Aestimatio (new series) focuses on the history of science from antiquity to the early modern period. This chronological span is complemented by a geo-cultural one that takes into account cultures in Eurasia and Africa, recognizing that the spread of the traditions of knowledge and of ideas is a unifying characteristic of the chronological and geo-cultural scope of science in the Old World before the modern era.
In Aestimatio, we take science broadly to include the goals, methods, knowledge, objects, and practices in what is presented as science in the historical sources. Accordingly, this new series of Aestimatio aims to make fundamental texts and ideas in the history of science accessible to readers today through the publication of original research. It will also include assessments of books recently published that allow reviewers to engage critically with the methods and results of current research. On occasion, there will be guest-edited thematic issues and supplementary volumes.
The content of the journal has three major division: Sources, Studies, and Discussions. All three are peer-reviewed contributions that advance the field. Sources typically involve the introduction, translation, and analysis of relevant texts in their original languages. Studies address issues in the understanding of such sources. Discussions typically concern more general issues in the field raised by particular studies. Aestimatio will, of course, include book reviews as well.
Just as volumes in the old series, issues and volumes in Aestimatio new series will be immediately open access from the date of their publication.
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