Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, or simply Comptes rendus, is a French scientific journal which has been published since 1835. It is the proceedings of the French Academy of Sciences. It is currently split into seven sections, published by the Academy and Elsevier: Mathematique, Mecanique, Physique, Geoscience, Palevol, Chimie, and Biologies. Contents | Overviews | Academia | Topics | Basic topics | Tables | Glossaries | Portals | Categories // This is a list of academic disciplines. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Louis XIV visiting the Académie in 1671 The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Louis XIV visiting the Académie in 1671 The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ... Elseviers logo Elsevier, the worlds largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. ...

Naming history

The journal has had a complicated naming history, with several name changes and splits over the years.

From 1835-1965, Comptes rendus was published as Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. After 1965 until 1978, this title was split into five sections: Series A (Sciences mathématics), B (Sciences physiques), C (Sciences chimiques), D (Sciences naturelles) and "Vie academique."

External links

• French Academy of Sciences page on Comptes Rendus.
• French Academy of Sciences page from the Scholarly Societies project; provides information on naming and publication history, as well as previous journals of the Academy.
• French National Library catalog record for Comptes Rendus.
• Scans of CRH issues from 1835-1930 From the "Répertoire Bibliographique des Sciences Mathématiques," a project from the Bibliothèque nationale de France