | 24(2) | 238~250 | 12 |
| 30 | The Context of a Korean Naturalist’s Career-building in Colonial Korea: Cho Pok Sung(趙福成) as an Example of Colonial Entomologist | 2008.12 | 30(2) | 353~381 | 12 |