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Social Studies of Science

Social Studies of Science

An International Review of Research in the Social Dimensions of Science and Technology

eISSN: 14603659 | ISSN: 03063127 | Current volume: 54 | Current issue: 5 Frequency: Bi-monthly

Since 1970, Social Studies of Science has been a central journal for the field of Science and Technology Studies, serving as a venue for the articulation and development of key ideas and findings in the field from its early years to the current day. The journal is multi-disciplinary, welcoming contributions that advance our understanding of science, technology and medicine as social and material activities.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

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Editors
Sergio Sismondo Queen's University, Canada
Past Editors
David Edge  
Michael Lynch Cornell University, USA
Roy MacLeod University of Sydney, Australia
Nicole Nelson University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Associate Editors
Sarah Davies University of Vienna, Austria
Adam Hedgecoe Cardiff University, UK
Wen-Hua Kuo National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Leandro Rodríguez Medina Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile
Lucy Suchman  
Renny Thomas Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India
Stephen Turner University of South Florida, USA
Ana Viseu Universidade Europeia, Portugal
Editorial Advisers
Courtney Addison Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Morana Alac University of California, San Diego, USA
Brian Balmer University College London, UK
Geoffrey C Bowker University of Pittsburgh, USA
Alberto Cambrosio McGill University, Canada
Adele Clarke  
Ruth Cowan University of Pennsylvania, USA
Peter Dear Cornell University, USA
Aant Elzinga University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Steven Epstein University of California San Diego, USA
Robert Evans Cardiff University, UK
Mary Frank Fox Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Yuko Fujigaki The University of Tokyo, Japan
Joan Fujimura  
Ed Hackett University of Arizona, USA
Donna J Haraway University of California, Los Angeles, USA
David Hess Vanderbilt University, USA
Stephen Hilgartner Cornell University, USA
Alan Irwin Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Sheila Jasanoff  
Anne Kerr University of Leeds, UK
Ronald Kline Cornell University, USA
Karin Knorr Cetina University of Konstanz, Germany and University of Chicago, USA
Emma Kowal Deakin University, Australia
Wen-Hua Kuo National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Andrew Lakoff University of Southern California, USA
Bruno Latour  
Javier Lezaun Oxford University, UK
Donald MacKenzie University of Edinburgh, UK
Martina Merz Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Hélène Mialet University of California, Berkeley, USA
Helga Nowotny ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Nelly Oudshoorn University of Twente, Netherlands
Andrew Pickering University of Illinois, USA
Martyn Pickersgill University of Edinburgh, UK
Trevor Pinch Cornell University, USA
Arie Rip  
Steven Shapin Harvard University, USA
Wes Shrum Louisiana State University, USA
Knut Sørensen Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Charis Thompson University of California, Berkeley, USA
Stefan Timmermans University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Judy Wajcman  
Catherine Waldby University of Sydney, Australia
Steve Woolgar University of Oxford, UK
Paul Wouters Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Netherlands
Steven Yearley University of Edinburgh, UK
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