Chronology of Independent Journals from the Early Period

Chronological List of Early Independent Journals

This area is concerned with "independent journals" - that is, with journals that were not published by scholarly societies. In point of fact, in the early years of their existence, the independent journals served primarily as a vehicle for reviewing works of original reseach that were located in monographs or in the journals published by scholarly societies.

The bulk of the abbreviations of these independent journals were located through perusal of the first few hundred pages of Band 1 of Pogg..

Last Updated: 2024, August 26

1824 * Edinburgh Journal of Science

Journal Run

Journal History

Journal Abbreviations

Vol. 1 (Apr.-Oct. [1824])-v. 10 (Oct. [1828]-Apr. [1829]); n.s., vol. 1 (Apr.-Oct [1829])-v. 6 (Oct. [1831]-Apr. [1832]).

Edinburgh Journal of Science

Editor: David Brewster.

[Nat. Lib. Scotland cat. ]

RSLC, v.1, p.xxx gives a much fuller title "The Edinburgh Journal of Science, exhibiting a view of the progress of discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, &c.; cond. by David Brewster."

Brewster, Journ. of Science
[Pogg., v.1, col.181 cites VII. 1827.]

Edinb. Journ. of Sc.
[Pogg., v.1, col.82 cites 1824. I.]

Edinb. Journ. of Science
[Pogg., v.1, col.208 cites 1827, Vol. VII.]

Edinb. Journ. Sci.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xxx.]