Leopoldina’s publication series
A long tradition of medical and natural scientific journal
In the year 1670, the world’s first medical and natural scientific journal (Miscellanea curiosa medico-physica Academia Naturae Curiosorum, dedicated to Emperor Leopold I) was published (in Latin) and this publication continues to this day under the title Nova Acta Leopoldina, Neue Folge. Despite several changes of the title and interruptions of publication, the tradition remains unbroken to this day. In the meantime, the Nova Acta Leopoldina, Neue Folge (NAL), the present name of the series, publishes the President’s speeches and lectures given at the Biennial Assemblies, the documentation of Leopoldina symposia and meetings and monographs written by Leopoldina members and their students. The journal reflects the range of events organised by the Academy and makes the results available for academic and science policy discussions among the public at large.
Since 1990, all activities of the Academy that have taken place in the course of a calendar year, announcements by the President, changes in membership, laudations for the members and reports on events have appeared in the Academy’s yearbooks (Jahrbücher). The yearbooks form the continuation of the reports on the activities of the Academy, which have been in existence under various titles since 1858.
In 1962, the then Director Ephemeridum Rudolph Zaunick founded the journal Acta Historica Leopoldina (AHL) which addresses the history of science and, in particular, the history of the Academy. It publishes the seminars on the history of science and other contributions.
A gem in the publications of the Leopoldina is the Leopoldina edition (LA) Goethe: Die Schriften zur Naturwissenschaft, edited today by Dorothea Kuhn, Wolf von Engelhardt, and Irmgard Müller.
The Leopoldina issues an updated list of members biennially (Struktur und Mitgliederbestand) and, biannually, a newsletter (Informationen) with current information on organisational and staff changes in the Leopoldina, the Academy’s activities, and the status of its projects. Since 2003, the Leopoldina has published a separate booklet introducing new members, information, which for many years, had only been available in the yearbooks.
Contact
Editorial Office of Nova Acta Leopoldina/Yearbook
Editorial Office Acta Historica Leopoldina
Dr. Michael Kaasch
Dr. Joachim Kaasch
Phone: +49 - 345 - 4 72 39 - 34
Fax: +49 - 345 - 4 72 39 - 39
kaasch@leopoldina-halle.de
