中国科技期刊文献渊源及研究价值——说姚远《中国近代科技期刊源流》的特殊意义

The Landmark Achievement of the Literature Research on Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals:the Special Significance of the Development of Scientific and Technical Magazines in Modern China Written by Yao Yuan

解读、梳理和评析《中国近代科技期刊源流》在中国科技期刊文献研究中的价值。其研究结果表明:自清乾隆五十七年(1792)唐大烈创办《吴医汇讲》和1815年传教士米怜在马六甲创办第一份具有现代意义的中文期刊《察世俗每月统记传》以来,中国已创刊3万余种期刊,其中科技期刊约有近万种。目前国内仅有西北大学姚远团队对这一特殊文献进行研究,其新出版的《中国近代科技期刊源流》是期刊文献研究的标志性成果之一,继续开拓这一方向极有价值,且刻不容缓。

Through the literature interpretation,survey and analysis,combing and summarizing the origin,status and research value of the literature study about Chinese science and technology periodicals.The results show that China has founded more than 30,000 kinds of periodicals,of which there are nearly thousands of science and technology periodicals,since Tang Dalie founded Wuyi Huijiang in the 57 ruling year（1792） of Qing Emperor Qianlong and the missionary William Milne founded Chinese Monthly Magazine,the first Chinese journal of modern significance,in Malacca in 1815.As the only team having conducted research of this great historical work so far,Yao Yuan and his team members in Northwestern University made great contribution,and his newly published masterpiece The Development of Scientific and Technical Magazines in Modern China is one of the landmark achievements of the periodical literature research,and it is valuable,urgent and necessary to continue to expand this research direction.