Proceedings of the Royal Society

Proceedings of the Royal Society is the main research journal of the Royal Society. The journal began in 1831 and was split into two series in 1905:[1]

  • Series A: for papers in physical sciences and mathematics.
  • Series B: for papers in life sciences.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1831–1905
Publisher
Royal Society (United Kingdom)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Proc. R. Soc. Lond.
Indexing
ISSN0370-1662
Links

Many landmark scientific discoveries are published in the Proceedings, making it one of the most important science journals in history. The journal contains several articles written by prominent scientists such as Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg, Ernest Rutherford, Erwin Schrödinger, William Lawrence Bragg, Lord Kelvin, J.J. Thomson, James Clerk Maxwell, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking.

In 2004, the Royal Society began The Journal of the Royal Society Interface for papers at the interface of physical sciences and life sciences.

History

The journal began in 1831 as a compilation of abstracts of papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the older Royal Society publication, that began in 1665.

The journal has changed names several times. Initially it was called Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London. In 1854, the name became Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.[2] In 1905, the journal rebranded and was split into

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character.

As of 2017, the two series are called

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Proceedings of the Royal Society is now the Royal Society's main research journal, while Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society publishes articles from invited authors in themed issues.

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
DisciplineNatural sciences
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJane Hillston
Publication details
History1905-present
Publisher
Royal Society (United Kingdom)
FrequencyMonthly
Hybrid
3.5 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Proc. R. Soc. A
Indexing
ISSN1471-2946
LCCN96660116
OCLC no.610206090
Links

Proceedings of the Royal Society A publishes peer-reviewed research articles in the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. Since 2022, the Editor-in-Chief is Professor Jane Hillston FRS – the journal's first ever female Editor-in-Chief. According to Journal Citation Reports, as of 2022 the journal has an impact factor of 3.5[3]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DisciplineBiology
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySpencer Barrett[4]
Publication details
History1905-present
Publisher
Royal Society (United Kingdom)
FrequencyBiweekly
Hybrid
5.530 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Proc. R. Soc. B
Indexing
ISSN1471-2954
LCCN92656221
OCLC no.1764614
Links

Proceedings of the Royal Society B publishes research related to biological sciences. As of 2015 the editor-in-chief is Professor Spencer Barrett.[4][5] Topics covered in particular include ecology, behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as epidemiology, human biology, neuroscience, palaeontology, psychology, and biomechanics. The journal publishes predominantly research articles and reviews, as well as comments, replies, and commentaries. In 2005, Biology Letters (originally a supplement to Proceedings B), was launched as an independent journal publishing short articles from across biology. According to Journal Citation Reports, as of 2022 the journal has an impact factor of 4.7.[6]

Access policy

All articles are available free at the journals' websites after one year for Proceedings B and two years for Proceedings A. Eleven years after publication they return to being behind a paywall, then enter the free digital archive seventy years after publication.[7][8] Authors may have their articles made immediately open access (under Creative Commons license) on payment of an article processing charge. Since January 2023 Proceedings A and Proceedings B are online only.

References
  1. "Royal Society".
  2. "About Proceedings A | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences". rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  3. "Proceedings of the Royal Society A". 2022 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2022.
  4. Barrett, Spencer C. H. (2017). "Proceedings B 2016: the year in review". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284 (1846): 20162633. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2633. PMC 5247507. PMID 28053056.
  5. "Editorial board | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences". Rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  6. "Proceedings of the Royal Society B". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
  7. "Information for readers". royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  8. "Information for readers". royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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