Journal des sçavans

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Journal des sçavans  
1665 journal des scavans title.jpg
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 J. Sçavans
Language French
Publication details
Publication history
 1665–1792,
1797,
1816–present
Frequency Annual
Indexing
ISSN 1775-383X
Links

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 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, the findings of other's in a scientific manner, and legal reports.[4][5][6] Natural philosophy was part of its original scope.

The journal ceased publication in 1792, during the French Revolution, and, although it very briefly reappeared in 1797 under the updated title Journal des savants, it did not re-commence regular publication until 1816. From then on, the Journal des savants was published under the patronage of the Institut de France. From 1908 to 2020, it was published under the patronage of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. In 2021, the Belgian company 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, which established that light did not propagate instantly. It came to about 26% slower than the actual value.

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In 1684 the journal published François Bernier's racial theories.[7] In 1692, Leibniz published his first explication of Monadology in the journal.[8] In 1762 it carried Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron's landmark study of Zoroastrianism.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ↑ Brown, 1972, p. 368
  2. ↑ Hallam, 1842, p. 406.
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  6. ↑ The Amsterdam printing of the Journal des sçavans, Dibner Library of the Smithsonian Institution
  7. ↑ François Bernier, "A New Division of the Earth" from 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
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