This paper explores the editorial policies and practices of three scientific journal published in Edinburgh in the first half of the 19th century. The first of these was the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1819–1826), and its continuation as the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1826–1854). It was edited until 1824 by Robert Jameson, Edinburgh's professor of natural history, and David Brewster, who was a natural philosopher, scientific writer, and editor. Brewster left in 1824 to found his own journal, the Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–1832). The third journal published in Edinburgh in this period was the Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science (1829–1831), edited by Henry H. Cheek and William Ainsworth, two medical students at the University of Edinburgh. All three journals were direct competitors, being strikingly similar in form and content. As well as competing with Jameson's journal for readers and authors, Cheek and Ainsworth also used their journal to directly attack him in print. This paper sheds new light on the ways the editorship of these journals was used not only to consolidate and extend circles of patronage in early 19th‐century science, but also to challenge existing centres of authority.

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1819–1832年在爱丁堡的商业科学期刊及其编辑

本文探讨了19世纪上半叶在爱丁堡出版的三本科学期刊的编辑政策和实践。其中第一本是《爱丁堡哲学期刊》（1819年至1826年），它的延续是《爱丁堡新哲学期刊》（1826年至1854年）。它由爱丁堡自然历史学教授罗伯特·詹姆森（Robert Jameson）和自然哲学家，科学作家和编辑大卫·布鲁斯特（David Brewster）编辑，直到1824年。布鲁斯特于1824年离开，创立了自己的期刊《爱丁堡科学杂志》（Edinburgh Journal of Science，1824–1832年）。在此期间在爱丁堡出版的第三本杂志是《爱丁堡自然地理杂志》（1829–1831），由爱丁堡大学的两名医学生Henry H. Cheek和William Ainsworth编辑。这三种期刊都是直接竞争者，形式和内容都极为相似。除了与詹姆森的期刊争夺读者和作者外，奇克和安斯沃思还利用他们的期刊直接攻击了他。本文为这些期刊的编辑方式不仅用于巩固和扩展19世纪初科学界的赞助圈，而且还向现有的权威中心提出挑战，提供了新的思路。