Francesco Pigato is a Ph.D. student in History and Philosophy of Science in the Research Training Group 2945 „Wissen – Glauben – Behaupten. Wahrheitsproduktion und Wahrheitsdurchsetzung in der Vormoderne (Knowing – Believing – Asserting. Production and Enforcement of Truth in the Premodern Period).“ His research focuses on the development of early scientific journals as epistemic tools.