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Science was founded in 1880 by an English-born New York journalist with financial backing from Thomas Edison, and later from Alexander Graham Bell. It ceased publication in March 1882 before being revived a year later by Bell and Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who hired entomologist Samuel H. Scudder to lead it.
Fewer than 7% of articles submitted to Science are accepted for publication. Competition is intense because appearing in the journal can bring significant attention and career advancement to authors.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, Science had an impact factor of 45.8 in 2024.
Science became the official journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1900, following an agreement between psychologist James McKeen Cattell and AAAS secretary Leland O. Howard.
Science has published landmark papers including work on fruit fly genetics by Thomas Hunt Morgan, gravitational lensing by Albert Einstein, and spiral nebulae by Edwin Hubble. In February 2001, Science published the Celera Genomics paper presenting draft results of the human genome.
Research articles published in Science after 1997 are freely available online, with registration, one year after their original publication. Significant public-health articles may be released free immediately, and the journal participates in programs like HINARI and OARE providing access to readers in developing countries.