Journal des sçavans

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Journal des sçavans
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1775-383X
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The Journal des sçavans (later renamed Journal des savans and then Journal des savants, lit. 'Journal of the Learned'), established by Denis de Sallo, is the earliest academic journal published in Europe. It is thought to be the earliest published scientific journal. It currently focuses on European history and premodern literature.

History

The first issue appeared as a twelve-page quarto pamphlet[1] on Monday, 5 January 1665.[2] This was shortly before the first appearance of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, on 6 March 1665.[3] The 18th-century French physician and encyclopédiste Louis-Anne La Virotte (1725–1759) was introduced to the journal through the protection of chancellor Henri François d'Aguesseau. Its content originally included obituaries of famous men, church history, scientific findings, and legal reports.[4][5][6] Natural philosophy was part of its original scope. It is thought to be the first published scientific journal.[6]

The journal ceased publication in 1792, during the

Peeters took over publication. It continues to be a leading academic journal in French humanities
scholarship.

Landmark articles

Ole Rømer's determination of the speed of light was published in the journal in 1676, which established that light did not propagate instantly. It came to about 26% slower than the actual value.[7]

In 1684 the journal published

Leibniz published his first explication of Monadology in the journal.[9] In 1762 it carried Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron's landmark study of Zoroastrianism.[citation needed] A self-assured misreading of Japanese sources in an 1817 article by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat[10] led to the name of the Bonin Islands.[11]

References

  1. ^ Brown, 1972, p. 368
  2. ^ Hallam, 1842, p. 406.
  3. PMID 25750243
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  4. PMID 17562902
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  5. PMID 2406469
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  6. ^ a b "The Amsterdam printing of the Journal des sçavans". Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution. July 2000. Archived from the original on 11 January 2007.
  7. doi:10.1098/rstl.1677.0024. Archived from the original
    on 29 July 2007.
  8. Journal des Scavans
    , April 24, 1684. Translated by T. Bendyshe in Memoirs Read Before the Anthropological Society of London, vol. 1, 1863–64, pp. 360–64.
  9. ^ R.A. Watson, The Downfall of Cartesianism 1673–1712 (The Hague: Nijhoff, 1966), p.15, citing "Extrait d'une lettre de Monsr. de Leibniz," Journal des sçavans 20 (2 June 1692), 365-269.
  10. ^ Abel-Rémusat, Jean-Pierre (July 1817), "Description d'un Groupe d'Îles Peu Connues [Description of a Little Known Group of Islands]", Journal des Savans [Journal of the Learnèd] (in French), Paris: Institut de France, pp. 387–396.
  11. JSTOR 2561081
    .

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