Boncompagni edited Bullettino di bibliografia e di storia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche ("The bulletin of bibliography and history of mathematical and physical sciences") (1868–1887), the first Italian periodical entirely dedicated to the history of mathematics.
Boncompagni was responsible for publishing "A journal on the history and literature of mathematical sciences in Italy" (1868–1887), a groundbreaking Italian periodical that explored the development of mathematics within its cultural context.