2022 - Leo S. Olschki
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Developments in the History of Science as seen from the Vantage Point of the Journal Early Science and Medicine
P. 67-80
- In this article, the editor of Early Science and Medicine addresses a series of dilemmas facing journals in the history of science. The first is thematic: is ‘science' a result of an historical line that runs from the ancient Middle East through Greece up to the European Revolution; and if it isn't, how can a journal do justice to alternative trajectories? The second, which is related to the first, is definitional: where does one trace the boundary line between what falls within the domain of the history of ‘science' and what doesn't? The third dilemma is editorial: how does one balance the sometimes contrary criteria of scholarly versus high-impact publications? The fourth and fifth dilemmas have to do with the advent of the internet age: how is a journal editor to respond to the challenges of online and open-access publishing? The article ends with some observations on the general development of ancient, medieval and early-modern history of science and medicine. [Publisher's text]
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DOI: 10.1400/289109
ISSN: 2038-6265
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In this issue
- A Portolan Chart for an Expanding History of Science
- Disciplinary Identity and Isis
- View from the Bibliographer's Desk : Exploring Two-Decades of Citations in the Discipline of History of Science
- Opening up the History of Science : a Perspective from Centaurus
- Developments in the History of Science as seen from the Vantage Point of the Journal Early Science and Medicine
- History of Science from a Visual and Material Perspective : Nuncius's Viewpoint
- History of Biology : Current Approaches and Future Trends
- The Emerging Quest for Relevance in the History of Medicine and Science
- The Historiography of the "Behavioral Science" in the 21st Century
- Knowledge in Action : Experimenting in History and in Science
- Knowledge, Performance, Conservation : How Art and Science Embrace Technology
- History of Ignorance : a 21st Century Project
- History of Science and History of the Earth in the Anthropocene
- Gender Perspectives and New Narratives
- History of Science and Political History : Intersections, Differences, Traditions
- A Diplomacy Turn? : Writing the History of Science in the Context of International Relations
- Towards a Computational History of Science : Limitations and Perspectives of an Emerging Research Approach
- In Memory of Paolo Brenni (1954-2021)
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