European endocrine surgery in the 150-year history of Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
Introduction Founded in 1861 as a German language scientific forum of exchange for European surgeons, Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery quickly advanced to become the premier journal of thyroid surgery before World War I, serving as a point of crystallization for the emerging discipline of endocrine...
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Published in | Langenbeck's archives of surgery Vol. 395; no. Suppl 1; pp. 43 - 55 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Berlin/Heidelberg
Springer-Verlag
01.04.2010
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Summary: | Introduction
Founded in 1861 as a German language scientific forum of exchange for European surgeons,
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
quickly advanced to become the premier journal of thyroid surgery before World War I, serving as a point of crystallization for the emerging discipline of endocrine surgery. During the interwar period and, in particular, in the first decades after World War II,
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
lost its dominant position as an international and European medium of publication of top quality articles in the area of endocrine surgery. Nevertheless, the journal remained the chief publication organ of German language articles in the field of endocrine surgery. After a series of key events,
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
managed to reclaim its former position as the leading European journal of endocrine surgery: (1) the formation of endocrine surgery in the early 1980s as a subdiscipline of general and visceral surgery; (2) the change of the language of publication from German to English in 1998; and (3) the journal’s appointment in 2004 as the official organ of publication of the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons.
Conclusion
All in all, the 150-year publication record of
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
closely reflects the history of European Endocrine Surgery. Following the path of seminal articles from Billroth, Kocher, and many other surgical luminaries published in the journal more than 100 years ago,
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
today stands out as the principal European journal in the field of endocrine surgery. |
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ISSN: | 1435-2443 1435-2451 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00423-010-0615-4 |