Gesnerus
{{Short description|Academic journal}}
{{Infobox journal
| title = Gesnerus
| image = Gesnerus.png
| former_name = Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine and Sciences
| abbreviation = Gesnerus
| discipline = History of medicine, History of science
| language = English, French, German, Italian
| editor = Vincent Barras, Hubert Steinke
| publisher = Schwabe Verlag
| country = Switzerland
| history = 1864–2020
| frequency = Biannual
| openaccess = Yes
| license = CC BY-SA 4.0
| impact =
| impact-year =
| ISSN = 0016-9161
| eISSN = 2297-7953
| CODEN =
| JSTOR =
| LCCN = 2022204026
| OCLC = 956549028
| website = http://www.gesnerus.ch/
| link1 = https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/volumes?UID=ges-001
| link1-name = Online Archive 1943-2002
| link2 = https://www.schwabeonline.ch/schwabe-xaveropp/elibrary/start.xav#__elibrary__%2F%2F*%5B%40attr_id%3D%27Ges_productpage%27%5D__1604410137771
| link2-name = Online Archive 2003-2020
}}
Gesnerus was a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of medicine and science that was published by the Schwabe Verlag on behalf of the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Sciences, of which it was the official journal. It published original articles, book reviews, reports on current developments, and announcements in English, German, French, and Italian. The journal was established in 1864 and published until 2020, when it merged into the European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health.{{Cite web |title=Journal |url=https://sggmn.ch/de/journal/ |access-date=30 August 2024 |website=Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Sciences |language=de-DE}}
Abstracting and indexing
The journal was abstracted and indexed in:{{cite MIAR |title=Gesnerus |issn=0016-9161 |access-date=2024-08-30}}
{{columns-list|
- EBSCO databases
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
- Mir@bel{{Cite web |title=European journal for the history of medicine and health |url=https://reseau-mirabel.info/revue/12464/European-journal-for-the-history-of-medicine-and-health |access-date=14 November 2024 |website=Mir@bel |language=fr}}
- Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale
- Scopus
}}
Further reading
- {{cite journal |last=Emch-Dériaz |first=Antoinette |title=Gesnerus by Carl Haffter |journal=Isis |date=June 1991 |volume=82 |issue=2 |pages=313–314 |doi=10.1086/355748| jstor=234843}}