Acta Eruditorum

Founded in 1682 in Leipzig journal Acta Eruditorum ( Latin for " negotiations scholar " ), continued by 1732 bis 1776/1782 under the title Nova Acta Eruditorum ( " New negotiations scholar " ), was the most significant among the German founded in the late 17th century general scientific journals.

A first German magazine project had in 1668 the Emperor in Vienna suggested at that time impressed by the Journal of Sçavans, published since 1665 and German scholarship was not the priority, you could win an international and it written in Latin Project Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. The Miscellanea Curiosa, whose publication began in 1670, were the first weighty German scientific institution, but remained on their area of ​​expertise, medicine, limited, while in England the Philosophical Transactions and in Italy, the Giornale de ' Letterati the major projects of international and general scientific journals were.

The founding of the Leipzig Acta followed under these premises in the special interest to represent the German scholarship internationally. First editor was Otto Menckestraße. The publishing company shared the Big heirs ( which is also the Frankfurter and Leipzig fair catalogs gave out ), Johann Friedrich Gleditschs and temporarily Thomas Fritsch, which secured the attachment of the magazine to the central publication in Germany and the most important publisher there. At the same time brought about Menckestraße a wide correspondence. Scientists of international renown could be won, to write reviews for the journal, which was financially supported by the Saxon king. The reviews were initially about 50% of original contributions: small scientific work which took advantage of the new format for publications that remained far below the limit of an independent publication. The contributions of the Acta initially had an average length of two to three pages. The editors they encrypted in the tables of contents into six headings under which remained underrepresented legal writings.

The scientific contributions made ​​initially with approximately a 44% - from enormous part of the spectrum - compared to the total production of the book trade in this sector. The numbers that the options were in 1682, changed the course of the 1680s: The theology came in the first decade of the magazine to 27% of the contributions.

The entire publication history shifted to the 1770s the focus. The theology lost as well in the book market to market share, the historical and geographical writings grew and came over to more than 55 % of contributions. The natural sciences and mathematics held mainly.

The reviews focused on play content - competing institutions specialized from the 1690s to opinion- prone reviews and value judgments. In the Acta is still going the other hand, in the 1690s to about to give chapter and page numbers at the edge of the respective review and so to make the reader an idea of ​​where in the reviewed book, he found that combined information here. Were Pickled copper in particular in the fields of medicine and mathematics.

The numbers of initially 32, in the 1750s, however, regular 64 pages, published monthly, mid -1760s due to the war temporarily bimonthly. 1764/1765 and 1766/1767 appeared consequently two-year volumes. Was obtained with the respective annual band dual registers and this access to the knowledge presented. At the annual volumes published Supplementa own. The project, together with the change of name in 1732 following the publication of the course:

• Acta Eruditorum (1682-1731)
• Actorum Eruditorum Supplementa (1692-1734)
• Nova Acta Eruditorum ( 1732-1776/1782 )
• Ad Nova Acta Eruditorum Supplementa (1735-1757)

The editorship long remained in family ownership. Johann Burckhardt Menckestraße led the company after his father's death until 1731. His son Friedrich Otto Menckestraße modernized the name to Nova Acta Eruditorum. In one design remained the expenses of the 1680s faithful, actually printed but much less in contributions, however, these grew in volume. The reviews of the 1750s are 5-6 pages long on average and often continuous condensates of the books reviewed. 1754 took over the publication of Professor Karl Andreas Bel. The magazine was set with his death in 1782.

As a German -language counterpart Otto Menckestraße founded in 1712 the German- German Acta Eruditorum who developed a particular emphasis on the historical writings and then current controversy and should not be confused with the Latin Acta - they are not translations of the Latin Acta.

Online editions

Digitization of Acta Eruditorum found in Google Books and at Gallica.

Acta Eruditorum:

1682 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9

1690 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9

1700 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9

1710 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9

1720 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9

1730 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

Nova Acta Eruditorum:

1732 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 9

1740 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9

1750 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9

1760 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4/ 5 4/5 5 6 6/ 7 6/ 7 8 8 8 9 9 9

1770 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6

Actorum Eruditorum Supplementa:

1692 ( 1) (1 ) (1) 1696 ( 2) (2 ) (2), 1702 ( 3) (3 ) (3) 1711 (4 ) (4) 1713 (5 ) (5), 1717 (6 ) (6), 1721 (7 ) (7) 1724 (8 ) (8) 1729 (9) ( 9) 1734 (10 ) (10)

Ad Nova Acta Eruditorum Supplementa:

1735 ( 1) (1 ) 1737 ( 2) (2 ) 1739 ( 3) (3 ) 1742 (4 ) (4) 1745 ( 5) (5 ) (5) 1749 (6 ) (6) 1754 ( 7) (7 ) (7) 1757 ( 8) (8 ) (8)

Indices Generales Actorum Eruditorum:

1693 ( 1) (1 ) (1 ) ( with errata ), 1704 ( 2) (2 ) (2) 1714 ( 3) (3 ) (3) 1723 ( 4) (4 ) (4), 1733 ( 5) (5 ) (5) 1745 (6 ) (6)