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| Discipline | Engineering |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Andrew Yacoot |
| Publication details | |
Former names | Journal of Scientific Instruments, Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, Journal of Scientific Instruments |
| History | 1923–present |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 2.7 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Meas. Sci. Technol. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | MSTCEP |
| ISSN | 0957-0233 (print) 1361-6501 (web) |
| LCCN | 90640774 |
| OCLC no. | 20943814 |
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Measurement Science and Technology is a monthlypeer-reviewedscientific journal, published byIOP Publishing, covering the areas of measurement, instrumentation, and sensor technology inscience. Theeditor-in-chief is Andrew Yacoot (National Physical Laboratory).
The journal was established in 1923 as theJournal of Scientific Instruments. The first issue was introduced byJ. J. Thomson, then president of theInstitute of Physics, who stated that no publication existed at that time in the English language specially devoted to scientific instruments.[1] The idea for the journal was promoted byRichard Glazebrook, the first president, then director, of theNational Physical Laboratory, where the journal was initially edited. The need for interdisciplinarity was recognised even then, with the desire to co-opt biologists, engineers, chemists, and instrument makers, "as well as physicists", on the scientific advisory committee.[2] The Institute of Physics merged with thePhysical Society of London in 1960. By this time theProceedings of the Physical Society had grown in size and the quality of the applied journals,British Journal of Applied Physics andJournal of Scientific Instruments, had been improved. In 1968 these journals were merged to form part of theJournal of Physics series of journals, A to E, the fifth journal in the series beingJournal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments. In 1990 the journal was renamed asMeasurement Science and Technology to reflect the shift away from many scientists making their own instruments. Since 2003 the journal archive containing all articles published since 1874 are available online.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the website, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.7.[8]