Dorota Kozłowska

The article discusses the activities and the most significant achievements of the Science Studies Research Unit at the Institute for the History of Science PAS in 2022.

The article is a result of the work started in 2022 and aimed at creating “The List of Polish historical journals, rated by the Pracownia Naukoznawstwa IHN PAN (Science Studies and Science-of-Science Divion of the Institute for History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences)”. The list contains an integrated and transparent technico-bibliometric evaluation of journals.

The article presents the results of the review of 216 Polish journals in the field of history and archival science, in terms of their technical and bibliometric achievements, as evaluated by the Pracownia Naukoznawstwa IHN PAN (2021) on a scale of 0–200 points.

The results were compared with the ministerial scores according to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021 and July 17, 2023.

The article presents the history of preparing the history of science bibliography at the Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The purpose of creating such a bibliography is to facilitate scholars’ access to publications in this field of knowledge.

The beginnings of this bibliography date back to 1966, but the official date of its creation should be 1971. The article recalls its authors and describes the thematic scope from its inception to 2008 when the publication was discontinued for financial reasons.

In 2018, the publishing of the history of science bibliography was resumed.

The article presents the results of the research on the technical and bibliometric achievements of Polish journals in the field of history and archives, the discipline of history, and compared them with the scores on the official list of scientific journals and reviewed materials from international conferences of the Polish Ministry of Education and Science published on December 21, 2021.

The aim of such research is to perform an technical and bibliometric assessment of historical journals that will be both integrated and transparent, and to create a new list of historical journals prepared by the Science-of-Science and Science Studies Research Unit of the Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

All the rules of the New List will be clearly defined and will allow editorial offices / scientific institutions to set scores independently. It will also aim to improve the editorial and reviewing process, and to create a transparent website containing all necessary data for both authors and readers.