 Cover of the 8 November 2021 issue | |
| Discipline | Biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Richard Dixon |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1887–present |
| Publisher | Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Hybrid | |
| 4.7 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | PTRBAE |
| ISSN | 0962-8436 (print) 1471-2970 (web) |
| LCCN | 86645785 |
| OCLC no. | 01403239 |
| Links | |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences is a biweeklypeer-reviewedscientific journal published by theRoyal Society. Theeditor-in-chief isRichard Dixon (UNT).
Each issue covers a specific area of thebiological sciences. Each issue aims to create an original and authoritative synthesis, often bridging traditional disciplines, which showcases current developments and provides a foundation for future research, applications and policy decisions. Each issue is edited by one or more expert guest editors.
The themes fall into one of four general categories:
All articles become freely accessible one year after their publication date.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was established in 1665 by theRoyal Society and is the oldest scientific journal in the English-speaking world.[1]Henry Oldenburg was appointed as the first (joint) secretary to the society and he was also the first editor of the society's journal. In 1887 the journal expanded to become two separate publications, one serving thephysical sciences,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, and the other focusing on thelife sciences,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Nowadays, both journals publish themed issues and discussion meeting issues, while individualresearch articles are published in the sister journalProceedings of the Royal Society.
The journal celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2015. To commemorate this event it published a special collection[2] of commentaries on landmark papers from the archive by scientists such asAntonie van Leeuwenhoek,Hans Sloane andAlan Turing.