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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is an interdisciplinary journal committed to providing an integrative approach to understanding the life sciences. It welcomes submissions from historians, philosophers, biologists, physicians, ethicists and scholars in the social studies of science. Contributors are expected to offer broad and interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of biology, biomedicine and related fields, especially as these perspectives illuminate the foundations, development, and/or implications of scientific practices and related developments. Submissions which are collaborative and feature different disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged, as are submissions written by senior and junior scholars (including graduate students).

HPLS also welcomes submissions featuring novel formats. While it is anticipated most submissions will represent recent scholarship, they may also include essays on contemporary issues or perspectives, results of unique workshops, and/or discussions featuring a wide-range of perspectives. Papers are published on the understanding that they have not been published before and are not concurrently under offer to any other journal. Authors will usually receive a decision on their articles within 3 months of receipt and since this journal uses continuous article publication accepted authors do not have to wait and are directly published in an issue.


Journal encourages submissions of:
- Historical and philosophical research of all life science disciplines
- Interdisciplinary research of Medicine
- English Book reviews of non-English books that fall within area of remit
- Philosophical or historical discussions about Bioethics

Main Editor
  • Sabina Leonelli,
  • Giovanni Boniolo
Impact factor
2.0 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.6 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
14 days
Downloads
224,928 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • Change of Editorship

    We are proud to announce HPLS appointed Adrian Currie (University of Exeter) and Edna Suarez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) as new Editors in Chief.  We are currently in the process of switching over to a new editorial team, which has led to some inevitable hold-ups with the processing of your paper. We are hoping to begin normal processing shortly and we thank you for your patience in the meantime.

    We would like to thank outgoing Editors in Chief: Giovanni Boniolo (University of Ferrara) and Sabine Leonelli (University of Exeter) for their excellent work as Editors in Chief.

  • Stazione Zoologica

    History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is owned by the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napels, Italy. A comprehensive overview of their history and current research activities is available on the SZ homepage.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1742-6316
Print ISSN
0391-9714
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  1. ANVUR
  2. Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  3. BFI List
  4. Baidu
  5. CLOCKSS
  6. CNKI
  7. CNPIEC
  8. Dimensions
  9. EBSCO
  10. Google Scholar
  11. Medline
  12. Naver
  13. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  14. PhilPapers
  15. Portico
  16. ProQuest
  17. SCImago
  18. SCOPUS
  19. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  20. Social Science Citation Index
  21. TD Net Discovery Service
  22. The Philosopher’s Index
  23. UGC-CARE List (India)
  24. Wanfang
  25. Zoological Record
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