Engineering Studies is an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering. Its mission is threefold:

    to advance critical analysis in historical, social, cultural, political, philosophical, rhetorical, and organizational studies of engineers and engineering;
    to help build and serve diverse communities of researchers interested in engineering studies;
    to link scholarly work in engineering studies with broader discussions and debates about engineering education, research, practice, policy, and representation.

The editors of Engineering Studies are interested in papers that consider the following questions:

    How does this paper enhance critical understanding of engineers or engineering?
    What are the relationships among the technical and nontechnical dimensions of engineering practices, and how do these relationships change over time and from place to place?

Researchers in technical communication, technical work, and engineering education research should take special note of the journal's emphasis on critical analysis. It does not publish manuscripts that seek only to improve the effectiveness of engineering education and engineering work in existing terms.

Engineering Studies publishes a variety of article types. Please see the Instructions for Authors for more information.

Engineering Studies is published three times yearly by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, beginning in 2009.

Vision Statement

The field of engineering studies is a diverse, interdisciplinary arena of scholarly research built around the question: What are the relationships among the technical and the nontechnical dimensions of engineering practices, and how do these relationships change over time and from place to place? Addressing and responding to this question can sometimes involve researchers as critical participants in the practices they study, including, for example, engineering formation, engineering work, engineering design, equity in engineering (gender, racial, ethnic, class, geopolitical), and engineering service to society.

Engineering Studies juxtaposes contributions from distinct disciplinary and analytical perspectives to encourage authors and readers to look beyond familiar theoretical, topical, temporal, and geographical boundaries for insight and guidance. The diversity in the editorial staff and board is designed to map the diversity in the field and support its persistence. While prospective authors are invited to reflect on and anticipate how their work might prove helpful to others elsewhere, both within the academy and beyond, they can also feel comfortable imagining familiar audiences and producing familiar modes of analysis and interpretation. The heterogeneity of perspectives in engineering studies is its lifeblood, and the goal is high quality scholarship in every case.

Peer Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions can be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jeng.

Publishing Ethics

The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/
The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/.

Engineering Studies Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief 
Cyrus Mody (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands) 

Managing Editor 
Kacey Beddoes (San Jose State University, USA) 

Book Review Editor 
Qin Zhu (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Division, Colorado School of Mines, USA) 

Associate Editors 
Julia Bursten (Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, USA) 
Aalok Khandekar (Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institution of Technology Hyderabad, India) 
Kornelia Konrad (Department of Science, Technology and Policy Studies (STePS), University of Twente, Netherlands) 
Dean Nieusma (Division of Engineering, Design, and Society, Colorado School of Mines, USA) 
Alice Pawley (School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, USA) 
Adelheid Voskuhl (Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA) 
Emily York (Department of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University, USA 

Editor Emeritus 
Gary Downey (Department of Science and Technology in Society, Virginia Tech, USA) 

Editorial Board 
Matthew Wisnioski (Department of Science and Technology in Society, Virginia Tech, USA), Chair 
Vivian Anette Lagesen (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Deputy Chair 
Atsushi Akera (Department of Science & Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA), Ex Officio 
Aditya Johri (Department of Applied Information Technology, George Mason University, USA) 
Ivan da Costa Marques (Graduate School, History of Science and Technics & Epistemology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 
Donna Riley (School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, USA) 
Dominique Vinck (STSLab, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland) 

Advisory Editors 
Monamie Bhadra (School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 
Emma Blosser (Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Child and Family Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA) 
Jean Kumagai (IEEE Spectrum, USA) 
Johannes Lenhard (Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University, Germany) 
Alberto Jorge Silva de Lima (Departamento de Ensino Médio e Técnico, Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Brazil) 
Peter Meiksins (Department of Sociology, Cleveland State University, USA) 
Zachary Pirtle (Exploration Systems Development, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA) 
Trust Saidi (Center for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway) 
Honghong Tinn (Department of History, Earlham College, USA) 
James Trevelyan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, Australia)