A Survey of Historical Works on Pandemics in the German Language

IF 1 2区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Isis Pub Date : 2023-09-02 DOI:10.1086/726996

Heiner Fangerau, Ulrich Koppitz, Alfons Labisch

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Abstract

: The paper gives a brief overview of the historiography of infectious diseases published in German between 1792 and 2021, the majority of which was published after 1949. 3502 titles (articles and books) were selected from several printed bibliographies and online catalogues (for full data set, see https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7096887). 71.1% of the titles are from West or Unified Germany, 5.6% from the GDR (1945-89), 13.8% from Austria and 8.4% from Switzerland. More than 40% cover the modern period, followed by the early modern period. The historiographical approaches represented by the titles are outlined, the themes addressed are mapped and the diseases covered are analysed. The approaches include all the major trends in the history of medicine, from biographies and the

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Isis 管理科学-科学史与科学哲学

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

16.70%

发文量

150

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Since its inception in 1912, Isis has featured scholarly articles, research notes, and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology and their cultural influences. Review essays and book reviews on new contributions to the discipline are also included. An official publication of the History of Science Society, Isis is the oldest English-language journal in the field. The Press, along with the journal’s editorial office in Starkville, MS, would like to acknowledge the following supporters: Mississippi State University, its College of Arts and Sciences and History Department, and the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.