TheJournal des sçavans (later renamedJournal des savans and thenJournal des savants,lit.'Journal of the Learned'), established byDenis de Sallo, is the earliestacademic journal published in Europe. It is thought to be the earliest published scientific journal. It currently focuses on European history and premodern literature.
The journal ceased publication in 1792, during theFrench Revolution, and, although it very briefly reappeared in 1797 under the updated titleJournal des savants, it did not re-commence regular publication until 1816. From then on, theJournal des savants was published by theNational Imprimery under the patronage of theInstitut de France. From 1908 to 2020, it was published under the patronage of theAcadémie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. In 2021, the Belgian companyPeeters took over publication. It continues to be a leading academic journal in Frenchhumanities scholarship.
Ole Rømer'sdetermination of thespeed 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]
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^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 sçavans20 (2 June 1692), 365-269.
^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 (in French):387–396.
^Kublin, Hyman (March 1953). "The Discovery of the Bonin Islands: A Reexamination".Annals of the Association of American Geographers.43 (1):27–46.doi:10.2307/2561081.JSTOR2561081.
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