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{{Infobox journal
| title = Measurement Science and Technology
| cover = Measurement Science and Technology.gif
| formernames = Journal of Scientific Instruments, Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, Journal of Scientific Instruments
| editor = Andrew Yacoot
| discipline = [[Engineering]]
| abbreviation = Meas. Sci. Technol.
| publisher = [[IOP Publishing]]
| country = United Kingdom
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1923–present
| openaccess = [[Hybrid open access journal|Hybrid]]
| impact = 2.7
| impact-year = 2023
| website = http://iopscience.org/mst
| link1 = http://iopscience.iop.org/0022-3735
| link1-name = ''Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments'' archive
| link2 = http://iopscience.iop.org/0950-7671
| link2-name = ''Journal of Scientific Instruments'' archive
| JSTOR =
| OCLC = 20943814
| LCCN = 90640774
| CODEN = MSTCEP
| ISSN = 0957-0233
| eISSN = 1361-6501
}}
'''''Measurement Science and Technology''''' is a monthly [[peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]], published by [[IOP Publishing]], covering the areas of measurement, instrumentation, and sensor technology in the [[sciences]]. The [[editor-in-chief]] is [[Andrew Yacoot]] ([[National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)|National Physical Laboratory]]).
== History ==
The journal was established in 1923 as the ''Journal of Scientific Instruments''. The first issue was introduced by [[J. J. Thomson]], then president of the [[Institute of Physics]], who stated that no publication existed at that time in the English language specially devoted to scientific instruments.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barrell|first1=H.  |journal=Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments |volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=501–503 |title=Early days of the Journal of Scientific Instruments |doi=10.1088/0022-3735/1/5/201|bibcode = 1968JPhE....1..501B |year=1968 }}</ref> The idea for the journal was promoted by [[Richard Glazebrook]], the first president, then director, of the [[National Physical Laboratory, UK|National 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rainer |first1=E.H. |title=The scheme for a journal of scientific instruments |journal=Journal of Scientific Instruments |doi=10.1088/0950-7671/1/0/301 |volume=1 |pages=2–3|bibcode = 1923JScI....1....2R |year=1923 }}</ref> The Institute of Physics merged with the [[Physical Society of London]] in 1960. By this time the ''[[Proceedings of the Physical Society]]'' had grown in size and the quality of the applied journals, ''British Journal of Applied Physics'' and ''Journal of Scientific Instruments'', had been improved. In 1968 these journals were merged to form part of the ''[[Journal of Physics (disambiguation)|Journal of Physics]]'' series of journals, A to E, the fifth journal in the series being ''[[Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments]]''. In 1990 the journal was renamed as ''Measurement 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.
== Abstracting and indexing ==
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*[[Science Citation Index]]<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2015-06-26}}</ref>
*[[Current Contents]]/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences<ref name=ISI/>
*Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology<ref name=ISI/>
*[[Scopus]]<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview |title=Content overview |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |work=Scopus |accessdate=2015-06-26}}</ref>
*[[Inspec]]<ref name=Inspec>{{cite web |url=http://www.theiet.org/resources/inspec/support/docs/loj.cfm?type=pdf |title=Inspec list of journals |format=[[PDF]] |publisher=[[Institution of Engineering and Technology (professional society)|Institution of Engineering and Technology]] |work=Inspec |accessdate=2015-06-26}}</ref>
*[[Aerospace & High Technology Database]]
*[[Applied Science and Technology Abstracts]]
*[[Chemical Abstracts Service]]<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100211180645/http://cassi.cas.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-02-11 |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=[[American Chemical Society]] |work=[[Chemical Abstracts Service]] |accessdate=2015-06-26 }}</ref>
*[[Compendex]]
*[[Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management]]
*[[FLUIDEX]]
*[[GeoRef]]
*[[NASA Astrophysics Data System]]
*[[MEDLINE]]/[[PubMed]]<ref name=MEDLINE>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9005438 |title=Measurement Science and Technology |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=[[National Center for Biotechnology Information]] |accessdate=2015-06-26}}</ref>
*[[VINITI]]
*[[Referativnyi Zhurnal]]
}}
According to the website, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.7.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Measurement Science and Technology |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://iopscience.org/mst}}
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