Editing Neo-Latin (section)

====Sciences and Academia====
In the early part of the 1700s, Latin was still making a significant contribution to academic publishing, but was no longer dominant. For example, over 50% of the works published in Oxford between 1690 and 1710 were in Latin, and 31% of the total publications mentioned in the French {{Lang|fr|Biliothèque raisonnée des ouvrages des savants de l'Europe}} between 1728 and 1740.<ref name="Waquet 2001 83–84">{{harvnb|Waquet|2001|pp=83–84}}</ref>

[[File:Immanuel Kant- Physical Monadology. Preliminary Considerations..webm|thumb|[[Immanuel Kant]]'s early writing on science and philosophy included a short book in Latin, {{lang|la|Monadologia: Physica Praenotanda}}.]]Regional and subject differences counted for a lot in the choice of language and audience. An example of the transition towards the vernacular in England can be seen in Newton's writing career, which began in Neo-Latin and ended in English (e.g. ''[[Opticks]]'', 1704). By contrast, while German philosopher [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]] (1679–1754) popularized German as a language of scholarly instruction and research, and wrote some works in German, he continued to write primarily in Latin, so that his works could more easily reach an international audience (e.g., ''Philosophia moralis,'' 1750–1753).

Around 20% of academic periodicals were in Latin. Latin was particularly well-used in the German-speaking world, where the vernacular was not as well established. Erudition, theology, science and medicine were topics that were often addressed in Latin, such as by the long-running medical journal {{lang|la|[[Miscellania curiosa medico-physica]]}} printed from 1670 until 1791. Some periodicals were general in nature, such as the {{lang|la|Acta litteraria Bohemiae et Moraviae}}, from Prague, launched in 1744.<ref name="Waquet 2001 83–84"/>