The Science of Nature

This article covers the scientific journal. For further meanings of natural sciences, see Natural sciences (disambiguation) .

The Science of Nature
publishing company	Jumper
First edition	1913
Frequency of publication	per month
Editor-in-chief	Sven Thatje
Web link	Page of the journal
ISSN (print)	0028-1042
ISSN (online)	1432-1904

The natural sciences, issue 1 from January 3, 1913

The Science of Nature (formerly Die Naturwissenschaften , temporarily Naturwissenschaften ) is a monthly scientific journal . It was founded in 1913 by Arnold Berliner (1862–1942) and is published by Springer-Verlag .

The journal deals with topics from the natural sciences with a focus on biology , chemistry , geology and physics .

history

With the journal, Arnold Berliner wanted to create a German counterpart to the English-language journal Nature . In 1935, Springer-Verlag was pressured to retire because of his Jewish descent . No issue appeared in 1945. The first post-war copy (under new management) approved by the Allied Control Commission is dated July 15, 1946.

For many years, “Die Naturwissenschaften” was one of the most internationally respected journals. The discovery of nuclear fission was published by Otto Hahn and Fritz Straßmann in the January 6, 1939 edition of “Naturwissenschaften” under the title About the alkaline earth metals formed when uranium is irradiated with neutrons . The article most frequently cited since its publication was Selforganization of matter and the evolution of biological macromolecules by Manfred Eigen .

After 1945 the magazine lost its importance. With an impact factor of 2.098 in 2014, it was well behind the Anglo-American journals Nature and Science , but is one of the leading international multidisciplinary journals.

The Arnold Berliner Prize was launched for the 100th anniversary in 2013 . The prize is awarded annually to the best research contribution that appeared in the natural sciences in the previous year .

In early 2015, the journal was renamed and adopted the previous subtitle: The Science of Nature .

editor

1913–1935: Arnold Berliner (1862–1942) 1913: Curt Thesing (1879–1956) 1914–1921: August Pütter (1879–1929) 1922–1924: Hermann Braus (1868–1924) 1925–1940: Hans Spemann (1869–1941) 1935–1936: Hans Matthée 1936–1944: Fritz Süffert (1891–1945) 1946–1949: Arnold Eucken (1884–1950)

1950–1966: Ernst Lamla (1888–1986) 1967–1986: Hansjochem Autrum (1907–2003) 1967–1983: Friedrich Ludwig Boschke (1920–1999) 1984–1985: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (1911–2000) 1987-2000: Dieter Czeschlik 2001–2009: Tatiana Czeschlik since 2009: Sven Thatje

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Editorial Board
2. ^ Heinz Sarkowski: The Springer publishing house. Stations in its history. Part 1, 1992, p. 332. doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-540-92890-4
3. ↑ O. Hahn, F. Straßmann: About the detection and behavior of the alkaline earth metals formed when the uranium is irradiated with neutrons. In: Natural Sciences. Volume 27, Number 1, January 1939.
4. ^ The 100 most cited papers from a century of natural sciences.
   Manfred Eigen: Selforganization of matter and the evolution of biological macromolecules. In: Natural Sciences. Volume 58, No. 10, 1971, pp. 465-523. (PDF)
5. ↑ Sven Thatje: The Science of Nature - a new era, a new name for the natural sciences . In: The Science of Nature . tape 102 , 2015, doi : 10.1007 / s00114-014-1255-2 .

literature

• Ernst Lamla : The natural sciences: for the 50th anniversary of the journal. In: The natural sciences. Volume 50, January 1963, pp. 8ff.
• Hansjochem Autrum : Arnold Berliner and the "natural sciences": For the 75th year. In: The natural sciences. Volume 75, 1988, pp. 1-4.
• Reinhard Wandtner: “Naturwissenschaften” magazine A flagship based on the British model. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. January 7, 2013.

Web links

• Editions available at DigiZeitschriften (older volumes up to 1917 without access restrictions)
• Data from the journal in the German National Library