Journal for the History of Astronomy (JHA)

The Journal for the History of Astronomy is a longstanding international, peer‑reviewed academic journal that chronicles the development of astronomy and its scientific, cultural, and intellectual histories. Since its launch in 1970, it has aimed to present high‑quality scholarly work that illuminates how astronomical knowledge has been produced, transmitted, and transformed across time and societies. Its quarterly issues feature original research articles, critical reviews, and interpretive studies drawing on archival sources, mathematical analysis, and contextual historical interpretation. The journal’s subject matter includes the evolution of observational techniques, interpretation of celestial phenomena, biography and institutional history of astronomers, and the interrelationship between astronomy and related sciences such as physics and mathematics. Particular emphasis is placed on the ways in which astronomy has interacted with broader philosophical and cultural movements, as well as on the methodological challenges inherent in historical reconstruction. Edited by experts in the field, the journal encourages interdisciplinary exchange between historians of science and practicing astronomers interested in the heritage of their discipline. Its rigorous editorial standards and long publication history make it a foundational resource for researchers, educators, and students in both the history of science and astronomy.

Journal for the History of Astronomy (JHA) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), practices, instruments, and observations, as well as the cultural, philosophical, he journal serves historians of science, astronomers with an interest in historical scholarship, philosophers of science, interdisciplinary researchers , Online or Print , Quarterly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0021-8286, E-ISSN: 1753-8556, Established: 1970, Impact Factor: 0.5
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE