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Introduction: Editorship and the Editing of Scientific Journals, 1750–1950 (2020)

Fyfe, Aileen (Author)
Gielas, Anna (Author)

Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Volume: 62
Issue: 1
Pages: 5-20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1600-0498.12290

URI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1600-0498.12290

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Communication within scientific contexts Communication of scientific ideas Periodicals; serials Publishers and publishing 20th century, early 19th century 18th century

The editors of scientific journals are key gatekeepers for building careers and communicating knowledge, but we know far less about them than about scientific authors and readers. Using a variety of methodological approaches, this issue of Centaurus investigates the motivations for editorship, and the practices,strategies and resources needed to carry it out successfully. It asks us to reflect on how editors, editing and editorship have differed across countries, and over two centuries.

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